Yet honesty and sweat aren't enough to make farming and ranching successful in marginal lands.
But much of the cotton regime was applied to marginal lands, where it often failed.
Expanding production in Argentina or America takes you into drier marginal lands which are much more expensive to farm.
If you push certain fragile, marginal lands into agricultural productivity, then that agricultural output will be worth less than the ecological function that you lose.
Low-emissions fuels would have to be made from California's waste biomass plus some fuel crops grown on marginal lands without irrigation or fertilizer.
Yield potentials from marginal lands have generally not been quantified although it is generally assumed that lower biomass yields can be expected from marginal lands.
It is cultivated and adapted to marginal lands with harsh environments.
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L). is a promising crop for utilizing marginal lands.
Marginal lands could be utilized for increasing energy biomass production independent of industrial roundwood procurement.
These results provide basic evidence for planting switchgrass in marginal lands.
Information is needed on potential biomass crops for marginal lands in southern Europe.
