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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2015
    Uzbekistan, Central Asia

    An attempt was made to assess the land condition while taking into consideration environmental and socio-economical parameters that could be drivers of ongoing land degradation processes. Many of these variables have spatial and temporal characteristics and can therefore be monitored through GIS-based tools thus contributing valuable information for assessing land degradation risk.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2015
    Uzbekistan, Central Asia

    In recent decades, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral remotely sensed imageries with high and modern spatial resolutions at sufficient time-series interval have been developed. This allows for detecting crop types and its distribution over large areas and at short time intervals. Among the advantages of remote sensing technologies are its cost effective evaluation over extensive areas and the ability to provide reliable information on land surface conditions. This is useful also for areas with sporadic information on the spatial extent of croplands effected by for instance water scarcity.

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2015
    Ethiopia, Eastern Africa

    The database consists of data on soil properties of both on station and 20 farmer fields, household characteristics of 301 households, woreda level crop production statistics for the past 5 years, land use maps and data and long-term historical climate data for Adamitullu in Oromia region, Ethiopia

  4. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2015
    Uzbekistan, Central Asia

    Irrational water use and mismanagement are at the root of several environmental problems in the Aral Sea Basin, including secondary salinization. Pre-season leaching (February-March) is a common practice of farmers to manage soil salinity challenges. For example, farmers in the Khorezm region tend applying up to 600 mm of leaching volume to prevent accumulation of salts in the root-zone. However, excessive leaching volume causes the water tables to rise at 1-1.5 m depth which are dangerous depths.

  5. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2015

    Poster presentation. Book of abstracts. 2015 annual conference of European Geosciences Union (EGU).
    The participation of stakeholders and the integration of scientific and local knowledge in the assessment of environmental
    problems and potential solutions have been increasingly demanded by international institutions. Participatory
    assessment has the potential to engender social learning among all stakeholders, including scientists,
    which then has the potential to increase collaboration and the probability for adoption of good practices. Using

  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2015
    Central Asia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

    Agro-ecosystems in dry areas are sensitive to changes in climate and land use. The productivities of these agro-ecosystems are highly variable in both spatial and temporal scales. Accurate and up-to-date information on these production systems at farmscape to landscape scales are important for understanding the food security

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2015
    Western Asia, Jordan

    Land degradation resulting from improper land use and management is a major cause of declined productivity
    in the arid environment. The objectives of this study were to examine the effects of a sequence of land use changes,
    soil conservation measures, and the time since their implementation on the degradation of selected soil properties.
    The climate for the selected 105 km2 watershed varies from semi-arid sub-tropical to Mediterranean sub-humid. Land

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    March, 2015
    Western Asia, Iraq

    This final report synthesizes the results of the Iraq Salinity Project, a research partnership between five Iraqi ministries and national agencies and an international team of researchers, led by ICARDA, specializing in land and water management, crop improvement and plant breeding, geoinformatics, and socioeconomics.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    February, 2015
    Mali, Western Africa

    A study was conducted in two districts (Bougouni and Koutiala) of southern Mali to document and analyse existing local conventions governing the management of natural resources in mixed crop-livestock systems. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and individual interviews were conducted to collect data on the existing local conventions and on the participation of local population in decentralized natural resource management. In total, the group discussions

  10. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 2015
    India, Southern Asia

    Traditional livestock rearing systems in grasslands evolved in response to social, climatic, vegetative and technological conditions that existed scores, hundreds, or in some cases thousands of years ago. Many of these systems involve vertical transhumance where flocks and herds are moved up elevation gradients for summer pasturage or horizontal transhumance in which livestock migrate across greater distances in response to regional rainfall patterns and

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