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A Preliminary Model of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Suitability for Jordan
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. has been propagated for its fruits and young
pads for human consumption, as well as for forage for domestic livestock for
hundreds of years. Recently, it has been suggested that this plant ...
Cactus Pear Roots Turnover and Total Carbon Sequestration Rate Depends on Soil Volume Availability
The influence of soil volume availability on roots carbon turnover and carbon sequestration rate of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) was studied during three years trial. Since April 2014, 1- year-old cladodes were planted ...
Cactus Crop (Opuntia Ficus-Indica) to Rehabilitate Rangelands in Semi-Arid Regions of Tunisia
The area of rangelands in Tunisia is estimated at 4.5 million hectares, or 27.4% of the total area of the country. Currently rangelands contribute 10 to 25% of livestock feed requirements, compared to 65% in the sixties, ...
Spineless cactus in the Arabian Peninsula: adaptive behaviors and production performances
Limited water resources are the main challenge facing agricultural developments in dry areas. Thus improving the crops water use efficiency (WUE) is considered the greatest one. In an attempt to alleviate feed shortages ...
Grassland/rangelands based livestock production systems: Options and trade-offs between productivity and GHG emissions reductions
The global warming is expected to further contribute to the process of rangeland degradation as a result of mis-management and may have significant adverse impacts on range species under high CO2 emissions scenarios. Already ...
A methodological approach to model the grass-tree relationship in Quercus suber Mediterranean forest ecosystems
Livestock is socially and economically an important component for the livelihood of resource poor
farmers in North Africa. A portion of livestock feed resources is forest rangeland. Unfortunately, the
sustainability of ...
What forage tree-shrub species are recommended in alley cropping systems under west Asia conditions?
Alley cropping is an agroforestry practice of planting arable crops between trees or shrubs. The integration of forage treeshrub species in an alley-cropping system was examined as an approach to mitigate the effects of ...
Improving Forage Production Quantity and Quality Using Native Legume Species in Semi-arid Agrosilvopastoral System
Agrosilvopastoral systems provide a range of livelihood services, either directly through forage production or indirectly by the beneficial effects on soil conservation, nutrient cycling, pollutant filtering, and biodiversity ...
Estimating rangeland carrying capacity using crowd-sourcing and VegMeasure under Covid-19
Congress Proceeding: Grassland Society of Southern Africa 55th Annual Congress (virtual Congress) Jun 30- Jul 02, 2020 about estimating rangeland carrying capacity at Al Majydia site using crowd-sourcing and VegMeasure ...
A Scalable and Participatory Sustainable Rangeland Management toolkit with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitate degraded rangelands
Rangelands contribute significantly toward improving livelihoods, offering food security, trade, and tourism for pastoral communities. Numerous challenges include poor government policies, loss of indigenous knowledge, and ...