Soil erosion as an indicator of agricultural sustainability in tropical watersheds

Juliet Manguerra; Dante Margate; John Bavor

Soil erosion as an indicator of agricultural sustainability in tropical watersheds

Juliet Manguerra, Dante Margate, John Bavor

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Abstract

A systems approach was utilised for operationalisation of the concept of agricultural sustainability. The process was prerequisite to deriving case- and site- specific sustainability indicators for agriculture-based tropical watersheds. The breakdown into functional units can be crucial for quantitative measurements of the degree of sustainability or could simply be valuable in developing alternatives to unsustainable farming practices. The most prominent indicator or measure of agricultural sustainability as determined from a causal loop diagram is the degree of erosion and runoff, which has also been identified by local stakeholders as the main driver of land degradation in their watershed area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil Solutions for a Changing World, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August 2010
Publisher	Australian Society of Soil Science Incorporated
Pages	38-41
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781618391025
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	World Congress of Soil Science - Duration: 1 Aug 2010 → …

Conference

Conference	World Congress of Soil Science
Period	1/08/10 → …

Keywords

management
erosion
agriculture, tropics

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Soil erosion as an indicator of agricultural sustainability in tropical watersheds. / Manguerra, Juliet; Margate, Dante; Bavor, John.
Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil Solutions for a Changing World, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August 2010. Australian Society of Soil Science Incorporated, 2010. p. 38-41.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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Soil erosion as an indicator of agricultural sustainability in tropical watersheds

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