Biodiversity in rangelands is decreasing, due to intense utilization
for livestock production and conversion of rangeland into cropland;
yet the outlook of rangeland biodiversity has not been
considered in view of future global demand for food. Here we
assess the impact of future livestock production on the global
rangelands area and their biodiversity. First we formalized existing
knowledge about livestock grazing impacts on biodiversity,
expressed in mean species abundance (MSA) of the original
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2013Kenya, Estados Unidos de América, África oriental, América Septentrional
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2017África oriental, Tanzania
Arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas cover 61 % of Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania, 1999) and, over the past decades, several restoration projects have worked toward reversing degradation in these areas (Kikula, 1999; Kisanga et al., 1999). These projects have addressed from social and ecological perspectives and have spanned for decades, thereby allowing for a genuine opportunity to identify and articulate lessons learned and develop good practice guidelines for restoring productive capacity of drylands.
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesOctubre, 2017Etiopía, Kenya, África oriental
Presentation of the project (East Africa and Sahel) for the Annual meeting (2017) organized in Niger (ICRISAT)
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesOctubre, 2017Kenya, África oriental
The document present the contribution of local knowledge in context-Specific Land Restoration Technologies.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesJunio, 2003Armenia, Azerbaiyán, Eritrea, Etiopía, Georgia, Kazajstán, Kirguistán, Pakistán, Sudán, Tayikistán, Turkmenistán, Uzbekistán, África oriental, África septentrional, Asia meridional, Asia central, Asia occidental
The year 2002 marked ICARDA's 25th anniversary, and coincided with several honors and awards for the center's excellence in research. Research on developing high-yielding kabuli chickpea varieties that thrive in cool, wet winter conditions earned the 2002 King Baudouin Award of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), jointly with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), which focuses on desi chickpea.
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesJunio, 2016Etiopía, África oriental
Presentation on A Gendered Participatory Approach to Promote Adoption of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosEnero, 2014Kenya, África oriental
Book Chapter on the role of trees in regulating soil erosion
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesFebrero, 2016Burkina Faso, Níger, África occidental
This is a comprehensive literature review of land restoration activities in West Africa Sahel.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesJulio, 2015Etiopía, África oriental
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
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2016Malawi, África oriental
According to the Malawi Land Act of 1965, three categories of land tenure exist in the country. These are private, public and customary land. Private land is all land held under a freehold title, a leasehold title or land registered under the Registered Land Act of 1967. Public land is all land occupied by the government while customary land is all land held, occupied or used under customary law (Peters & Kambewa, 2007; Kishindo, 1994:57).
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