Arid Lands
Impact of climate change on arid lands agriculture
... Adaptation tools to confront climate change impact Application of biotechnology for dryland agriculture Water stress caused by drought and salinity is the most important abiotic factor limiting plant growth and crop ...
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OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER MINISTRY OF STATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHERN KENYA AND OTHER ARID LANDS GETTING TO THE HARDEST-TO-REACH:
... Other Arid Lands and the Ministry of Education, with technical assistance from the International Institute for Environmental and Development (IIED)’s Education for Nomads (EfN) programme, is based on a ...
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Agave proves to be a low recalcitrant lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuels production on semi-arid lands
... low cell wall recalcitrance, in other words, agave has a po- tential of high sugar release following pretreatment and/or enzymatic hydrolysis. However, although overcoming bio- mass recalcitrance is the primary roadblock ...
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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 evaluating forage species, it is important to obtain information on crude protein content, digestibility and forage intake. These values usually determine the amount of energy that can be obtained by animals. In ...
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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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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 regions [2] [4] ...as Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), with most of these located in the northern parts of the county bordering Southern Ethiopia and Eastern ...
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Ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria are structured by geography in biological soil crusts across North American arid lands
... Based on previously reported qPCR determinations of 16S rRNA gene copy numbers for archaea from the same sample set (Soule et al. 2009), AOA can account but for a small proportion of the extant total population of BSC ...
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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 is based on the exten- sive research agenda in the 1980s and 1990s in arid re- gions that demonstrated the significant correlation be- tween NDVI and rainfall ...
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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
... It has insidious effects on the health and development of young children and consequently, adults. The paper assesses the food security status and its key determinants for the rural households of the high rainfall zone ...
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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 of ...
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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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The Effects of Capital Assets on Livelihood-Based Outcomes from Livestock Production among Youth in the Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya
... The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of capital assets on livelihood-based outcomes from livestock production among youth in the Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya. The Sustainable Livelihoods ...
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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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Combination of Fuzzy and AHP methods to assess land suitability for barley: Case Study of semi arid lands in the southwest of Iran
... The land suitability model was constructed using GIS and modelling functions. In order to classify the lands, a parametric method was used (Sys et al., 1991). In the parametric method land and climate ...
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The influence of low-cost boarding primary schools on access and retention in arid and semi arid lands: a case of Lomelo division; Turkana county- Kenya
... There are various determinants of access and retention apart from low cost school program. For an education system to be said it has attained the right levels of access and retention will depend on a number of this ...
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Utilisation of priority traditional medicinal plants and local people's knowledge on their conservation status in arid lands of Kenya (Mwingi District)
... Kenyan Arid and Semiarid lands (ASALs) in Eastern ...some arid and semiarid areas of Kenya, limited studies have documen- ted priority medicinal plants as well as local people ’ s awareness of ...
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Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection In Semi-Arid Lands: A Study From Sudan-Ghubaysh Area: A GIS And Remote Sensing Perspective
... Ghubaysh is part of the semi-arid area of Sub-Saharan Africa, lies between latitude 110 18' 56'' to 120 49' 39'' N and longitude 270 3' 29'' to 280 30' 44'' E (Figure 1). This area is a vulnerable area and ...
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The Role of Social Networks as Survival Strategies in Agro-Pastoral Communities in Arid And Semi-Arid Lands in Tanzania
... The importance of traditional social networks in sustaining agro-pastoral livelihood in semi-arid Tanzania has long been recognized. These networks are particularly essential where agro-pastoral communities are ...
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The Estimation of Soil Organic Matter Variation in Arid and Semi Arid Lands Using Remote Sensing Data
... and arid zones) were carefully collected in plastic bags and appropriately ...of lands; available agricultural in the study period, abandoned land, and protected ...
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