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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina, Jonathan Kwangulero, Jonathan Òlal Ogwang, Natalie Boyd Williams, Elizabeth Tilley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using machine learning algorithm and landsat time series to identify establishment year of para rubber plantations: a case study in Thalang district, Phuket Island, Thailand

, 2020
In this study, we investigated the potential of using decision tree Machine Learning (ML) algorithm and profiles of vegetation and moisture indices extracted from Land Remote-Sensing Satellite (System, Landsat) time series to identify the ages of rubber ...
Natthaphon Somching, S. Wongsai, N. Wongsai, Werapong Koedsin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

OBSERVATIONS ON SOME DISEASES OF PLANTATION RUBBER IN MALAYA [PDF]

Annals of Applied Biology, 1916
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openaire   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Rubber Plantation Expansion Leads to Increase in Soil Erosion in the Middle Lancang-Mekong River Basin During the Period 2003–2022

Remote Sensing
The booming nature rubber industry has contributed to the extensive expansion of rubber plantations in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin over recent decades.
Hongfeng Xu, Tien Dat Pham, Qingquan Wu, Peng Chai, Dengsheng Lu, Dengqiu Li, Yaoliang Chen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

SOC Stock Changes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Following Tropical Land Use Conversions to Plantation Crops on Mineral Soils, with a Special Focus on Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations

Agriculture, 2018
The increasing global demand for vegetable oils has resulted in a significant increase in the area under oil palm in the tropics during the last couple of decades, and this is projected to increase further.
Sanjutha Shanmugam, Ram C. Dalal, Hans Joosten, R. J. Raison, Goh Kah Joo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of indicators: Monitoring the impacts of rubber plantations on soil quality in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

, 2020
Soil quality index (SQI) is an important tool for evaluating soil quality (SQ). Studies on the effect of understory vegetation on soil properties and SQ in different seasons under rubber plantation is limited.
Zhila Hemati, S. Selvalakshmi, Shang-wen Xia, Xiaodong Yang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Plants Diversity in Small Rubber Plantations at Segamat, Johor

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment, 2020
Species richness in rubber plantations varies considerably with regards to production and management activities. This research was conducted to identify the diversity and richness of common plants in rubber plantations at Segamat, Johor.
N. S. Adnan, M. F. Abdul Karim, N. H. Mazri, N. Fikri, N. Saharizan, N. B. Mohd Ali, N. A. Amaludin, R. Zakaria   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Construction of an Environmental Villain: A Discourse Analysis of Upland Maize Farming in Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul, Cecilie Friis, Thilde Bech Bruun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source