Land degradation is widespread and a serious threat affecting the livelihoods of 1.5 billion
people worldwide of which one sixth or 250 million people reside in drylands. Globally, it is …

Drylands cover 41% of the Earth's terrestrial surface, play a critical role in global ecosystem
function, and are home to over two billion people. Like other biomes, drylands face …

Ethiopia's agricultural productivity is considered low despite the presence of various
agricultural policies. These policies focus mainly on on-farm agricultural development to the …

There are challenges such as standardization for commercialization and guaranteeing
sensory characteristics in camel milk processing. This review gathers a general view of the …

China has the second largest area of pastoral land in the world, and these lands and their
peoples play a very beneficial role in the global environment. Because of China's huge …

This book begins with a brief account of the extraordinary sequence of events that led to
emergence of grasslands as major vegetation formations that now occupy some of the driest …

Desertification and microplastic pollution are major environmental issues that impact the
function of the ecosystem and human well-being of drylands. Land desertification may …

Conventional agriculture has been widely used to overcome food scarcity in Egypt, but in
turn created new environmental, social, and economic problems. Aquaponics has a huge …

Abstract The Rocky Desertification Control Project (RDCP) has become an important
government measure to prevent soil erosion, restore vegetation, and pull farmers out of …

Mongolia and China host the world's largest continuous grasslands. These grasslands are
natural, while secondary, human-made grasslands are practically absent in Mongolia and of …