Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020
By the year 2020 land degradation may pose a serious threat to food production and rural livelihoods, particularly in poor and densely populated areas of the developing world. Appropriate policies are required to encourage land-improving investments and better land management if developing countries...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1996
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| author | Scherr, Sara J. Yadav, Satya N. |
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| description | By the year 2020 land degradation may pose a serious threat to food production and rural livelihoods, particularly in poor and densely populated areas of the developing world. Appropriate policies are required to encourage land-improving investments and better land management if developing countries are to sustainably meet the food needs of their populations. The authors investigate the impact of land degradation on global agricultural production.However, land degradation could have dramatic effects in specific countries and subregions in the form of (1) Nutrient depletion; (2) Salinization; (3) Agrochemical pollution; (4) Soil erosion; (5) Vegetative degradation of rangelands and ; (6) Agriculture-induced deforestation by 2020. The brief identifies strategies to reduce land degradation. and makes policy recommendations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570982025-04-08T18:26:32Z Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 Scherr, Sara J. Yadav, Satya N. food security soil conservation land degradation By the year 2020 land degradation may pose a serious threat to food production and rural livelihoods, particularly in poor and densely populated areas of the developing world. Appropriate policies are required to encourage land-improving investments and better land management if developing countries are to sustainably meet the food needs of their populations. The authors investigate the impact of land degradation on global agricultural production.However, land degradation could have dramatic effects in specific countries and subregions in the form of (1) Nutrient depletion; (2) Salinization; (3) Agrochemical pollution; (4) Soil erosion; (5) Vegetative degradation of rangelands and ; (6) Agriculture-induced deforestation by 2020. The brief identifies strategies to reduce land degradation. and makes policy recommendations. 1996 2024-10-24T12:47:19Z 2024-10-24T12:47:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157098 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Scherr, Sara J.; Yadav, Satya N. 1996. Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020. Food, agriculture, and the environment Discussion Paper; 2020 Discussion Paper 14. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157098 |
| spellingShingle | food security soil conservation land degradation Scherr, Sara J. Yadav, Satya N. Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title | Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title_full | Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title_short | Land degradation in the developing world: implications for food, agriculture, and the environment to 2020 |
| title_sort | land degradation in the developing world implications for food agriculture and the environment to 2020 |
| topic | food security soil conservation land degradation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157098 |
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