Climate-smart agriculture in African countries: A Review of strategies and impacts on smallholder farmers

TO Ariom, E Dimon, E Nambeye, NS Diouf, OO Adelusi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector contributes approximately 10–20% of the total anthropogenic
greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Consequently, climate change can negatively affect …

Adapting crop production to climate change and air pollution at different scales

E Agathokleous, M Frei, OM Knopf, O Muller, Y Xu… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Air pollution and climate change are tightly interconnected and jointly affect field crop
production and agroecosystem health. Although our understanding of the individual and …

Predicting water quality using partial least squares regression of land use and morphology (Danjiangkou Reservoir, China)

B Ma, C Wu, X Jia, Y Zhang, Z Zhou - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
According to previous hydrology studies, both the land-use type and the spatial pattern of
landscapes affect the quality of water in river basins. However, demonstrating and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of land use/land cover changes on surface water and soil-sediment export in the urbanized Akaki River catchment, Awash Basin, Ethiopia

M Argaw, H Yohannes - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Akaki River catchment is undergoing rapid urbanization and substantial
deforestation, leading to a decline in its hydrological conditions. Investigating how changes …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of greenspaces and water bodies on hydrological processes in an urbanizing area: A case study of the Liuxi River Basin in the Pearl River Delta …

N Wang, H Yan, K Long, Y Wang, S Li, P Lei - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid shifts in landuse and the frequency of flooding events brought by urbanization
significantly impact the urban basins, which means that optimizing landscape patterns is …

Quantifying streamflow sources to improve water allocation management in a catchment undergoing agricultural intensification

MN Chisola, M Van der Laan, MJ Butler - … and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in streamflow contributing sources in semi-arid catchments undergoing
agricultural intensification are often poorly understood. As a result, pathways to increase …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape pattern optimization of small watershed based on water purification (Danjiangkou reservoir area, China)

B Ma, K Sun, X Wang, J Liu, G Zhang, P Wang… - Environmental and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, landscape pattern optimization has been regarded as a cutting-edge
science in various fields, and basin hydrology is no exception. Its effect on basin water …

Research on monthly precipitation prediction based on the least square support vector machine with multi-factor integration

J Lei, Q Quan, P Li, D Yan - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate precipitation prediction is of great significance for regional flood control and
disaster mitigation. This study introduced a prediction model based on the least square …

Analysis of changes in the hydrological regime in Lalin River basin and its impact on the ecological environment

X Wang, W Ma, J Lv, H Li, H Liu, G Mu… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lalin River is a first-level tributary of the right bank of Songhua River. High-quality corn
production bases irrigated by the Lalin River are famous throughout the country. However, in …

Mapping environmental and climate variations by GMT: a case of Zambia, Central Africa

P Lemenkova - Zemljište i biljka, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Zambia recently experienced several environmental threats from climate change such as
droughts, temperature rise and occasional flooding and they all affect agricultural …