Management Technologies in Areas Prone to Land Degradation Review of the Literature on Pastoral Economics and Marketing: Kenya. In East Asia, Vietnam recently experienced its worst drought in 90 years. For example, the desert is said to be moving at an annual rate of 5 km in the semi-arid areas of West Africa. The arid and desert zone with an erratic rainfall of between O and 100 mm and having the greatest share (47 per cent) of the total land area. Pastoralists overstock to improve their chances of surviving the next drought. Groundwater depletion is embedded in the international food trade, with countries exporting crops grown from overexploited aquifers and setting up potential future food crises if the aquifers run dry. Countries across Africa and the Middle East, many of which are in conflict situations, are confronting this now, with 20 million people across these two regions currently facing famine from a prolonged drought. To access the country-specific case studies please click on the round beige (scientific case studies blue (business case studies) or beige-blue (scientific and business case studies) icons directing you to a list of case studies of the chosen country. Adoption of Multiple Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Ethiopia. Undp Human Development Report. Unchecked, this would result, by the year 2010, in an African landscape that had a greatly reduced potential for agricultural production.
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27 The soil.6 million hectares within is this your child? the Gross Command Area was surveyed, which revealed that.1 million hectares (23) was saline. As was discussed at the recent. In Baluchistan, Pakistan, the development of new small-scale irrigation projects depleted the water resources of nomadic tribes traveling annually between Baluchistan and Gujarat or Rajasthan, India 15 After the closure of the Kainji dam, Nigeria, 50 to 70 per cent of the downstream area. Central Africa will face no land shortage even if it is still using low inputs. According to a 1986 study by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, over 1,900 million tons of soil are lost from the highlands annually. Assessing the Extent, Cost and Impact of Land Degradation at the National Level: Findings and Lessons Learned from Seven Pilot Case Studies.