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The impact of urbanization on agricultural dynamics: a case study in Belgium KU Leuven
Urbanization leads to a continuous loss of agricultural land, both directly under the form of land take, and indirectly through the use of agricultural land for non-productive rural activities like recreation, horse keeping or hobby farming. These urbanization processes put pressure on farmers, making farming activities harder through reduced agricultural land, negative externalities and the competition for land. To estimate possible future ...
High spatial resolution agent-based modelling at the country scale: an application of farming dynamics in Belgium. KU Leuven
During the last decades, ongoing economic pressure as a result of increasing specialisation, mechanisation and globalisation have led to a continuous decrease in farmers numbers in many parts of the world. This process is leading to profound changes in the socio-ecological system of rural areas worldwide and confronts policy makers and rural planners with new challenges. To better understand such complex systems that are, to a certain extent, ...
Modelling Farm Growth and Its Impact on Agricultural Land Use: A Country Scale Application of an Agent-Based Model KU Leuven
© 2018 by the authors. The ongoing economic pressure on farmers has resulted in lower gross margins, lower income, and a continuous decrease in the number of farmers in large parts of the world. Most remaining farmers upscale their activities by taking over the land of their former competitors, resulting in a decrease in agricultural employment and an increase in average farm size, accompanied by specialisation and new management techniques. ...
Multi-level statistical soil profiles for assessing regional soil organic carbon stocks KU Leuven
To support the assessment of soil-related ecosystem service delivery throughout an area of interest, the information content of soil maps needs to be extended with quantitative data about e.g. the soil organic carbon content. Such data are typically provided by soil profile descriptions with associated horizon data. However, the magnitude and spatial density of available profile collections are mostly too limited to allow the coupling of at ...