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Conserving Land, Protecting Water (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture): 6 - Hardcover

Deborah Bossio; Kim Geheb

 
9781845933876: Conserving Land, Protecting Water (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture): 6
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1845933877 ISBN 13: 9781845933876
Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

The degradation of land and water resources as a result of agricultural activity has had an enormous impact on human societies and economies. It is predicted that, by 2025, most developing countries will face physical or economic water scarcity, compounded by land degradation. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced understanding of the state of our water resources and the relationships between land use, water management and social systems is needed."Conserving Land, Protecting Water" includes an overview of global patterns of land and water degradation and discusses new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.

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Synopsis

The degradation of land and water resources as a result of agricultural activity has had an enormous impact on human societies and economies. It is predicted that, by 2025, most developing countries will face physical or economic water scarcity, compounded by land degradation. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced understanding of the state of our water resources and the relationships between land use, water management and social systems is needed."Conserving Land, Protecting Water" includes an overview of global patterns of land and water degradation and discusses new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.

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Publisher
CABI Publishing
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1845933877
ISBN 13 
9781845933876
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256