Assessment of maize yield response to agricultural management strategies using the DSSAT–CERES-Maize model in trans Nzoia County in Kenya

HK Kipkulei, SD Bellingrath-Kimura, M Lana… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Maize production in low-yielding regions is influenced by climate variability, poor soil fertility,
suboptimal agronomic practices, and biotic influences, among other limitations. Therefore …

Assessment of land degradation in semiarid Tanzania—Using multiscale remote sensing datasets to support sustainable development goal 15.3

J Reith, G Ghazaryan, F Muthoni, O Dubovyk - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring land degradation (LD) to improve the measurement of the sustainable
development goal (SDG) 15.3. 1 indicator (“proportion of land that is degraded over a total …

Integrated mOdeling of land degradation dynamics and insights on the possible future management alternatives in the Gidabo river basin, Ethiopian rift valLey

R Girma, A Moges, C Fürst - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Land degradation is a pivotal environmental concern, bearing substantial impacts in the
Gidabo river basin (GRB) in Ethiopia, prompting a critical need for effective mitigation …

A new conceptual framework for spatial predictive modelling of land degradation in a semiarid area

A Abolhasani, G Zehtabian, H Khosravi… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although land degradation (LD) is known as a severe environmental problem, spatial
predictive modelling of this phenomenon remains a challenge. This research aimed to …

Agroforestry for climate change resilience in degraded landscapes

SR Gupta, JC Dagar, GW Sileshi… - … of Agriculture in Asia and …, 2023 - Springer
Agriculture constitutes the largest economic sector in Asia and Africa; therefore, issues like
land degradation, food security, biodiversity loss and climate change are inextricably linked …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal analysis of water storage variation and temporal correlations in the East Africa lake basins

AM Seka, J Zhang, GT Ayele, YG Demeke… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region East Africa (EA), lake basins (Tana, Abaya-Chamo, Turkana, Victoria,
and Tanganyika), 6472, 404 km 2 of total area. Study focus Total water storage change …

Impacts of climate change on vegetation in Kenya: Future projections and implications for protected areas

C Parracciani, R Buitenwerf, JC Svenning - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change will cause substantial vegetation shifts across the world. Africa may face
varying dynamics such as tree decline, savannization, and woody encroachment due to …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of trends in productivity metrics in assessing land degradation: A case study in the Campania region of southern Italy

M Di Leginio, A Agrillo, L Congedo, M Munafò… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Land degradation is a critical issue at a global level and its progressive increasing greatly
reduces soil ecosystem services. In this context, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable …

Farmer-science-based soil degradation metrics guide prioritization of catchment-tailored control measures

T Endale, J Diels, D Tsegaye, A Kassaye… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Locally valid and up-to-date soil degradation surveys that account for the spatial variability
and the dynamic nature of degradation processes within environmentally diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change, degradation, and land acquisitions: evaluating inequalities among competing interests for suitable cropland in Ethiopia

C Muir, AC Smith, A Agrawal - Ecology and Society, 2023 - ecologyandsociety.org
Land is the central resource for agriculture. In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
where a large portion of the population relies on agriculture for subsistence and household …