Since the 1950s, noteworthy farmland abandonment has been occurring in many developed
countries and some develo** countries. This global land use phenomenon has …

Agricultural land abandonment is a complex, multidimensional and non-linear global
phenomenon driven by multiple factors and with contrasting impacts on agrobiodiversity …

Since 2000, vast areas of cropland in the rural mountain areas of China have been
abandoned for reasons including labor loss and rapid urbanization, although the …

The agriculture sector is the principal source of income for around 20% of the EU-26
population, which live in predominantly rural regions that would be devastated without its …

The increased requirement of food production with the rising population challenges limited
cultivation land in China. The abandoned cropland has high potential in grain production to …

Cropland abandonment because of rural depopulation or policy interventions has become a
key issue in Chinese mountainous areas. One such region is the Guangxi Karst …

Abstract Based on SPOT-5 images, 1: 1 million topographic maps, the maps of the returning
farmland to forest project and the Chongqing forest project, social and economic statistics …

China has been experiencing" Lewis Turning-Point", which means rural labor has been
continuously transmitting to manufacturing sector and urban areas, ended up with old or …

Idle rural residential land (IRRL) is an important manifestation of changes in the human-land
relationship during rural development. Studies on this topic form an important field in the …

The map** of sugarcane plantations and their changes is relevant to the economy and the
environment, notably due to sugarcane's interface in the biofuel industry through ethanol …