Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
A comparative analysis of rural household food security in the high rainfall zone of Murang’a, semi – arid lands of Kitui and arid lands of Isiolo in Kenya
... (FEWS NET, 2012) reported over 10 million people to suffer from chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition in 2012 which is about one third of the 39 million people in Kenya reported to suffer from chronic food and ...
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Genotypic Variation of Green Gram Accessions in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya
... As land pressure rises, more marginal areas in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) in the world are being used for agriculture [7]. Unfortunately, most ASALs predominantly depend on rain-fed ...
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Long-term observed Precipitation Trends in Arid and Semi-arid Lands, Baringo County, Kenya
... The arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) are hardest hit by the above-mentioned ...in arid and semi-arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa is managing unreliable rainfall (Tumbo et ...
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Trends of Extreme Temperature and Rainfall Indices for Arid and Semi Arid Lands of South Eastern Kenya
... How to cite this paper: Marigi, S.N., Njo- gu, A.K. and Githungo, W.N. (2016) Trends of Extreme Temperature and Rainfall In- dices for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of South Eastern Kenya. Journal ...
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NUTRITIVE EVALUATION OF SOME BROWSE TREES FRUITS (SEED AND PODS) AS DRY SEASON SUPPLEMENT FOR LIVESTOCK IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS OF SUDAN
... In many parts of the tropics, arid and semi-arid lands constitute a large proportion of the area. Inadequacy of livestock feed in the dry season, particularly lack of protein, is a major ...
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Magnitudes of Climate Variability and Changes over the Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya between 1961 and 2013 Period
... the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya using in-situ measurements and gridded climate proxy datasets, and analysed using the Gaussian-Kernel analysis and the Mann-Kendall ...
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Rainfall Variability and Its Impact on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya
... in arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya is depends on seasonal characteristics of ...the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya and continues to affect vegetation condition ...
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A probabilistic model for predicting seasonal rainfall in semi- arid lands of northeast Brazil
... Abstract In most of the northeast region of Brazil rainfall is relatively low, presenting significant inter-annual fluctuations, especially when compared to rainfall in other areas of Brazil. Moreover, evaporative rates ...
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Traditional farmers' coping mechanisms with rainfall variability in semi arid lands: A study from Sudan
... different communities especially those along the southern margins of the Sahara in Darfur and Kordofan. According to some estimates 3.3 million people accounting for 15.7% of the country’s total population were severely ...
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Effect of Integrating Tied ridging, Fertilizers and Cropping Systems on Maize Performance’ in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Kenya
... the semi–arid parts of Eastern Kenya is decline in soil fertility, unsuitable cropping systems, low and unreliable ...in semi-arid parts of Eastern Kenya during short rains 2014 and long rains ...
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The Role of Social Networks as Survival Strategies in Agro-Pastoral Communities in Arid And Semi-Arid Lands in Tanzania
... and Semi-arid areas in central Tanzania are risky environments for those communities whose livelihood depends on natural ...in semi-arid Tanzania are socially bound and help each other in ...
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Effects of climate variability on maize yield in the arid and semi arid lands of lower eastern Kenya
... the arid and semi arid counties suffer from significant climate variability which has huge implications on maize yields and food security of lower eastern ...
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The Estimation of Soil Organic Matter Variation in Arid and Semi Arid Lands Using Remote Sensing Data
... This study aims to use simple method of results from satellite data and deter- mine the relationship between measured SOM in field and obtained data using remote sensing techniques, find correlation coefficients which ...
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Green Grab by Bricolage - The Institutional Workings of Community Conservancies in Kenya
... Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands, vast rangelands are being transformed into community conservancies – common property arrangements managed for transhumance pastoralism and biodiversity ...
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What can parents do? parents' aspirations and choices of early childhood education and care in Kenya: a constructivist grounded theory
... LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ASAL Arid and Semi-Arid Lands DICECEs District centres educational for early childhood education ECD Early childhood development ECEC Early childhood education and [r] ...
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Modelling sustainability performance to achieve absolute reductions in socio-ecological systems
... For instance, this is a serious concern for areas where the collective impact of small farms (Nunes et al, 2014) leads to desertification of semi-arid lands. Aiming at the redu[r] ...
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The Effect of Shelterbelts on Ecosystem Stabilization and Improvement of Local Communities Livelihood
... Land degradation in the arid, semiarid and sub humid dry areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variation and human activities. This study was carried in semiarid areas both of White Nile State ...
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SOIL SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF ARID REGION, KASHAN AREA, IRAN
... of arid and areas with gentle slope has high correlation with rate of reflected energy while in steep slopes(>25%) the results are different because of solar radiation ...
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Modeling crop cultivation pattern based on virtual water trade: evidence from Marvdasht in southern Iran
... in arid and semi-arid countries such as Iran where efficiency of water consumption is typically very low and farming depends mainly on irrigation and to prevent over pressure on water resources in ...
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Tillage-induced Wind Erosion in Semi-arid Fallow Lands of Central Anatolia, Turkey
... fallow lands of Altinova and Gözlü in Turkey were separately assessed for wet and dry ...fallow lands of the country were taken into consideration, we would arrive to huge ...
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