[HTML][HTML] Soil degradation in India: Challenges and potential solutions

R Bhattacharyya, BN Ghosh, PK Mishra, B Mandal… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Soil degradation in India is estimated to be occurring on 147 million hectares (Mha) of land,
including 94 Mha from water erosion, 16 Mha from acidification, 14 Mha from flooding, 9 …

Slope processes, mass movement and soil erosion: A review

AJT Guerra, MA Fullen, MCO Jorge, JFR Bezerra… - Pedosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil erosion and land degradation are global problems and pose major issues in many
countries. Both soil erosion and mass movement are two forms of land degradation and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of coupled hydrologic and crop growth models

SM Siad, V Iacobellis, P Zdruli, A Gioia, I Stavi… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coupling hydrologic and crop models is becoming an increasingly important approach in
the development of agro-hydrologic theme. Scientists and decision makers working to …

Evaluation of erosion control geotextiles on steep slopes. Part 1: Effects on runoff and soil loss

J Álvarez-Mozos, E Abad, R Giménez, MA Campo… - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Geotextiles have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing erosion and subsequent
slope degradation processes. However, most studies devoted to assessing the effectiveness …

Road cutslope erosion and control treatments in an actively-cultivated tropical montane setting

CE Ramos-Scharrón, EE Alicea-Díaz… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Although road erosion represents a threat to downstream water resources in many
geographical and land use settings, limited evidence exists on the importance of road …

Water runoff harvesting systems for restoration of degraded rangelands: A review of challenges and opportunities

I Stavi, SM Siad, AP Kyriazopoulos… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mismanagement of rangelands worldwide has accelerated processes of overland flow and
soil erosion, resulting in extensive land degradation. Wherever self-restoration processes of …

Effect of combining biogeotextile and vegetation cover on the protection of steep slope of highway in northern China: A runoff plot experiment

H Liu, L Liu, K Zhang, R Geng - International Journal of Sediment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biogeotextiles can be used to facilitate the formation of vegetation cover and to reduce soil
erosion. Studies have demonstrated that only biogeotextile or vegetation cover can greatly …

Effects of conservation tillage based agro-geo-textiles on resource conservation in sloping croplands of Indian Himalayan Region

RJ Singh, JS Deshwal, NK Sharma, BN Ghosh… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite investigations suggesting that agro-geo-textiles (AGT) could be an effective and
inexpensive soil conservation method, limited quantitative data are available on erosion …

Monitor soil degradation or triage for soil security? An Australian challenge

A Koch, A Chappell, M Eyres, E Scott - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
The Australian National Soil Research, Development and Extension Strategy identifies soil
security as a foundation for the current and future productivity and profitability of Australian …

Evaluation of erosion control geotextiles on steep slopes. Part 2: Influence on the establishment and growth of vegetation

J Álvarez-Mozos, E Abad, M Goñi, R Giménez… - Catena, 2014 - Elsevier
Many laboratory and field studies have assessed the use of geotextiles for soil conservation,
identifying the salient properties of geotextiles for an adequate slope protection. However …