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Concepts of agricultural marginal lands and their utilisation: A review

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  • Csikós, Nándor
  • Tóth, Gergely

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The potential of marginal lands to improve food security, support bioenergy production or ecosystem services has globally got a lot of attention. Defining agricultural marginal land is a task that involves more than just considering the land's quality, its definition changed a lot during the last two centuries.

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  • Csikós, Nándor & Tóth, Gergely, 2023. "Concepts of agricultural marginal lands and their utilisation: A review," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 204(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:204:y:2023:i:c:s0308521x22001962
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103560
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