http://hdl.handle.net/10174/650 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:45:54 GMT 2026-07-31T10:45:54Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40290 Title: Improved Agricultural Management Systems for Soil Conservation in the Mediterranean Authors: Barão, Lúcia; Basch, Gottlieb Editors: Ferreira, Carla; Destouni, Georgia; Kalantari, Zahra Abstract: Dryland areas represent almost 80% of the Mediterranean region and drought periods are becoming frequent. This desertification represents a myriad of challenges for soil conservation, water management, and biodiversity, affecting especially agricultural lands which impact the local food production. As a result, such areas are facing several threats, i.e., soil erosion, salinization, and poor water holding capacity among others. Due to loss of soil quality and general low water availability, farmers are prone to adapt strategies to endorse water conservation in soil and thus diminish the dependence for irrigated water. Additionally, other degradation processes (e.g., loss of organic matter) are also critical in these areas and contribute to an increasing loss of water in the soils. This chapter describes specific agricultural management practices that enhance soil quality and conservation, such as the conservation agriculture principles in the Mediterranean. Two agrosilvopastoral systems typical of the Mediterranean are described, the “Montado” and “Sown Biodiverse Pastures,” where specific strategies for soil and water conservation are present and improve the resilience to the current soil threats, promoting economic return and thus relevant as agricultural systems copping with the sustainable agriculture development. Due to the importance of water management and soil water conservation, specific soil conservation approaches that feature water retention in soil are described. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40290 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40156 Title: Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems: farmers’ testimonies. Authors: Basch, Gottlieb Editors: Basch, Gottlieb Abstract: This chapter comprises testimonies by farmers about their practical experiences of weed management after the shift to Conservation Agriculture (CA). They are presented to emphasize the importance of practitioners' views when such profound changes in farming methods take place. Case studies comprise: two in Europe, one in the Atlantic Central region (Denmark) and the other in the Mediterranean South (Spain), both working in annual cropping systems; three in Brazil (one in the Cerrado biome of Bahia state in the Northeast, dedicated to annual broadacre crops; another in the South, in the Santa Catarina state, with a temperate but hot summer climate, specialized in horticultural crops; and a third one practicing organic no-till farming in Rio Grande do Sul); and finally, a farmer from the cold semi-arid Canadian prairies, cropping cereals, oilseed rape and pulses. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10174/40156 2025-06-16T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38272 Title: A aptidão das espécies arbóreas - Leiria Authors: Almeida Ribeiro, Nuno; Camilo-Alves, Constanca; Vaz, Margarida; Poeiras, Ana; Dias, Susana; Raposo, Mauro; Pinto Gomes, Carlos Editors: Pena, Selma; Magalhães, Manuela Abstract: A aptidão das espécies arbóreas - Leiria Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38272 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38246 Title: Sobreiro e transformação da paisagem Authors: Almeida Ribeiro, Nuno; Camilo-Alves, Constanca; Vaz, Margarida; Poeiras, Ana; Dias, Susana; Raposo, Mauro; Alexandre, Carlos; Pinto Gomes, Carlos Editors: Pena, Selma; Magalhães, Manuela Abstract: Sobreiro e transformação da paisagem Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38246 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z