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Journal of Environmental Protection, 2016 In one way or another, one out of three people are being affected by land degradation. It is estimated that, about every year, 75 billion tonnes of soil material are being lost worldwide as a result of land degradation. Recent findings also showed that about 2 billion hectares of land were severely degraded, in some cases in an irreversible way, all ...
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Ecological Processes, 2019 Background Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in Ethiopia. Despite this, there is scant information regarding households’ decision towards the implementation
Haftu Etsay +2 more
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2022 The problem of land degradation has resulted into low agricultural productivity over the last two decades in Nigeria thus encouraging sustainable land management practices.
Adetomiwa Kolapo +3 more
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Sustainable land management in Mali
Geography and SustainabilityThis study uses logistic and Poisson regression models to examine the factors influencing the adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) practices in Mali using two rounds of the nationally representative survey Enquête Agricole de Conjoncture ...
Karim Nchare +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 The rate of tropical deforestation is increasing globally, and the fragmentation of remaining forests is particularly high in arable landscapes of West Africa. As such, there is an urgent need to map and monitor these remnant forest patches/fragments and
Vladimir R. Wingate +3 more
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Internet of Things (IoT) for Soil Moisture Tensiometer Automation
Micromachines, 2023 Monitoring of water retention behavior in soils is an essential process to schedule irrigation. To this end, soil moisture tensiometers usually equipped with mechanical manometers provide an easy and cost-effective monitoring of tension in unsaturated ...
Ahmed Ali Abdelmoneim +3 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2023 Land degradation impacts most terrestrial biomes across all world regions. To address global change challenges emanating from degrading natural resources, many countries voluntarily set themselves the goal of achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN ...
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Sustainable Land Management [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2011 A 5-year (2001–2005) joint study of research teams from the Palestinian National Authority, Jordan, Israel and Turkey explored the responses to land management of dryland watersheds in each of the respective countries. The study watersheds differed in their land uses and applied management but were unified by apparent land degradation expressed in ...
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The Effect of Increasing Irrigation Rates on the Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Apple Leaves
Agronomy, 2023 13C discrimination (Δ13C) has been used in research as an indicator of water availability in crops; however, few data are available concerning fruit trees.
Jan Haberle +5 more
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Agronomy, 2022 Fluctuations in precipitation and higher evapotranspiration due to rising temperatures are reflected in reduced wheat yields, even in areas with a low historical incidence of drought. In this study, the effects of drought (S) and irrigation (IR) on spelt,
Gabriela Kuresova +6 more
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