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… alarming in the face of the increased demand for land-intensive crops and livestock. Land degradation contributes … based on monocultures, genetically modified crops, and the intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides that undermine … to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable …

… and more diversified (and more food secure) output from farming systems”. See Tenberg, A., and M. Stocking, 2001, … (except in the very long term) and its continued intensive use is currently reducing the stock for future … involves those who operate the “farm”, including farmers, farming communities, social and political institutions and …

… where among the latter are excessive disturbance, intensive land use, overgrazing, indiscriminate removal of … of country autonomous organizations and NGOs, the role of farming organs (farmers’ associations, economic-aid units) … State Council 2006 Notice on Promoting Economical and Intensive Land Use State Council 2008 u EPLP 80 Chap 4.indd …

… for soil conservation; and adaptive capacities of farming systems and land users”. 140 Factors listed by Hurni … including: ■ Access to soil of a quality suitable for farming. ■ Access to water of a quality suitable for domestic … areas for the purposes of special types of “organic farming systems”; designating areas for the purposes of …