A comparative overview of the livestock-environment interactions in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

J Otte, U Pica-Ciamarra, S Morzaria - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the interactions between livestock and the environment in Asia and Sub-
Saharan Africa is essential to sustainable livestock sector development. In this comparative …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Land susceptibility to water and wind erosion risks in the East Africa region

AA Fenta, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Land degradation by water and wind erosion is a serious problem worldwide. Despite the
significant amount of research on this topic, quantifying these processes at large-or regional …

Assessing land use and land cover change and farmers' perceptions of deforestation and land degradation in South-West Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

JL Kouassi, A Gyau, L Diby, Y Bene, C Kouamé - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Deforestation and land degradation remain two major economic and environmental threats
in Côte d'Ivoire. This study assessed land use and land cover (LULC) change and farmers' …

Environmental upgrading and downgrading in global value chains: A framework for analysis

A Krishnan, V De Marchi, S Ponte - Economic Geography, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A key concern of the global value chain (GVC) and global production network (GPN)
literature relates to whether and how actors, especially in the Global South, upgrade by …

analysis of the effects of deforestation on the environment and agriculture in Kenya

B Njora, H Yılmaz - International Journal of Water Management and …, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
Forests are known to have beneficial effects on the environment, influence the climate, water
sources, and temperature. Forests help in conserving biodiversity, reduce harmful effects …

Impact of land use/cover changes on soil erosion in western Kenya

BK Kogo, L Kumar, R Koech - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study examined the impact of land use/cover changes on soil erosion in western Kenya
in the years 1995 and 2017. The study used the GIS-based Revised Universal Soil Loss …

Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis juliflora, avoids trade-offs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services

PR Mbaabu, D Olago, M Gichaba, S Eckert… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in
tropical arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Afforestation of degraded grassland …

Adoption intensity of selected organic-based soil fertility management technologies in the Central Highlands of Kenya

GG Mwaura, MN Kiboi, EK Bett, JN Mugwe… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Soil fertility decline continues to be a major challenge limiting agricultural productivity
globally. Despite the novelty of organic-based technologies in enhancing agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural practices drive elevated rates of topsoil decline across Kenya, but terracing and reduced tillage can reverse this

CJ Feeney, DA Robinson, ARC Thomas… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As agricultural land area increases to feed an expanding global population, soil erosion will
likely accelerate, generating unsustainable losses of soil and nutrients. This is critical for …