Abstract
In the loess region of China efforts are made to stabilize the economy of the area by extensive afforestation and slope terracing. In Chung-hua district one fifth of the surface area is already covered with new woodland. Soil erosion has thus been reduced by about one half.
Agriculture is intensified by melioration and organizational measures. The innovation of green feed cultures is intended to quadruple livestock economy by the year 2000.
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Wein, N. Agriculture and forestry in the Loess Plateau region of China the example of the Chung-hua District. GeoJournal 12, 57–64 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213022