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Agricultural Diversification

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  • Claudia Di Bene

    (Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Rosa Francaviglia

    (Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Roberta Farina

    (Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), 00184 Rome, Italy)

  • Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes

    (Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain)

  • Raúl Zornoza

    (Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group (GARSA), Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain)

Abstract

Agricultural intensification is a highly specialized agri-food system that has contributed to raising food production worldwide due to progress in agricultural machinery and technologies, the use of improved cultivars, and external inputs such as fertilizers, irrigation, and pesticides [...]

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  • Claudia Di Bene & Rosa Francaviglia & Roberta Farina & Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes & Raúl Zornoza, 2022. "Agricultural Diversification," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-6, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:3:p:369-:d:764663
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