E. Measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land and for early

E. Measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land and for early

UNIDO has also developed a programme to rehabilitate and recover degraded land.

E. Measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land and for early warning systems

Rehabilitation of degraded land in Africa is generally perceived as a long term process.

By the end of 2002, agricultural land had been allotted to approximately 12 million farmer households and 91.74 of the households were granted with agricultural land use certificates, taking up 87.02 of the agricultural land area.

agricultural land in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current spatial arrangement of agricultural land is unsustainable for the organization of modern market production.

Initiatives for the rehabilitation of degraded land in the context of reforestation, agricultural productivity, integrated farming and animal husbandry, rain water catchments, alternative renewable energies or the banning of slash and burn practices are reported to show positive results.

A large part of agricultural land requires drainage.

This amounts to 1.7 of the world s agricultural land.

(i) Measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land and for early warning systems for mitigating the effects of drought

Successful case studies are sought which bring the already degraded land back into productive use for creating sustainable livelihoods.

Due to accelerating industrialization and urbanization, agricultural land is shrinking.

The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) promotes and facilitates implementation of the UNCCD programmes relevant to the rehabilitation of degraded lands in the Arab countries.

Rehabilitation of degraded land Most countries have programmes for rehabilitation and also cite lack of funding as a primary hindrance.

Angola is a potentially rich agricultural country, with fertile soils, a favourable climate, and about 57.4 million ha of agricultural land, including more than 5.0 million ha of arable land.

In Africa, the ongoing initiatives for rehabilitating degraded land are focused on reforestation, soil conservation and integrated management of water resources.

China s agricultural imports should also continue to rise, as land is taken out of agricultural production and its urban population expands.

They cultivate very small plots of land, with very low agricultural productivity.

Contaminated land totalling 1.3 million hectares is currently used for agricultural production.

Their activities are mainly concerned with the recovery of degraded land, the rehabilitation of the natural environment, and water and soil conservation.

Moreover, growing urbanization and other non agricultural uses of land have reduced acreage available for food production, while agricultural land is increasingly used to produce commodities other than food, such as bio fuels.

Rehabilitation of degraded areas

That will put more pressure on the country s already limited stock of agricultural land.

The northern section, through which the Yellow River flows, supports the best agricultural land.

Of the agricultural land, 6.9 is used for growing crops and 6.0 is pastures.

It was also put forward that measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land should be further elaborated, as it was the case in the past.

The imposition of a border zone has gobbled up 29 of the strip s agricultural land.

Climate friendly agricultural technologies and practices, including traditional agricultural methods Afforestation, reforestation and use of marginal land Solid and liquid waste management for the recovery of methane

The purchases in Africa alone amount to an area of agricultural land the size of Kenya.

Investors have responded to these fears by buying gold, agricultural land, and other traditional inflation hedges.

Furthermore, less than 5 of agricultural land is irrigated, and improved crop varieties are rarely used.

The tsunami and nuclear accident affected a large area of agricultural land in the three prefectures.

Some species have readily adapted to human modified landscapes such as plantations, gardens and agricultural land.

The fundamental life support systems were air, land resources, water, agricultural resources and a wholesome environment.

(c) Maintenance of Great Britain's biodiversity through encouraging mixed cropping and continued active agricultural land management.

It's muffled English. It's degraded Japanese.

As you can see from these pictures, the spacing between can be used for multiple purposes including agricultural land, range land or open space.

After World War II, Americans migrated steadily to California, a land of opportunity, great natural beauty, and some of the world s most fertile agricultural land.

Access to agricultural credit and loans, marketing facilities, appropriate technology and equal treatment in land and agrarian reform as well as in land resettlement schemes.

Similarly, increased integration of pastoral and agricultural land uses provides an environmentally sustainable way to avoid desertification.

The report shows that since 2000, investors or state bodies in rich or emerging countries have bought more than 83 million hectares (more than 200 million acres) of agricultural land in poorer developing countries. This amounts to 1.7 of the world s agricultural land.

Others say they feel degraded and ashamed.

Land degradation is a major threat, with some 73 per cent of the land being lightly to very severely degraded as the result of overgrazing, wind and water erosion, the inefficient use of water resources and political tensions.

After the war, from 2003 to 2004 only 2.9 million ha of the available agricultural land was cultivated.