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Multimedia
December 2015
With the support of CGIAR Research Programs Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CIAT sponsored five episodes of Kenya’s popular make-over TV series, Shamba Shape-Up, to advise farmers how to protect their soils.
Multimedia
December 2015
With the support of CGIAR Research Programs Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CIAT sponsored five episodes of Kenya’s popular make-over TV series, Shamba Shape-Up, to advise farmers how to protect their soils.
Multimedia
May 2015
With the support of CGIAR Research Programs Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) and Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CIAT sponsored five episodes of Kenya’s popular make-over TV series, Shamba Shape-Up, to advise farmers how to protect their soils.
Journal Articles & Books
December 2014
Research Hypothesis: an economically and methodologically justified implementation of land consolidation can improve the spatial structure of agricultural holdings and foster the use of land in Latvia’s rural areas. Research Aim to test the hypothesis: to assess the need for the implementation of…
Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2014
Study was conducted in north-eastern Latvia (57° 38’ N, 22° 17’ E): in a part of Slitere National Park that was un-managed since year 1923 and affected by large storm in November of 1969. Supervised classification of Corona and Landsat 5 images of the area (in total 1646 ha) from years before and…
Conference Papers & Reports
December 2013
As a result of the Land Reform, property forming and land market, farm areas were often built up from a number of land plots (up to 20), sometimes with unfavourable order. With the rural development and stabilization of farm production, the role and tasks of rational territory organization are…
Conference Papers & Reports
December 2013
In the recent years the issue of optimal size of the utilised agricultural area and its accessibility in particular regions has gained increased importance. Total area, types and conditions of the utilised agricultural area are essential to shaping and implementation of the Common Agricultural…
Conference Papers & Reports
December 2013
Research on the sustainable use of the soil as the main agricultural resource employing different field crop rotations and tillage systems was started in 2009. The influence of new technologies on sustainable output of agricultural raw materials used for safe and good quality food and feed…
Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2012
Cadastral valuation model for building land has been approved by Regulations of Cabinet, and is expressed by a mathematical formula. The elements of cadastral valuation model for building land are the following: the base value of the building land, the land area under jurisdiction conditioned by…
Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2012
Human attitude to the land is the base for existence of humanity. It widely affects everybody– environment and landscape is changed, new buildings are constructed, new villages are developed in countryside. If such recensions aren’t planned it can cause serious problems in nearest future,…
Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2011
Changes in soil morphological, physical and chemical properties as a result of establishing forest on agricultural lands were studied using as an example the lands naturally overgrowing in different periods of time by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.), silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.),…
Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2011
In this research the potential of grain production increase in Latvia is analysed. The land use analysis show that even in some nearest years it is possible to increase grain production by 400-500 thousand tons compared by 2010 level, but in 10 years period – by 1 million tons or more. This is due…