Résultats de la recherche

1. Library Resource

   

   Combating Desertification and Land Degradation : Proven Practices from Asia and the Pacific

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2011

   Australie, Bhoutan, Chine, Inde, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, République de Corée, Koweït, Mongolie, Pakistan, Philippines, Thaïlande, Ouzbékistan

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   terres arides

   Gestion foncière durable

   Asia and the Pacific, for the purposes of this book, encompasses a vast territory extending from Mongolia in the north to New Zealand in the south; from the Cook Islands in the east to Kuwait in the west (Map 1). The environmental diversity of Asia and the Pacific is therefore vast, and is contrasted by the region’s coldest and hottest deserts, verdant tropical rainforests, extensive steppe, desert steppe, grassland and rangelands, mountains and plains.

2. Library Resource

   

   Livestock and land share contracts in a Hindu Society

   Rapports et recherches

   décembre, 2011

   Népal

   Terre et investissements

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   marché foncier

   bétail

   pauvreté

   This paper examines factors related to the existence of a livestock rental market in western Nepal and assesses whether this is associated with caste differentiation and land rental market participation. This study brings new empirical evidence of livestock rental market against the established view that such market does not exist due to moral hazard.

3. Library Resource

   

   ICARDA Annual Report 2010

   Rapports et recherches

   mars, 2011

   Global

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   développement

   système d'exploitation agricole

   système d'information géographique

   utilisation des terres

   pauvreté

   parcours

   recherche

   développement rural

   gestion des eaux

   Global food production has increased by 20% in the past decade – but food insecurity and poverty remain widespread , while the natural resource base continues to decline. International research centers, which have helped drive previous improvements, must continue to deliver new technologies to support sustainable growth in agriculture; and to work with other partners to accelerate the dissemination of these technologies.
   

4. Library Resource

   

   The use of the microcatchment water harvesting for fodder shrub production

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2011

   Jordanie, Asie occidentale

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   système d'exploitation agricole

   pâturage

   utilisation des terres

   The Badia constitutes about 90% of the total land area of Jordan, which is 89 342 km2. Its average annual rainfall is < 200 mm. The area with annual rainfall of 100–200 mm is considered the promising rangeland for rehabilitation. The Badia (part of the rangeland) supplies the livestock sector with about 20% of forage needs, while all the other sources provide the sector with only about 5% of forage.
   

5. Library Resource

   

   Different land use types in the semi-arid rangelands of Kenya influence soil properties

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2011

   Kenya

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   utilisation des terres

   parcours

   Rangelands in semi-arid Kenya have recently witnessed extensive land use changes. These changes can mainly be attributed to increased livestock populations and the response of the increased human population to both local and exogenous opportunities and constraints. This study was carried out in Kibwezi district of Kenya mainly inhabited by agro-pastoralists. The main objective of this study was to establish how different land use types influence soil properties in tropical semi-arid rangelands.
   

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   Impact of land use and cover change on soil quality And pasture productivity in semi-arid rangelands: the Case of Nakasongola district, Uganda

   Rapports et recherches

   décembre, 2011

   Kenya

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   utilisation des terres

   parcours

   The impact of land use and cover change on soil quality and pasture production was investigated in the rangelands of Nakasongola District, Uganda. Landsat (TM) images of 1986 and 1990 and Landsat (ETM+) of 2000 and 2004 for Nakasongola District were used to determine the extent and patterns of land use and cover change using the Integrated Land and Water Information Systems (ILWIS) 3.6 software.

7. Library Resource

   

   Different land use types in the semi-arid rangelands of Kenya influence soil properties

   Articles et Livres

   décembre, 2011

   Kenya

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   utilisation des terres

   parcours

   Rangelands in semi-arid Kenya have recently witnessed extensive land use changes. These changes
   can mainly be attributed to increased livestock populations and the response of the increased human
   population to both local and exogenous opportunities and constraints. This study was carried out in
   Kibwezi district of Kenya mainly inhabited by agro-pastoralists. The main objective of this study was to
   establish how different land use types influence soil properties in tropical semi-arid rangelands.
   

8. Library Resource

   

   Climate change and the emergence of helter-skelter livelihoods among the pastoralists of Samburu east district, Kenya

   Articles et Livres

   janvier, 2011

   Kenya

   Terres, changement climatique et environnement

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   changement climatique

   éleveur pastoral

   Climate change impacts livelihoods adversely in dry-lands of Northern Kenya in terms of longer and harsher droughts, shorter and intense precipitation and floods. Climate change interlocks with peoples life-worlds differently for different reasons. Understanding the foregoing can inform and make policy more relevant. What are the Samburu peoples discernment of climate change and how have they confronted it? The paper examines the Samburu perspectives of climate change and the resulting coping, adaptation mechanisms and practice, and their prospects.

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   Impact of land use and cover change on soil quality and pasture productivity in semi-arid rangelands

   The case of Nakasongola district, Uganda

   Rapports et recherches

   novembre, 2011

   Kenya

   Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

   utilisation des terres

   parcours

   The impact of land use and cover change on soil quality and pasture production was investigated
   in the rangelands of Nakasongola District, Uganda, Landsat (TM) images of 1986 and 1990 and
   Landsat (ETM+) of 2000 and 2004 for Nakasongola District were used to determine the extent
   and patterns of land use and cover change using the Integrated Land and Water Information
   Systems (ILWIS) 3.6 software. A modified-Whittaker sampling design was used to collect soil
   and pasture samples in three land cover types (bare, herbaceous and woody) under three
   

10. Library Resource

    

    ISPC Commentary on the revised proposal for CRP1.1 Dryland Systems: Integrated Agricultural Production Systems for the Poor and Vulnerable in Dry Areas

    septembre, 2011

    Pâturages, terres arides et pastoralisme

    terre

    parcours

    ISPC commentary on the revised CRP1.1 on Drylands. The CRP was revised by the ICARDA-led partnership to address the changes requested by the Fund Council for its full endorsement.