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Exclosure land management restores soil properties of degraded communal grazing lands in northern Ethiopia
In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, establishment of exclosures to restore degraded communal grazing lands has been practiced for the past three decades. However, empirical data on the effectiveness of exclosures in restoring degraded soils are lacking. We investigated the influence of exclosure age on degree of restoration of degraded soil and identified easily measurable biophysical and management-related factors that can be used to predict soil nutrient restoration.
Evaluating adoption of new crop-livestock-soil-management technologies using georeferenced village level data: the case of cowpea in the dry savannahs of West Africa
The present study uses georeferenced community level data to study the adoption of improved cowpea in northern Nigeria. One objective of this study is to find out which factors of the community of village level are significant determinants of adoption of improved dual-purpose (DP) cowpea variaties and management techniques.
Evaluating Land Management Options (ELMO)
- Without understanding what (and why) farmers need and are able to carry out, SLM uptake is likely to remain very limited.
- ELMO is participatory tool to assessing farmers’ land management decision preferences & trade-offs.
- Is mainly concerned with identifying the social and economic drivers of land management decisions & understanding farmers’ preferences for different SLM practices.
- Intention is to better understand farmers’ own perceptions and explanations of the benefits, costs, advantages, disadvantages & tradeoffs associated with different la
Erosion modelling in the upper Blue Nile basin: The case of Mizewa watershed in Ethiopia
The main objective of this research was to study soil erosion and sediment yield in Mizewa watershed using SWAT model. The study was involved hydrological and erosion modelling using primary data collected in the watershed. Hydrological and meteorological data were collected from the stations installed in the watershed by IWMI in collaboration with Ministry of Water and Energy and National Meteorological Service Agency. Suspended sediment data was collected at Mizewa River in the watershed, used for sediment rating curve development.
Establecimiento manejo y producción de pasturas solas y asociadas con vacas de doble propósito en fincas con suelos ácidos del trópico húmedo
Estrategias para el uso y manejo de los suelos ácidos en América Tropical
Enhancing farming system water productivity through alternative land use and improved water management of rainfed agriculture in Vertisol areas
Waterlogged Vertisols are amongst the high potential soils where management interventions could result in positive impacts. This study utilized soil, climate and crop and livestock productivity data and models to demonstrate intensification strategies which increase crop–livestock system productivity and to understand the effects of alternative land use and water management options on water productivity in the Vertisols areas.
El manejo y la utilización de las praderas naturales en el trópico americano
El siguiente documento contiene una revisión de literatura sobre el manejo y la utilización de las praderas naturales en el tropico americano, donde enfatiza la poca información e investigación sobre el manejo y utilización de las sabanas tropicales de América, y por consiguiente se hace necesario recurrir a la informaciónm existente en Africa y Australia aun cuando, en muchos casos, dichas áreas de sabana se salgan del tropico y caigan más bien en el subtrópico.
El uso eficiente de recursos e insumos en el establecimiento y mantenimiento de pastos tropicales
ELMO – the ten key steps
Powerpoint presentation by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) about the ten key steps for "ELMO".