agricultural activity

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Running in parallel with this, the depopulation process itself reduced the scale of an agricultural activity that was essentially directed towards local consumption.
Describing erosion generation in this way also highlights the role of labour (rather than land) as the constraint on agriculturalactivity in many frontier areas.
The conservation threat comes largely from agriculturalactivity but other events are accelerating the development process, such as highway construction, gas pilelines, and mineral extraction.
In addition, the area provided for regular agriculturalactivity which, next to the pastoral economy, provided an important source of income.
Southern provinces are also characterized by an intensive agriculturalactivity, with on average two harvests a year and a more developed irrigation system than in other provinces.
Up to 44% of the area occurs at high altitude, 29% comprises alpine pastures, 26% is covered by wooded areas and 4% by agriculturalactivity and cut fields.
Such research must be integrated with the political, social and philosophical aspects of agriculturalactivity in order to ensure sustainability of human food resources and rural communities.
The ecological functioning and health of the wetland has links with upstream agriculturalactivity, which, together with rainfall, determines the amount of surface water released into it.
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