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Closing the data gap: A model for national-level food loss and waste data generation in the absence of existing data

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

In the UN many countries committed themselves to reduce FLW towards 20301. So-called national pathways are developed, written by governments, elaborating on how this will be established. In order to support and validate these efforts, FLW monitoring2 is required on national level. This is a complex task for LMIC, since it is difficult to get data from rural and remote areas.

How Useful? Fish-Friendly Irrigation Guidelines for the Lower Mekong Lack Definition in Five Key Areas

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

A proliferation of irrigation infrastructure throughout the Mekong River has impacted the ability of certain fish species to migrate to fulfil their lifecycle. In response, fishways, a type of fish-friendly irrigation structure, have been developed to provide passage for these fish.

New podcast explores policy coherence and system transformation in food, land and water

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Overcoming future sustainable development challenges will require significant transformations in food, land, and water systems. However, the challenges faced by countries are varied and complex. Produced by IWMI, the Policy Pathways podcast will examine the policy coherence of food, land, and water systems in six of the CGIAR’s National Policies and Strategies Initiative countries.

‘Squeezing Out’ the Nile Delta’s drainage water to irrigate Egypt’s desert land

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Egypt’s quota of Nile River water has been constant since the 1950s, despite the continual agricultural land expansion. To facilitate land reclamation, Egypt has reallocated Nile water from downstream users, mostly smallholders in the ‘old lands’ of the Delta.

A critical analysis of soil (and water) conservation practices in the Ethiopian Highlands: implications for future research and modeling

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Soil and water conservation have been traditionally part of farming practices for thousands of years. Despite massive efforts to implement modern soil and water conservation practices (SWCPs) in the Ethiopian Highlands, soil erosion increased after the 1970s when social and political events led to a remarkable change in land use.

Fate and transport modelling for evaluating antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments: Current knowledge and research priorities

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Antibiotics have revolutionised medicine in the last century and enabled the prevention of bacterial infections that were previously deemed untreatable. However, in parallel, bacteria have increasingly developed resistance to antibiotics through various mechanisms.

Gender norms and social transformation of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

There is a paucity of scientific information regarding gender norms and social transformation in the Sub-Saharan region. This has contributed to the insufficient articulation of gender issues in the proposed agricultural programmes and visions, such as the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the Malabo Declaration.

Microbial resistance and resilience to drought and rewetting modulate soil N2O emissions with different fertilizers

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Future climate models indicate an enhanced severity of regional drought and frequent rewetting events, which may cause cascading impacts on soil nitrogen cycle and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, but the underlying microbial mechanism remains largely unknown.

Farmers on the front line: Perceptions, practices and discrepancies from the Aral Sea's Karakalpakstan and Khorezm regions

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2023
Global

Undesirable changes in surface water and groundwater resources and land quality for biophysical and institutional reasons will further endanger the livelihoods of people in Central Asia. The farmers' understanding of these problems and the adaptation and solution strategies they opt for are the critical variables in devising relevant policies.

Planning And Conservation Of Urban Riparian Reserves: Spatiotemporal Evidence From Earth Observation

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2022
Kenya
Norway

Context and backgroundAlthough a growing body of literature maintains that riparian reserves are infrequently conserved, a knowledge gap exists on how their status may be assessed through a triangulation of spatial and temporal approaches.Goal and Objectives:This study, therefore, sought to investigate through geospatial analysis the extent to which riparian reserves in Kenya were conserved as