Impact studies of catchment management in the developing world rarely include detailed
hydrological components. Here, changes in the hydrological response of a 200‐ha …

In Colombia, one-third of the land is devoted to cattle farming, which is one of the main
drivers of deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, and emissions of …

The agricultural sector accounts roughly for 63% of total annual water utilization worldwide
and in developing countries the figure is much higher, with 90% of water use attributable to …

Land degradation is not uniform, even in the same landscape, but nevertheless an overall
consensus seems to grow on the fact that many areas are under way of rehabilitation. It is a …

An overall approach to assess the effectiveness of soil conservation measures at catchment
scale is the comparison of sediment budgets before and after implementation of a catchment …

Studies reveal that 80% of the world's agricultural land is showing signs of moderate levels
of soil erosion. On the other hand, it is a fact that water is becoming a more scarce resource …

The combined effects of erosive rains, steep slopes and human land use have caused
severe land degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands for several thousand years, but since …

In Tanzania, the increasing population coupled with climate change amplifies issues of food
insecurity and negatively impacts the livelihoods of smallholder farmer households. To …

This study investigates multi-dimensional impacts of adopting new technology in agriculture
at the farm/village and watershed scale in sub-Saharan Africa using the Integrated Decision …

Low land productivity due to soil erosion is one of the biggest challenges to improving the
performance of the agriculture sector in Uganda. Several soil erosion control technologies …