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Managing rangelands: promoting native shrub species: Rhanterium suaveolens Desf: a keystone species critical to rangeland structure and functioning
Rhanterium suaveolens is a desert plant endemic to North Africa and is best developed in parts of the sandy plains of the northern Sahara characterized by deep sierozem soils. Due to their attractiveness for various human ...
Achieving Food Security and Reducing Poverty through Land Restoration
Land restoration and avoiding further degradation can be a key pathway to achieving food security and exiting poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in Africa’s drylands. Achieving the UN’s SDGs requires ...
Managing rangelands: promoting well-adapted shrub species: Atriplex nummularia: Highly drought and salt tolerant shrub, well-suited for rangeland rehabilitation and for providing quality fodder for livestock when herbage availability is low
Atriplex nummularia is a key feed resource in times when other feed is not available. This plant is grown in arid areas all over the world and is often promoted to improve forage availability. As a result, this plant is ...
Managing rangelands: promoting native shrub species: Ziziphus nummularia: a promising forage shrub for silvopasture in arid and semi-arid ecosystems
This is a factsheet about Ziziphus nummularia is one such important shrub species of arid and semi-arid tracts. Continuing to supply foliage over a long time, it plays a vital role in the economy of dryland peoples. It is ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable native shrub species: Artemisia herba-alba Asso: a drought tolerant subshrub well known as an aromatic and medicinal species
Artemisia herba-alba is a dwarf shrub which grows rapidly in dry and warm climates. It is found on the steppes of North Africa, the Middle East and south western Europe. The plant is also common in sandy or silty soils and ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable forage-grass species: Lasiurus sindicus Henrard: a promising, drought-tolerant, tussocky perennial grass suitable for pasture development in desert areas
This is a factsheet about Sewan grass (Lasiurus sindicus) that Popularly known as the king of the desert, sewan grass is remarkably well adapted to the desert. High water-use efficiency enables this native grass to maximize ...
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable legume species: Hedysarum coronarium L.: a biennial herbaceous legume used for forage in the Mediterranean basin
Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) is deep rooted and drought resistant. This species native to the Mediterranean is effective in biological fixation of sloping land, and improving organo-mineral soil fertility and yields and ...
Managing rangelands: promoting and establishing endangered species: Rhus tripartita (Ucria) Grande: a rare and endangered species with great ecological value
Rhus tripartita is distributed in isolated populations within areas that have an altitude of 10–500 m and receive 100–600 mm of rainfall each year. It is usually found on calcareous soils, but it can grow in a variety of ...
Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Aschers: an important sand stabilizer for saline deserts
This factsheet describes the benefits, establishment, management, and effective maintenance of Nitraria retusa. Nitraria retusa, also known as Ghardaq or Sahanoon, is one of the leading halophyte perennial shrubs belonging ...
Managing rangelands: promoting and establishing sand dune fixing species: Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter: a xerophytic quicksand- and dune-fixing species adapted to sandy deserts
Stipagrostis pungens is a perennial grass species which belongs to the Poaceae family. It is usually found with several erect culms, grows up to 1.5 m in height, and forms substantial tufts. It is a tall stiff glabrous ...