Globalization and soybean expansion into semiarid ecosystems of Argentina
Article Abstract:
A brief description on how increasing demand, technological advances and climate change are driving soybean expansion in Argentina and seriously jeopardizing the integrity of extensive semiarid biomes is presented. Argentina has the largest area of dry shrublands in the world and has a significant proportion of the Chaco forest that is the second largest dry forest biome in South America.
Publisher: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2005
Arid regions agriculture, Argentina, Growth, Soybeans
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2005
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Integrated farming systems: an important approach toward sustainable agriculture in China
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The authors discuss China's integrated farming system and its attempt to establish efficient and sustainable agroecosystems.
Publisher: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 1999
China, Management, Agricultural policy, Biotic communities, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural systems
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 1999
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