Benefits of selected land management practices on ecosystem services: case studies in four watersheds of Ethiopia
Land conservation: Erosion control for sustainable agriculture (Case study in Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar Regency, ...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Climate change can pose major risks to human health, global food security and economic development. The negative impact is an increase in the rate of erosion in agricultural land areas. Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar Regency is one of the areas that have a high erosion rate. Land conservation to control the rate of erosion with a community partic...
Carbon Sequestration to Avoid Soil Degradation: A Review on the Role of Conservation Tillage
Human efforts to produce more food for increasing populations leave marks on the environment. The use of conventional agricultural practices, including intensive tillage based on the removal of crop residue, has magnified soil erosion and soil degradation. In recent years, the progressive increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) has...
Soil and water conservation and sustainable development
In Filho, W. L.; Azul, A. M.; Brandli, L.; Salvia, A. L.; Wall, T. (Eds). Clean water and sanitation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer
Quality index of an Oxisol under different management systems in the Brazilian Cerrado
ABSTRACT Assessing soil quality under different cover crops or different management systems is essential to its conservation. This study aimed to evaluate an Oxisol cultivated with corn and cotton, after different crop successions and under no-tillage system (NTS) and conventional tillage system (CT), through the soil quality index (SQI), using an ...
Metódo de analise da degradação de latossolos na bacia do Igarapé Nazaré no sudoeste amazônico
The changes caused by the transformation of forest areas, which are protected by Brazilian legislation, in pasture and fish farming areas in oxisols cause changes in the physical characteristics of the soil such as density, which can impact on water bodies, affecting, thus, the aquatic fauna and the surrounding residents. In this sense, the present...
Prácticas de conservación de suelo para desarrollar resiliencia ante el cambio climático en Santa Cruz Moxolahuac, Puebl...
This research focuses on describing the soil conservation practices of the nine farmers from Santa Cruz Moxolahuac, Puebla, Mexico. The transactional model theory (Holahan, 2006) is used to describe these practices. Two research techniques are used: systematic observation is used to measure both environmental and behavioral components, and a survey...
Soil losses in the State of Rondônia, Brazil
ABSTRACT: In the state of Rondônia, deforestation, and inadequate soil use and management have intensified the water erosion process, causing degradation of agricultural land. Modeling is a tool that can assist in the adoption of targeted and effective measures for soil and water conservation in the region. In this context, the objective of the res...
Quantifying the impact of no‐till on runoff in southern Brazil at hillslope and catchment scales
No-till (NT) is a conservation system that improves the hydrological regime of agricultural slopes by providing greater surface protection and benefits to the physical and hydrological properties of soils. However, the isolated use of NT is not enough to control runoff and its associated degradation processes. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluat...
Enhancing climate resilience of rain-fed potato through legume intercropping and silicon application
A large portion of sub-Saharan Africa is situated in belts of uncertain rainfall and are characterized by low soil fertility with limited capacity to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. A field study was conducted in the semi-humid potato-growing belt of Kenya to test the effect of legume intercropping and water soluble silicon (or...
