Notes on land degradation related to agriculture follow. To help you find what you are looking for within this topic, notes are organized according to the outline below. You can click on the topic that you wish to jump to. When you have finished with a section, just click on ">>" to move to the following section in the notes, on "<<" to move to the preceding section, or on the box labeled "CONTENTS" to move back to the master directory for this home page. (Click on "Navigation" for more information on how to move about within and among these documents.)
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I. What is land "degradation" and how much agricultural land is affected by it?
II. Causes of land degradation
1. General concepts
2. Western public rangelands as example
C. Irrigation issues
III. Levels of causation in land degradation
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