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DOI	10.1108/14777830810866464
	Environmental and economic potential of Bedouin dryland agriculture A case study in the Northern Negev, Israel
	Abu Rabia, Khalil; Solowey, Elaine; Leu, Stefan
通讯作者	Abu Rabia, K
来源期刊	MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ISSN	1477-7835
EISSN	1758-6119
出版年	2008
卷号	19 期号:3 页码:353-366
英文摘要	Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to show that land degradation and desertification are threatening the livelihood of more than a billion dryland inhabitants. The paper aims to present traditional and novel approaches for sustainable agricultural exploitation of the arid drylands in Southern Israel and similar climatic zones, and their potential for rehabilitating degraded drylands and increasing agricultural productivity. Design/methodology/approach - The paper analyses the current agricultural activities on the Abu Rabia farm as well as developing experimental approaches and discusses the expected impact on ecological, economic and social sustainability. Findings - The farm investigated consists of about 120 hectares of semi-desert land 30 km east of Beer Sheva, divided about 50:50 between rocky hill country and plains with deep loess soil. The area receives an average 200 mm of rain per year. The land is used for raising livestock (about 120 head of sheep and goats), wheat cultivation on high quality soil, and agroforestry, mainly olive cultivation in terraces designed to collect runoff water of seasonal streams. These activities provide a basic income and cover a significant amount of the families' food requirements, but can not provide a full income for a family head in a developed country like Israel. Improving the quality of the grazing land by silvipasture, further investments into high value dryland tree crops and simultaneous production of wood for industry and energy can dramatically increase the farm's income, its resilience to drought and ecological sustainability. Practical implications - This analysis demonstrates the potential of dryland agroforestry for sustainable development while solving a number of economic and social problems of poor dryland inhabitants, and it contributes to fighting desertification and global warming. Originality/value - This case study demonstrates that sustainable dryland exploitation by agroforestry can establish significant agricultural production potentials on marginal lands often considered worthless. Because of the establishment of significant and permanent carbon sinks, carbon trading may be mobilized to cover the required investments creating a classical win-win situation.
英文关键词	Israel Global warming Agriculture Farms Land Applied economics
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000415376000012
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
来源机构	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/329086
作者单位	[Abu Rabia, Khalil] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; [Solowey, Elaine] Arava Inst Environm Studies, Qetura, Israel; [Leu, Stefan] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abu Rabia, Khalil,Solowey, Elaine,Leu, Stefan. Environmental and economic potential of Bedouin dryland agriculture A case study in the Northern Negev, Israel[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2008,19(3):353-366.
APA	Abu Rabia, Khalil,Solowey, Elaine,&Leu, Stefan.(2008).Environmental and economic potential of Bedouin dryland agriculture A case study in the Northern Negev, Israel.MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,19(3),353-366.
MLA	Abu Rabia, Khalil,et al."Environmental and economic potential of Bedouin dryland agriculture A case study in the Northern Negev, Israel".MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 19.3(2008):353-366.