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Displaying 431 - 435 of 1605Gendered impacts of the 2007–2008 food price crisis: Evidence using panel data from rural Ethiopia
This paper provides empirical evidence on the gendered impact of the 2007–2008 food price crisis using panel data on 1400 households from rural Ethiopia that were initially surveyed before the onset of the crisis, in 1994–1995, 1997, and 2004, and after food prices spiked, in 2009. It investigates whether female-headed households are more likely to report experiencing a food price shock, and whether female-headed households experiencing a shock are more (or less) likely to adopt certain coping strategies, controlling for individual, household, and community characteristics.
Differentiating the relative importance of land cover change and geomorphic processes on fine sediment sequestration in a logged watershed
Timber harvest often results in accelerated soil erosion and subsequent elevated fine (
Riparian buffer located in an upland landscape position does not enhance nitrate-nitrogen removal
Relatively narrow (
Impact of terrain attributes, parent material and soil types on gully erosion
Gully erosion is a worldwide matter of concern because of the irreversible losses of fertile land, which often have severe environmental, economic and social consequences. While most of the studies on the gullying process have investigated the involved mechanisms (either overland flow incision, seepage or piping erosion), only few have been conducted on the controlling factors of gully wall retreat, an important, if not the dominant, land degradation process and sediment source in river systems.
Temporal stability and variability of field scale soil moisture on mountainous hillslopes in Northeast Asia
Soil moisture is a crucial component in the hydrologic cycle. The analysis of soil moisture variability is challenging because soil moisture is dependent on physical factors such as: antecedent precipitation, soil texture, land cover, and topography. This study investigated soil moisture variability, validated the utility of temporal stability analysis for measuring areal mean soil moisture, and identified factors that were strongly related to temporal stability characteristics at small mountainous sites in Northeast Asia.