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Muthoni, Francis K.Odongo, Vincent O.Ochieng, JustusMugalavai, Edward M.Mourice, Sixbert K.Hoesche-Zeledon, IrmgardMwila, MulunduBekunda, Mateete A.[Long-term spatial-temporal trends and variability of rainfall over Eastern and Southern Africa]Long-term spatial-temporal trends and variability of rainfall over Eastern and Southern Africa

Dairy intensification is a widely used means of achieving food security, improving farmer incomes and enhancing overall economic growth. However, intensification is dependent upon the availability and suitability of natural resources to sustain growth in production. Here, land and water footprint...


Bosire, Caroline K.Rao, E.J.O.Muchenje, V.Wijk, Mark T. vanOgutu, J.O.Mekonnen, M.Auma, Joseph O.Lukuyu, Ben A.Hammond, James[Adaptation opportunities for smallholder dairy farmers facing resource scarcity: Integrated livestock, water and land management]Adaptation opportunities for smallholder dairy farmers facing resource scarcity: Integrated livestock, water and land management

Evaporation of water from 'micro-lysimeters' collected from four types of field tillage treatments, namely, ploughed to a depth of 30cm (P), ploughed and then harrowed (P + H), ploughed, harrowed and rolled (P + H + R) and untilled (UNT) plots, was studied in a controlled laboratory environment a...


Mwendera, E.J.Feyen, J.[Tillage and evaporativity effects on the drying characteristics of a silty loam: Evaporation prediction models]Tillage and evaporativity effects on the drying characteristics of a silty loam: Evaporation prediction models

The inability of CERES-Maize v3.0 to simulate a fluctuating water table has been identified as a major constraint in using this particular model in South Africa and in Kenya. Information regarding fluctuating water tables under specific conditions, and their influence on maize production, has bee...


Toit, A.S. duPrinsloo, M.A.Wafula, B.M.Thornton, Philip K.[Incorporating a water-logging routine into CERES-Maize, and some preliminary evaluations]Incorporating a water-logging routine into CERES-Maize, and some preliminary evaluations
Autor: Yu Xiaogang

This article discusses the role of forests at different elevations in providing ecosystem services, and particularly water. It analyses the changes in forest management and their consequences over the post liberation period, concentrating on the post-1983 devolution of forest management to villag...


Yu Xiaogang[Conflict in resource management for ecosystem services: water in Lashi watershed, Lijiang]Conflict in resource management for ecosystem services: water in Lashi watershed, Lijiang
Autor: Kaimowitz, D.

Asian policymakers need to know how changes in land uses and practices related to forests affect flooding, dry season stream flow, and water quality. Based on their beliefs about these relations, policymakers often ban logging or introduce expensive projects. Many key stakeholders believe that lo...


Kaimowitz, D.[Forests and water: a policy perspective]Forests and water: a policy perspective

In the highlands of northern Ethiopia, degraded hillslopes are closed for grazing and agriculture for environmental rehabilitation. In order to assess the effect of these exclosures on water balances, a correct assessment of evapotranspiration is needed. A common method for calculating evapotrans...


Descheemaeker, KatrienRaes, DirkAllen, R.Nyssen, JanPoesen, J.Muys, B.Haile, M.Deckers, J.[Two rapid appraisals of FAO-56 crop coefficients for semiarid natural vegetation of the northern Ethiopian highlands]Two rapid appraisals of FAO-56 crop coefficients for semiarid natural vegetation of the northern Ethiopian highlands

Crop-livestock systems are very important both in terms of area and contribution to people’s livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands. However, a common problem in these systems is low livestock and crop productivity, which is partly caused by water scarcity and environmental degradation. As water ...


Descheemaeker, KatrienHaileslassie, AmareAmede, TilahunBossio, Deborah A.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands]Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands
Dzikiti, S.Verreynne, J.S.Stuckens, J.Strever, A.Verstraeten, W.W.Swennen, R.L.Theron, K. I.Coppin, P.[Seasonal variation in canopy reflectance and its application to determine the water status and water use by citrus trees in the Western Cape, South Africa]Seasonal variation in canopy reflectance and its application to determine the water status and water use by citrus trees in the Western Cape, South Africa

Cyanobacteria are a cheap source of nitrogen and quite suitable for farmers of developing countries. Although, they live in a diverse range of environments, different environmental variables influence their nitrogen fixing ability. Thus, this study evaluated the effect of pond depth and lining pl...


Tsedeke, A.Degefu, T.Woldemeskel, EndalkachewDavis, J.[Effect of pond depth and lining plastic color on growth and nitrogen fixing capacity of the cyanobacteria, Anabaena sp. E3]Effect of pond depth and lining plastic color on growth and nitrogen fixing capacity of the cyanobacteria, Anabaena sp. E3

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