Agriculture is considered as one of the major drivers of deforestation worldwide. Especially in Africa, this process is driven by smallscale agriculture. Agricultural intensification is widely proposed as measure to reduce ...

Adoption and expansion of Opuntia ficus-indica in many countries due to its multiple uses as fruit, vegetable, fodder and medicinal compounds has prompted similar attempts in India, too. Since 1970 various research ...

Agriculture is a critical sector of the Indian economy. Though agriculture's contribution to the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country has fallen from about 30% in 199091 to <15 % in 201112, agriculture yet ...

Intervention at the 4th International Symposium on Mediterranean Vineyards and Climate Change, 12-14 May 2017, Santorini, Greece.

Après avoir souhaité la bienvenue à tous les participants, Dr. Tondoh a fait un tour de table afin que chacun des participants puisse se présenter, dire quelques mots sur son background et la zone du projet d’où il provient. ...

Sub-Saharan Africa suffers widespread nutrient mining, raising the problem of insustainable intensification. Understanding the relationship among soil nutrient balance, intensification and farm’s economic performance can ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has failed to ensure sufficient and sustainable food production, mainly as a result of soil nutrient depletion. The persisting food insecurity and poverty, despite proven sustainable soil nutrient ...

Agricultural production systems in Central Asia have been evolving in response to changes in climate, land use and policies. The cropping pattern and productivities of irrigated and rainfed agro-ecosystems as well as grazing ...

Since the mid-nineties, thanks to DNA sequence studies, phylogeny of Phaseoleae, Phaseolinae, and genus Vigna has been greatly improved. Genus Vigna is now reduced to a monophyletic group including five reorganized subgenera: ...

The aim of this research was to develop an understanding of how mountainous forests function in relation to forest phytomass and carbon accumulation in the terrestrial vegetation pools which will help develop options for ...