Sustainable livelihood approaches and soil erosion risks

Sustainable practices to limit soil erosion: a review and discussion

How the review was carried out is briefly described. The review looks mainly at the literature published since year 2000, but does not exclude earlier publications. The sustainability of practices to limit erosion must be assessed not only in terms of the soil resource and the wider environment but must also take into account economical and socio-political factors. Soil degradation may be due t...

Sustainable soil and water resources: modelling soil erosion and its impact on the environment

With the projected increase in world population to 9 billion by 2050, along with per capita income growth, the demand for land and water resources is going to increase significantly. Conversion of land to intensive agriculture has led to dramatic decreases in plant, animal and insect biodiversity, with approximately 40% of the world’s land surface now covered by croplands and pastures. Intensiv...

Soil Erosion and Conservation

Participation of Women in Aquaculture in Three Coastal Districts of Bangladesh: Approaches Toward Sustainable Livelihood

Women’s contribution to small-scale aquaculture is often unrecognized and the real benefits from their involvement in activity are not objectively assessed. The present study focused on the women’s participation in Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) assisted small scale aquaculture projects in three coastal Districts of Bangladesh. The findings reveal that in most projects wom...

Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability.

Data drawn from a global compilation of studies quantitatively confirm the long-articulated contention that erosion rates from conventionally plowed agricultural fields average 1-2 orders of magnitude greater than rates of soil production, erosion under native vegetation, and long-term geological erosion. The general equivalence of the latter indicates that, considered globally, hillslope soil ...