Land management practices on tropical soils have been studied extensively during the past decades. However, assessments of their impact on field-scale spatial variability in crop performance are rare. A case of practices ...

The cultivation of marginal land in the Andes makes it one of the hot-spots of soil erosion. Since the 1980s an alternative soil conservation method denominated “slow-forming terraces” has been introduced to the area, since ...

Due to severe land degradation problems, soil conservation is a matter of major concern in the Ecuadorian Andes. Slow-forming terraces, a variation of hedgerow agro-forestry systems composed by contour grass barrier strips, ...

Acacia mangium is a fast-growing legume species native to Australia and Central Asia, whose use has spread throughout the world because of its short rotation cycle, morphology, wood workability and high adaptability to ...