scientists would be further integrated with the EU community, especially through greater involvement in the Partnership. The positive experience of the Bureau Network (ESBN) coordinated by JRC could be re vitalised. data in many countries are obsolete and the only new regional source is the
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under pressure as an increasing number of farmers attempt to make a living based on what the land can offer to growing plants. Studies from about 1989 have focused on different spatial scales, i.e., subcontinental, subnational, and farm.