Models of the land system are essential to our understanding of the magnitude and impacts
of climate change. These models are required to represent a large number of processes in …

With the rapid development of climate change adaptation over recent decades, a
considerable amount of evidence has been collected on maladaptation associated with …

This paper applies an integrated methodology which is constituted of the following:(i) the
Emergy-Data Envelopment Analysis (EM-DEA),(ii) environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis …

The goal to improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through domestic, resource
efficient and low carbon agriculture is importance. Interventions to produce more food could …

Abstract In West Africa, the majority of regional climate projections for the region predict that
the study area will become warmer and that precipitation patterns will be more erratic. The …

Abstract Model validation is a precondition for credibility and acceptance of a model.
However, it appears that there is no scientific standard for validation of Bayesian Belief …

Due to the fact that the South Africa's savanna landscapes are under changing conditions,
the previously sustainable firewood collection system in rural areas has become a social …

Quantitative information on soil loss is relevant for devising soil conservation and crop
management strategies to ensure sustainable fertility management and crop production …

The study estimated the average annual soil loss for sustainable crop production in the
Upper East of Ghana, using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, sensitivity …

Farming on hillslopes often affects the accumulation and loss of soil organic matter (SOM)
depending on slope position and cropping patterns. Most hillslope studies focus on soil …