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Economic transition impact on livestock production in Central Asia: Survey results
The dramatic changes in post-Soviet Central Asia have impacted the livestock sector and the livelihoods of the rural communities. The most critical of these changes include the restructuring of former collective farms, the ...
Conversion Factors to Estimate Soil Salinity Based on Electrical Conductivity for Soils in Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan
This paper compares different procedures for soil salinity analyses to determine
electrical conductivity: saturated paste extract (ECe), xed soil:water
ratio extracts EC1:1 and EC1:5, and soil solution paste prepared with ...
Assessment of wheat yield gap in Central Asia: Case studies from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Wheat is by far the most important grain cultivated and consumed in Central Asia. It is therefore an important crop for food security in this region. As a result of increased population growth and food demands, sustainable ...
Evapotranspiration-based Irrigation Scheduling for Cotton in the Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia
The Aral Sea Basin (ASB) in Central Asia is particularly known for its present and predicted deficiencies in available water which may even lead to increased conflicts. This necessitates a re-thinking of the irrigated ...
Population, Land, Grain Production and Consumption, Range and Other Feed Sources for Livestock: Past, Present and Projected to 2025 for Central Asia
This paper aims to provide needed perspectives on past and future shifts in key demographic and farming systems parameters of the Central Asian republics, in support of proposals for research on targeted range areas in ...
Increasing water-use efficiency in sloping areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Low water-use efficiency and soil erosion are the main constraints to improved agricultural production in the sloping areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The soil degradation could be arrested by introducing water-saving ...
Современные проблемы почвенно-агрохимической науки Казахстана и пути их решения (RU); Problems of soil and agrochemical science of Kazakhstan and ways to address them (ENG)
В статье приведены экологические проблемы почвенного покрова аридной территории Казахстана и пути их решения.
The article presents environmental problems of the soil cover of the arid territory of Kazakhstan and ways to ...
The influence of geo-morphological landscape patterns on vegetation characteristics in Tajikistan grasslands
Grassland ecosystems are affected by a combination of physical and environmental factors, as well
as by grazing and human induced activities. The primary objective of this study was to examine the influence
of geo-morphological ...