Modern industrial agriculture is largely responsible for environmental problems, such as biodiversity loss, soil degradation, and alteration of biogeochemical cycles or greenhouse …
Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …
This study measures how Kenyan farmers and farming systems have responded to changes in population density and associated land pressures. Kenya is a relatively densely …
MK Jhariya, RS Meena, A Banerjee - Ecological intensification of natural …, 2021 - Springer
As per the estimates of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) world's population would be requiring 60% more food in comparison to present times till 2050. The situation is worser …
J Nyssen, W Clymans, K Descheemaeker… - Hydrological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Impact studies of catchment management in the developing world rarely include detailed hydrological components. Here, changes in the hydrological response of a 200‐ha …
K Vohland, B Barry - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
In situ rainwater harvesting (RWH) belong to the promising practices to support sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa facing climate change impacts. However, appropriate …
J Rockstrom, N Hatlbu, TY Owels, SP Wani - 2007 - oar.icrisat.org
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Despite numerous assessments of the sensitivity and resilience of drylands to degradation, there has been little research into the way affected communities innovate and adapt in …
W Nyangena - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2008 - Springer
Soil erosion is a major environmental problem and threat to rural development in Kenya. Numerous attempts to address the problem have apparently had little success. There are …