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DOI	10.3390/land10050457
	Integration of Abandoned Lands in Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of Terraced Landscape Re-Cultivation in Mediterranean Island Conditions
	Sakellariou, Michalia; Psiloglou, Basil E.; Giannakopoulos, Christos; Mylona, Photini, V
通讯作者	Mylona, PV (corresponding author), HAO DEMETER, Inst Plant Breeding & Genet Resources, Thermi 57001, Greece.
来源期刊	LAND
EISSN	2073-445X
出版年	2021
卷号	10 期号:5
英文摘要	Agriculture terraces constitute a significant element of the Mediterranean landscape, enabling crop production on steep slopes while protecting land from desertification. Despite their ecological and historical value, terrace cultivation is threatened by climate change leading to abandonment and further marginalization of arable land imposing serious environmental and community hazards. Re-cultivation of terraced landscapes could be an alternative strategy to mitigate the climate change impacts in areas of high vulnerability encouraging a sustainable agroecosystem to ensure food security, rural development and restrain land desertification. The article presents the case study of abandoned terrace re-cultivation in the Aegean Island of Andros, using a climate smart agriculture system, which involves the establishment of an extensive meteorological network to monitor the local climate and hydrometeorological forecasting. Along with terrace site mapping and soil profiling the perfomance of cereal and legume crops was assessed in a low-input agriculture system. The implementation of a land stewardship (LS) plan was indispensable to overcome mainly land fragmentation issues and to transfer know-how. It was found that climate data are key drivers for crop cultivation and production in the island rainfed farming system. The study revealed that terrace soil quality could be improved through cultivation to support food safety and stall land degradation. In line with global studies this research suggest that cultivation of marginal terraced land is timely through a climate smart agriculture system as a holistic approach to improve land quality and serve as means to combat climate change impacts. The study also discusses land management and policy approaches to address the issue of agricultural land abandonment and the benefits gained through cultivation to the local community, economy and environment protection and sustainability.
英文关键词	terrace landscape land abandonment climate-smart agriculture sustainability digital technologies
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000654170800001
WOS关键词	SOIL-EROSION ; REGION ; BENEFITS ; EUROPE ; BARLEY
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351069
作者单位	[Sakellariou, Michalia; Mylona, Photini, V] HAO DEMETER, Inst Plant Breeding & Genet Resources, Thermi 57001, Greece; [Psiloglou, Basil E.; Giannakopoulos, Christos] Natl Observ Athens, Inst Environm Res & Sustainable Dev, Athens 15236, Greece
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sakellariou, Michalia,Psiloglou, Basil E.,Giannakopoulos, Christos,et al. Integration of Abandoned Lands in Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of Terraced Landscape Re-Cultivation in Mediterranean Island Conditions[J],2021,10(5).
APA	Sakellariou, Michalia,Psiloglou, Basil E.,Giannakopoulos, Christos,&Mylona, Photini, V.(2021).Integration of Abandoned Lands in Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of Terraced Landscape Re-Cultivation in Mediterranean Island Conditions.LAND,10(5).
MLA	Sakellariou, Michalia,et al."Integration of Abandoned Lands in Sustainable Agriculture: The Case of Terraced Landscape Re-Cultivation in Mediterranean Island Conditions".LAND 10.5(2021).