Ensuring rural energy security: a path to sustainable land restoration movement in Africa

Every year in Africa, nearly 3 million hectares of forests are lost and sixty five percent (65%) of the land is affected by degradation. An estimated 3 percent of GDP is lost annually from soil and nutrient depletion on cropland. This places forest loss and land degradation among the key challenges...

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Autores principales: Gebregziabher, D., Soltani, A., Hofstad, O., Aynekulu, Ermias
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99334
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author Gebregziabher, D.
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Aynekulu, Ermias
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description Every year in Africa, nearly 3 million hectares of forests are lost and sixty five percent (65%) of the land is affected by degradation. An estimated 3 percent of GDP is lost annually from soil and nutrient depletion on cropland. This places forest loss and land degradation among the key challenges facing Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). Exacerbated by climate change and poor management of agricultural lands, forest degradation threatens the water supplies and ecological functions vital to all SSA economies. Rural smallholder farmers and households suffer the most from degraded land as they cannot finance counter-measures if there is disruption or loss of stable weather patterns, healthy soils, tree cover and water
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spelling CGSpace993342024-06-07T09:50:24Z Ensuring rural energy security: a path to sustainable land restoration movement in Africa Gebregziabher, D. Soltani, A. Hofstad, O. Aynekulu, Ermias Every year in Africa, nearly 3 million hectares of forests are lost and sixty five percent (65%) of the land is affected by degradation. An estimated 3 percent of GDP is lost annually from soil and nutrient depletion on cropland. This places forest loss and land degradation among the key challenges facing Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). Exacerbated by climate change and poor management of agricultural lands, forest degradation threatens the water supplies and ecological functions vital to all SSA economies. Rural smallholder farmers and households suffer the most from degraded land as they cannot finance counter-measures if there is disruption or loss of stable weather patterns, healthy soils, tree cover and water 2018 2019-02-08T03:58:40Z 2019-02-08T03:58:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99334 en Open Access application/pdf Gebregziabher, D.; Soltani, A.; Hofstad, O.; Aynekulu, E. 2018. Ensuring rural energy security: a path to sustainable land restoration movement in Africa. FAO Nature and Faune Volume 32 Issue 1, pp. 75-78.
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