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

Crop residue management remains a major problem in the Indian agriculture sector. The in-
situ firing of crop residues has been linked to air pollution, global warming, soil fertility …

The provision of ecosystem services is directly related to the type of land use and land cover
and management practices in a given area. Changes in land use and land cover can alter …

Diversification of livelihoods is a commonly applied strategy for coping with economic and
environmental shocks and instrumental in poverty reduction. In this paper, we have …

Agricultural land abandonment is a common land-use change, making the accurate
mapping of both location and timing when agricultural land abandonment occurred …

Among the most evident landscape signatures of the human fingerprint, the terraces related
to agricultural activities are of great importance. This technique is widely used in various …

Armed conflicts often hinder food security through cropland abandonment and restrict the
collection of on-the-ground information required for targeted relief distribution. Satellite …

Cropland abandonment is a widespread land-use change, but it is difficult to monitor with
remote sensing because it is often spatially dispersed, easily confused with spectrally similar …

With the wages for migrant workers increasing dramatically in China since 2003, the size of
the agricultural labour forces has been shrinking rapidly. Intensively substituting agricultural …

In recent decades, land abandonment has become one of the most important trends in land
use and cover change. This study identifies drivers of land abandonment in Southern Chile …