Author: Claudia HiepePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Soil Degradation by Water Erosion in a Sub-humid West African Catchment
Author: Claudia HiepeSoil Erosion from Natural and Simulated Rain in Forest-, Savannah- and Highland Areas of Humid to Sub-humid West Africa and Influence of Management
Author: Dieter NillImpacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa
Author: Peter SpethPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642129579
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21th century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interdisciplinary approach is used in the book. Strategies are offered for a sustainable and future-oriented water management. Based on different scenarios, a range of management options is suggested with the aid of Information Systems and Spatial Decision Support Systems for two river catchments in Northwest and West Africa: the wadi Drâa in south-eastern Morocco and the Ouémé basin in Benin. The selected catchments are representative in the sense: "what can be learnt from these catchments for other similar catchments?
Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate
Author: Simon BeechamPublisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038420832
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Water Resources in a Variable and Changing Climate" that was published in Water
Modeling Climate and Land Use Change Impacts on Water Resources and Soil Erosion in the Dano Catchment (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
Author: Felix Op de HiptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Soil Degradation and Restoration in Africa
Author: Rattan LalPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351593307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Soil degradation is a widespread problem in Africa resulting in decreased agricultural productivity while demand for food continues to increase. Degradation is caused by accelerated erosion, acidification, contamination, depletion of soil organic matter and plant nutrients, and salinization. The major cause of soil degradation in Africa is uncontrolled and excessive grazing in the savanna regions followed by deforestation and the use of inappropriate and extractive farming practices. Perpetual neglect of the health of soils in Africa can exacerbate the already serious problems of food and nutritional insecurity and environmental degradation. Food and nutritional security of the growing population of Africa can only be achieved if degraded soils are restored and soils of agroecosystems are managed prudently and sustainably. Ignoring soils and taking the fragile, finite and precious soil resources for granted is the principal cause of poverty, hunger, and environmental degradation. The downward spiral must be reversed through soil restoration measures based on translating science into action. This book describes the soils of Africa, processes of soil degradation, extent and severity of soil degradation, and the impacts of degradation processes on food and nutritional security. Features: Explores the extent and severity of soil degradation in Africa Analyzes the cause–effect relationship between anthropogenic activities and soil degradation Reviews processes of soil degradation in Africa including erosion, salinization, nutrient depletion, and decline of soil organic matter Addresses the effect of climate change on soil degradation in Africa. Explains how soil degradation causes food and nutritional insecurity Part of the Advances in Soil Sciences series, this volume is specifically devoted to the processes and factors that cause soil degradation and the challenges and potential for remediation and restoration of soil health in Africa.
Soil and Soil Fertility Management Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Henk MutsaersPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315518848
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This book describes the various concepts and approaches underlying soil and soil fertility management research in SSA over the last fifty years. It provides examples of important innovations generated and assesses the position of research within the research-to-development continuum, including how innovations have been validated with the intended beneficiaries. Using the experience of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as a case study, the authors analyse how processes, partnerships and other factors have affected research priorities, the delivery of outputs, and their uptake by farming communities in SSA. They evaluate both successes and failures of past investments in soil fertility research and important lessons learnt which provide crucial information for national and international scientists currently engaged in this research area. The book is organised in a number of chapters each covering a chronological period characterised by its primary research content and approaches and by the dominant research paradigms and delivery models.
The Political Ecology of Soil Erosion in West Africa
Author: Michael O'Neal CampbellPublisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781624172588
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text looks at theories of nature-society relations and development, applied to soil erosion and environmental change in West Africa, and Ghana. Acknowledging the importance of power relations for environmental management, the book begins with an examination of the field of political ecology, alternately the political economy of the environment. It assesses the role of this sub-discipline within geography and anthropology, and its role in practical conservation planning and the management of soil erosion.
Soil and Water Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Chris ReijPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
An analysis of past experience outlining a strategy for future national polices and external support for cncservation programs.
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics
Author: M. BonellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139443845
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.