Working Document Series Open Access Ecological and gender impacts of land use cover change in Southern Ethiopia: Review S.A. Zenebe The rapid rate of land use and land cover change and associated dramatic dynamics over the past decades, has caused the fear that it will be one of the major environmental challenges facing the Earth over the next century. Land cover chang… RUF-40701 2019 CC BY 4.0 17 Nov 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Land use and land cover dynamics in Ethiopia: a review A. Abich · Z. Argado The objective of this review paper is to examine time series land use land cover change in Ethiopia. In the country, most Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) change studies have conducted at catchment level less than 43810 ha. It is thus diffic… RUF-40518 2019 CC BY 4.0 7 Jun 2023
Working Document Series Open Access Impacts of land cover changes on soil quality and the distribution/composition of pasture grasses species in Enkushin Micro Catchment, Kajiado County, Kenya J. Kimigo · J.N. Mugwe · F. Wandera Land cover changes have profound effects on production systems in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALS). Often these changes results in land degradation in form of soil erosion and overgrazing of pastures. This study evaluated the impact of lan… RUF-39599 2018 CC BY 4.0 20 Jul 2022
Working Document Series Open Access Reviewing the effects of gold mining on deterioration of forests cover E. A. Musa Dimo · S. O. Tutu Gold mining has rapidly increased in Sudan and in many other countries. As reported by many authors mining activity is considered as one of the forests and biodiversity disturbing agent. This study reviews studies related to the effect of … RUF-38526 2018 CC BY 4.0 13 Aug 2020
Working Document Series Open Access Soil and water conservation practices and soil erosion intensity in the Lake Kivu Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo M.W. Adidja · J.G.M. Majaliwa · M.P. Somora · M. M. Tenywa This study was carried out with the following objectives (i) to identify existing soil and water conservation practices, and (ii) develop a soil erosion hazard model for the Lake Kivu basin. The identification of existing soil and water co… RUF-37444 2016 CC BY 4.0 10 Apr 2018
Working Document Series Open Access Influence of forage value on the choice of grass species to combat desertification in semi-arid regions of Kenya K.Z. Mganga · N.K.R. Musimba · A.W. Mwang’omb · M.M. Nyangito +1 more Livestock production is the main source of livelihood in the arid and semi-arid lands of Africa. Desertification characterized by vegetation degradation and soil erosion have become major threats to the sustainability of this land-based pr… RUF-36231 2016 CC BY 4.0 18 Oct 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Application of common components and specific weights method to analyze local perception patterns of land degradation in Northern Benin (West Africa) Essomanda Tchandao Mangamana Common components and specific weights analysis (CCSWA) is a relatively recent multiblock statistical method that constitutes an extension of principal components analysis (PCA) in the case where different sets of quantitative variables ha… RUF-36047 2016 CC BY 4.0 4 Oct 2016
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Soil, runoff and nutrient losses under maize and banana cropping systems in Lwiro microcatchment, DRC Matabaro Wivine Adidja This study was carried out with the following objectives i) to characterise the cropping systems; ii) to identify existing soil and water conservation practices in the Lake Kivu basin and iii) to determine the magnitude of soil, runoff and… RUF-35815 2014 CC BY 4.0 28 Jan 2016
Working Document Series Open Access Constraints of rehabilitating degraded semi-arid lands of Kenya using indigenous perennial grasses W.N. Ekaya · K.Z. Mganga · W.M. Muiru · N.K.R. Musimba +3 more Land degradation which among others include loss of vegetation is rampant in Kenya, destroying both the fragile arid and semiarid lands and the non-arid areas. Efforts to rehabilitate semiarid areas by re-vegetation has often failed. This … RUF-34628 2010 CC BY 4.0 8 Sep 2015
