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CHANGES UNDERGONE IN STRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES OF MAZARRON (MURCIA) DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF GREENHOUSE CULTIVATION

Article number
559_106
Pages
719 – 724
Language
English
Abstract
The present study reflects the changes undergone in the structure of agricultural practices during the last twenty years (from 1977 to 1998) in the area covered by sheet 976 (Mazarron) of the N.T.M. series (1:50,000), mainly due to the expansion of greenhouse cultivation.

The most striking feature in the years between 1977 and 1989 was the “explosion” in greenhouse cultivation although since then the rate of expansion has slowed.
Greenhouse cultivation has progressively taken over areas occupied by traditional market gardening (huerta), olive and almond.
The great changes which have taken place during the last 20 years have been in response to external demand rather than the suitability (or not) of the soil to produce better crops or the suitability of the climate for a particular crop.

An analysis of the soil points to occasional chemical degradation strongly related with soluble salt accumulation.
These generally poorly evolved soils also show important erosion problems, especially in abandoned areas.

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Authors
A. Faz Cano, A.L. Alarcón Vera, P. Marín Sanleandro, M.A. Muñoz García
Keywords
horticultural products, greenhouse, tomato, agricultural structure, Mazarron
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