Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin
The growing population and the increasing food demand in sub-Saharan Africa require comprehensive land use intensification. Land scarcity and soil degradation are some consequences that necessitate enhanced land use management by using remote sensing data. This study presents the analyses of aerial...
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| author | Junge, B. Abaidoo, Robert C. Chikoye, David Alabi, T.R. Stahr, Karl |
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| description | The growing population and the increasing food demand in sub-Saharan Africa require comprehensive land use intensification. Land scarcity and soil degradation are some consequences that necessitate enhanced land use management by using remote sensing data. This study presents the analyses of aerial photographs and satellite images for inventory land use and its changes within time as well as for monitoring soil erosion. The example from a pilot village located in southern Benin shows the increase of the cropping area and the growth of erosion gullies within the last decades. As the data provide the basis for installing soil conservation techniques, they are a useful tool to restore soil productivity and to cope with the food demand in the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace913352023-08-03T08:11:17Z Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin Junge, B. Abaidoo, Robert C. Chikoye, David Alabi, T.R. Stahr, Karl land use food demand soil productivity population sub-saharan africa soil degradation The growing population and the increasing food demand in sub-Saharan Africa require comprehensive land use intensification. Land scarcity and soil degradation are some consequences that necessitate enhanced land use management by using remote sensing data. This study presents the analyses of aerial photographs and satellite images for inventory land use and its changes within time as well as for monitoring soil erosion. The example from a pilot village located in southern Benin shows the increase of the cropping area and the growth of erosion gullies within the last decades. As the data provide the basis for installing soil conservation techniques, they are a useful tool to restore soil productivity and to cope with the food demand in the country. 2006 2018-03-07T11:25:38Z 2018-03-07T11:25:38Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91335 en Limited Access Junge, B., Abaidoo, R., Chikoye, D., Alabi, T.R. & Stahr, K. (2006). Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin. Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development (p. 1-4), 11-13 October, 2006, Bonn: University of Bonn. |
| spellingShingle | land use food demand soil productivity population sub-saharan africa soil degradation Junge, B. Abaidoo, Robert C. Chikoye, David Alabi, T.R. Stahr, Karl Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title | Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title_full | Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title_short | Monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in Nigeria and Benin |
| title_sort | monitoring of land use intensification and linkage to soil erosion in nigeria and benin |
| topic | land use food demand soil productivity population sub-saharan africa soil degradation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91335 |
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