Grain for Green Program (GFGP) was initiated as payment for ecosystem services (PES) in the northwest China. Using survey and land use and land cover data, we explored the function of the PES on both the environment and socioeconomic options for achieving economic and ecological co-evolution....

Agricultural practices combined with soil erosion resulted in extreme loss of soil fertility and reduced sustainability in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China. Alternative land uses include planting leguminous forage species for cut-and-carry feeding of livestock, and raising sheep in folds...

Effects of plastic mulching in ridges and furrows for varying durations on yield and water use efficiency (WUE) in potato were investigated in rainfed areas of north-western China in 2009 and 2010. The experiment comprised four mulched treatments (M50, M65, M80/85, and Mw – indicating plastic...