Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
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Human Environment<br />
Cropland per household (ha)<br />
10,000<br />
Implementation activities, inputs and costs<br />
Initial investment<br />
No initial investment<br />
<strong>Land</strong> user: Individual and common small scale<br />
land users, mainly men<br />
Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2<br />
Annual population growth: < 0.5%<br />
<strong>Land</strong> ownership: individual, titled<br />
<strong>Land</strong> use rights: individual (all cropland is<br />
privately owned).<br />
Water use rights: individual. Water use is<br />
organised by permits to water extraction from<br />
aquifers on individual basis. Water rights are<br />
provided and controlled by the Water authority of<br />
the Segura river basin.<br />
Relative level of wealth: average, which<br />
represents 80% of land users; 75% of the total<br />
land area is owned by average land users<br />
Importance of off-farm income: > 50% of all<br />
income: There is no difference in the ones who<br />
apply the technology and those who don’t. Most<br />
farmers do have an off-farm income <strong>for</strong> example<br />
from hunting, work in a factory, or office.<br />
Access to service and infrastructure:<br />
moderate: employment, energy; high: education,<br />
technical assistance, market, roads & transport,<br />
drinking water and sanitation, financial services<br />
Market orientation: commercial / market<br />
Mechanization: mechanized<br />
Livestock grazing on cropland: yes<br />
Technical drawing<br />
Autumn ploughing of an almond orchard with<br />
reduced tillage (Photo: Joris de Vente)<br />
Maintenance/recurrent activities Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year<br />
compared to conventional ploughing<br />
1. Ploughing twice a year instead of 3-5 times<br />
(resulting in a reduction of the costs compared to the<br />
conventional tillage practice)<br />
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by<br />
land user<br />
Labour<br />
Equipment<br />
- 25 100<br />
- machine use<br />
- 72 100<br />
TOTAL - 97 100<br />
Remarks:<br />
Costs were assessed comparing conventional land management with reduced tillage, which needs less inputs thus meaning a saving<br />
compared to conventional practice. Fuel price is the most determining factor affecting the costs. The local wage rate is 79 US$/day.<br />
Prices are <strong>for</strong> spring 2008.<br />
SLM Technology: Reduced tillage of almonds and olives, Spain DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />
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