Climate change vulnerability and adaptation of crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review on concepts, approaches and methods

SB Bedeke - Environment, development and sustainability, 2023 - Springer
Climate change severely affects sub-Saharan African economies in several ways: increased
temperatures, erratic rainfall variability patterns, and recurrent droughts and floods. Such …

Effects of soil and water conservation techniques on crop yield, runoff and soil loss in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review

K Wolka, J Mulder, B Biazin - Agricultural water management, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil erosion by water is one of the main causes of land degradation and reduced agricultural
productivity in Africa leading to an estimated annual loss in crop yield of 280 million tons. To …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia

W Abera, L Tamene, T Kassawmar, K Mulatu… - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
Land management to increase food production while conserving the environment and
associated ecosystem services (ESs) is one of the major development and research …

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 …

Soil erosion assessment in the Blue Nile Basin driven by a novel RUSLE-GEE framework

A Elnashar, H Zeng, B Wu, AA Fenta, M Nabil… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Assessment of soil loss and understanding its major drivers are essential to implement
targeted management interventions. We have proposed and developed a Revised Universal …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated framework for improving watershed management planning

AA Fenta, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn, M Tsubo… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proper land use and management (LUM) planning is pivotal to curbing land degradation
and ensuring sustainable use of limited watershed resources. Despite decades of research …

Land degradation, overland flow, soil erosion, and nutrient loss in the Eastern Himalayas, India

PK Mishra, A Rai, K Abdelrahman, SC Rai, A Tiwari - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies on the assessment of land degradation, overland flow, soil loss, and nutrient loss
have emerged as paramount importance for food security and rural livelihood in the …

[HTML][HTML] Towards sustainability in the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices: Implications on household poverty, food and nutrition security

WR Mgomezulu, AK Edriss, K Machira… - Innovation and Green …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study assessed the impact of sustainably adopting Sustainable Agricultural Practices
(SAPs) on household poverty, food and nutrition security. Different scholars have assessed …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the global potential of water harvesting from successful case studies

L Piemontese, G Castelli, I Fetzer, J Barron… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water harvesting has been widely applied in different social-ecological contexts, proving to
be a valuable approach to sustainable intensification of agriculture. Global estimates of the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of land management practices and land cover types on soil loss and crop productivity in Ethiopia: A review

G Desta, L Tamene, W Abera, T Amede… - International Soil and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Identifying land management practices (LMP) that enhance on-site sediment management
and crop productivity is crucial for the prevention, reduction, and restoration of land …