Essays about: "agroforestry and soil properties"
Found 5 essays containing the words agroforestry and soil properties.
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1. Carbon sequestration in the pastoral area of Chepareria, western Kenya : a comparison between open-grazing, fenced pastures and maize cultivations
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Carbon sequestration through restoration of degraded pastoral soils is an advocated way of mitigating global warming, and simultaneously alleviating poverty. An often proposed rehabilitation strategy is fencing of pastures, a method that was introduced to the farmers of Chepareria by the Vi-Agroforestry organization in 1987. READ MORE
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2. Leaf area index in Vittelaria Paradoxa parklands in Burkina Faso estimated by light interception and leaf sampling
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Burkina Faso as well as most sub-Saharan African countries struggle with providing food for a fast growing population. The dominating farming system is agroforestry parklands. Agroforestry parklands can broadly be defined as areas where scattered trees occur on farmlands as a result of selective clearing. READ MORE
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3. Relating soil properties to biomass consumption and land management in semiarid Sudan : a minor field study in North Kordofan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : I Sudan och många andra delar av Afrika är biomassa den huvudsakliga energikällan. Ved används för att göra upp eld till matlagning och uppvärmning av hus och mycket biomassa går också åt till att bygga hus, staket, verktyg och annat. READ MORE
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4. Effects of land use on soil microbial community function in western Kenya highlands
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Land degradation, agricultural intensification and deforestation may result in a loss of soil microbial community function, detrimental to resilience and to sustained productivity. In order to assess the effects of land use on microbial community function in a tropical soil the following hypotheses were considered: (1) functional capacity measured as substrate-utilization potential decreases with intensification of land use and (2) tree planting - i. READ MORE
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5. The impact of agroforestry and other landuses on soil functional capacity
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Deforestation, agricultural cultivation and overuse of land resources can lead to decreasing functional capacity of soil microorganisms, e.g. decreasing decomposition and mineralisation capacity and rate. READ MORE
