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The Impact of Land Use Change on the 3-D Structure of Shrubland and Savanna Dryland Ecosystems
A terrestrial LiDAR scanner was used to compare the vegetation of two nearby sites with different management regimes.
Drylands cover 41% of the terrestrial land surface and provide $1 trillion in ecosystem goods and
services ...
Crop breeding for the development of climate resilient crops: Approaches at ICARDA
Crop production has been challenged by abiotic and biotic constraints since its inception. However, the magnitude and intensity of these stresses are increasing dramatically due to climate change causing recurrent droughts, ...
Genotype vs Environment: the ICARDA durum wheat breeding program for African dryland cultivation
Durum wheat is a staple and industrial food of many dryland farming systems. ICARDA breeding program has delivered since 1977 germplasm adapted to these farming systems achieving over 150 varieties released in 23 developing ...
Alternative Hosts of Yellow Dwarf Viruses (YDVs) and Sources of Resistance in Barley in Ethiopia
Diseases are key biotic constraints facing barley production in many countries. One of the key
diseases group is yellow dwarf viruses (YDVs). Alternative hosts play an important role in the
epidemiology of YDVs. Studies ...
Reminder Nudge, Attribute Nonattendance, and Willingness to Pay in a Discrete Choice Experiment
Attribute non-attendance (ANA) is one of the choice simplification strategies respondents employ in
choosing among alternatives in stated preference elicitation methods. Studies have shown the importance
of accounting for ...
Performance of cropSyst simulation model for groundnut –wheat cropping system in IGNP stage –II
Simulation models are an important tool to understand soil-plant interactions on water balance components and their effects on crop growth and land productivity. Comparted to field experiments, the use of crop models to ...
Optimal Scales of Neighbourhood Effects on Landuse Change: An Analysis Procedure Applied in an Alpine Mountainous Region
Neighbourhood effects on land use change are very common. Therefore, they are often
included in spatially explicit models of land use change and other spatial analyses. Neighbourhood
indices, however, depend strongly on ...
Performance assessment of CropSyst model for yield and nitrogen uptake and water use of crops in hot arid north western Rajasthan
The crop yield and water productivity is a complex indicator because it can be ascribed mainly to agro-techniques, plant factors, and environment. Appropriate crop management strategies to improve yield and water productivity ...
Assessment of SWC intervention impacts at the watershed scale: Case study of Rmel watershed in central Tunisia. In B. Elleuch, 2nd International Conference on Integrated Environmental Management for Sustainable Development. Book of Proceedings. 251-265.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the large scale impacts of the bench terrace SWC technique
widely applied in central and northern Tunisia using SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool). The model was set up for the ...
Enhancing Jameed quality by improved processing methods for small scale dairy sheep farms in Jordan
Jameed is a traditional dried dairy product in Jordan that has been produced in the region for centuries and used to prepare the popular traditional cuisine called Mansaf. Jameed processing is an important part of the ...