Cerda, Artemi; Keesstra, Saskia; Rodrigo-Comino, J.; Novara, A.; Pereira, Paulo; Brevik, Erik; Giménez Morera, Antonio; Fernández-Raga, M.; Pulido, M.; Di Prima, Simone; Jordán, A.(Elsevier, 2017-11-01)
[EN] Rainfall-induced soil erosion is a major threat, especially in agricultural soils. In the Mediterranean belt, vineyards are affected by high soil loss rates, leading to land degradation. Plantation of new vines is ...
Keesstra, S.D.; Rodrigo-Comino, J.; Novara, Agata; Giménez Morera, Antonio; Pulido, M.; Di Prima, Simone; Cerda, A.(Elsevier, 2019-03)
[EN] In many Mediterranean areas, citrus orchards exhibit high soil loss rates because of the expansion of drip irrigation that allows cultivation on sloping terrain and the widespread use of glyphosate. To mitigate these ...
[EN] There is an urgent need to implement environmentally friendly agriculture management practices to achieve the Sustainable Goals for Development (SDGs) of the United Nations by 2030. Mediterranean agriculture is ...
[EN] Soil and water losses due to agricultural mismanagement are high and non-sustainable in many orchards. An experiment was set up with rainfall simulation at 78 mm h(-1) over 1 hour on 20 paired plots of 2 m(2) (bare ...