La influencia del manejo del suelo en la funcion ambiental del olivar segun la opinion de expertos

Elena R. Cabrera, Macario Rodríguez-Entrena and Manuel Arriaza Balmón

Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, 2014, issue 238, 25

Abstract: El olivar lleva a cabo una funcion ambiental que puede verse alterada por las tecnicas de cultivo que se practiquen. Dentro de estas, el tipo de manejo que se realize para el control de la vegetacion arvense puede variar de manera significativa el desarrollo de esta funcion y, por lo tanto, la provision de bienes publicos ambientales. Mediante la tecnica multicriterio del Proceso Analitico Jerarquico (AHP) un grupo d expertos realiza una ordenacion de las tecnicas de manejo del suelo mas frecuentes en la actualidad, con el objetivo de extraer cual de ellas supone una mejor provision de dichos bienes publicos. Los resultados obtenidos evidencian los efectos positivos que sobre el medio ambiente tiene el mantenimiento de cubiertas en general, y su control mediante desbrozado en particular. The environmental function of olive groves can be modified by crop practices. In this sense, soil management practices are probably the most important ones, because of their influence over a worrying problem in agriculture: soil erosion. In addition, these practices can also modify the provision of other environmental public goods. This paper seeks to identify what are the most appropriate soil practices in olive growing to carry out a good environmental function. We use the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in order to obtain a ranking of these practices through experts' priorities. The results show the positive environmental effect of the maintenance of spontaneous cover crops during winter, specially if they are controlled by mowering.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.187619

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