Soil erosion and conservation in Ethiopia: a review

N Haregeweyn, A Tsunekawa… - Progress in …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reviews Ethiopia's experience and research progress in past soil and water
conservation (SWC) efforts and suggests possible solutions for improvement. Although …

Transformation in practice: a review of empirical cases of transformational adaptation in agriculture under climate change

SJ Vermeulen, D Dinesh, SM Howden… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Incremental adaptation may be inadequate to deal with rapid shifts and tip** points for
food production under climate change. The concepts of transformative and transformational …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive assessment of soil erosion risk for better land use planning in river basins: Case study of the Upper Blue Nile River

N Haregeweyn, A Tsunekawa, J Poesen… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the drought-prone Upper Blue Nile River (UBNR) basin of Ethiopia, soil erosion by water
results in significant consequences that also affect downstream countries. However, there …

Accumulation of organic carbon in various soil aggregate sizes under different land use systems in a semi-arid environment

CC Okolo, G Gebresamuel, A Zenebe, M Haile… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aggregate-protected soil organic matter remains an important platform for organic carbon
stabilisation and a sink for atmospheric CO 2 emission, which play a crucial role in …

Sediment management modelling in the Blue Nile Basin using SWAT model

GD Betrie, YA Mohamed… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
Soil erosion/sedimentation is an immense problem that has threatened water resources
development in the Nile river basin, particularly in the Eastern Nile (Ethiopia, Sudan and …

Re-greening Ethiopia: history, challenges and lessons

M Lemenih, H Kassa - Forests, 2014 - mdpi.com
In Ethiopia, deforestation rates remain high and the gap between demand and domestic
supply of forest products is expanding, even though government-initiated re-greening efforts …

Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, Ethiopia

W Mekuria, E Veldkamp, M Haile, J Nyssen… - Journal of arid …, 2007 - Elsevier
As a response to land degradation in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, regional authorities have
promoted rehabilitation of degraded lands through closed areas since 1991. It is generally …

Exclosure land management for restoration of the soils in degraded communal grazing lands in northern Ethiopia

W Mekuria, E Aynekulu - Land Degradation & Development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, establishment of exclosures to restore degraded
communal grazing lands has been practiced for the past three decades. However, empirical …

Surface water and groundwater resources of Ethiopia: potentials and challenges of water resources development

B Berhanu, Y Seleshi, AM Melesse - Nile River Basin: ecohydrological …, 2014 - Springer
Ethiopia has a complex topography, diversified climate, and immense water resources. The
spatiotemporal variability of the water resources is characterized by multi-weather systems …

Runoff and sediment-associated nutrient losses under different land uses in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

G Girmay, BR Singh, J Nyssen, T Borrosen - Journal of hydrology, 2009 - Elsevier
Nutrient transport in surface runoff associated with sediment constitutes an important nutrient
loss in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, but little information is available on this aspect. This paper …