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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 ...
Identification of potential areas for out-scaling sustainable land management options in West Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia
Water scarcity and land degradation are among the
most important factors affecting agricultural production and
sustainability in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region and
in Central Asia (CA). Various sustainable ...
Exacerbated degradation and desertification of grassland in Central Asia
Grassland desertification is a complex process, including both state conversion (e.g., grasslands to deserts) and
gradual within-state change (e.g., greenness dynamics). Existing studies generally did not separate the ...
Land Tenure, climate change and livestock mobility in Central and Southern Asian Grasslands
the conference paper describes the current effects of climate change on Central and Southern Asia Grasslands, present status of tenure and livestock mobility and explores the future effects of CC and potential mitigation ...
CRP1.1 Research in Central Asia and the Caucasus: rationale and key research hypotheses
CRP1.1 Research in Central Asia and the Caucasus – rationale and key research hypotheses
Agricultural water management and ecosystem services in the Aral-Syrdarya watershed, Kazakhstan - Searching for novel ways to share water and improve ecosystem services in Kazakhstan
Nestled between the Syr Darya River and the Karatau mountain range, idyllic Turkestan region in South Kazakhstan Province is situated 250 km downstream from the Chardara reservoir. Agricultural land in this region is ...
Conservation Agriculture Holds Considerable Promise to Help Agricultural Livelihood Systems Coping with Climate Change: ICARDA’s Experience
Around one-third of the global population depends on dryland
agriculture for food security and livelihoods. In addition to common
challenges (such as natural resources degradation, poverty), climate
change is exacerbating ...
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 ...
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 ...