Experiences and challenges of agricultural development in an artificial oasis: A review

Tianyu Wang, Zhenhua Wang, Li Guo, Jinzhu Zhang, Wenhao Li, Huaijie He, Rui Zong, Dongwang Wang, Zhecheng Jia and Yue Wen

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 193, issue C

Abstract: An artificial oasis is a desert area suitable for human occupation and agriculture by human management. Agricultural reclamation in artificial oases provides a means for population growth and urban expansion in arid regions, but it comes at an environmental cost.

Keywords: Oasis agriculture; Land reclamation; Drip irrigation under plastic film; Soil salinization; Plastic pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103220

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