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Eskinder Gidey, Oagile Dikinya, Reuben Sebego, Eagilwe Segosebe, Amanuel Zenebe, Said Mussa, Paidamwoyo Mhangara and Emiru Birhane
Land use and land cover change (LULCC) is the result of both natural and socio-economic determinants. The aim of this study was to model the determinant factors of land cover changes in Raya Valley, Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. Multistage sampling was used...
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Vincent Chaplot and Macdex Mutema
Soil erosion is one of the most critical threats to cultivated land. Yet little information is available in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially on the relative contributions of various forms of erosion. Therefore, this study?s objective was to quantify soil l...
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Dongli Wan, Yongqing Wan, Yunfeng Wang, Tingting Yang, Fang Li, Wuriliga and Yong Ding
Leymus chinensis, Stipa grandis, Artemisia frigida, and Cleistogenes squarrosa are the dominant plant species in typical temperate grasslands in Xilingol. Intensive studies related to overgrazing, which resulted in a dominant plant shift, have been carri...
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Yiran Zhang, Wuriliga, Yong Ding, Fang Li, Yujuan Zhang, Min Su, Shuhui Li and Li Liu
In 2011, the Grassland Ecological Conservation Subsidy and Reward Policy (GECSRP) was implemented in China. The purpose of implementing the policy was to protect grassland ecosystems, secure the supply of livestock products, and increase the income of he...
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Lwandile Nduku, Ahmed Mukalazi Kalumba, Cilence Munghemezulu, Zinhle Mashaba-Munghemezulu, George Johannes Chirima, Gbenga Abayomi Afuye and Emmanuel Tolulope Busayo
An Earth observation system (EOS) is essential in monitoring and improving our understanding of how natural and managed agricultural landscapes change over time or respond to climate change and overgrazing. Such changes can be quantified using a pasture ...
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Catalina Vasquez-Carrillo and Kathleen Sullivan Sealey
This paper describes the unique natural communities and biodiversity of the upwelling coastal system along the Guajira peninsula in the southern Caribbean Sea. The Guajira peninsula has a small human population with limited infrastructure and limited opp...
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Ionut Cristi Nicu
Soil erosion is a serious problem spread over a variety of climatic areas around the world. The main purpose of this paper is to produce gully erosion susceptibility maps using different statistical models, such as frequency ratio (FR) and information va...
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Lucian Simionesei, Tiago B. Ramos, Ana R. Oliveira, Marjan Jongen, Hanaa Darouich, Kirsten Weber, Vânia Proença, Tiago Domingos and Ramiro Neves
The southern Iberian Peninsula is characterized by evergreen oak woodlands (locally known as montado), which constitute an important savanna-type agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem. This ecosystem is facing a progressive decline for several reasons, with the ...
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Climate change and variability worsened the situation by increasing moisture stress in the growing seasons of most cereal crops. Agricultural production among the farming rural adults in the country is adversely affected by climate change. As a result of...
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Naftali Ondabu, Solomon Maina, Wilson Kimani, Donald Njarui, Appolinaire Djikeng and Sita Ghimire
Brachiaria grass is an emerging forage option for livestock production in Kenya. Kenya lies within the center of diversity for Brachiaria species, thus a high genetic variation in natural populations of Brachiaria is expected. Overgrazing and clearing of...
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