been mapped in a number of countries through programmes sponsored by FAO, SADC, etc. Government ministries routinely carry out projects to arrest soil erosion through programmes like tree-planting and agro-forestry On-going drought and desertification research in the Sahel region is partly intended to address soil erosion Research on alternative conservation practices is on-going in some places like Ethiopia Detailed and relevant soil erosion mapping at scales that are useful for socio-economic analysis and policy Fostering of linkages between bio-physical and socio-economic factors in soil erosion studies Development of environmental economics education programmes in countries faced with soil erosion Evaluation of success stories on environmental protection to provide lessons for continued conservation of soil and other resources Understanding conflicts between pastoralists and crop farmers in Sahelian regions where soil erosion and desertification may be partly linked to such interaction Research on technologies that conserve soil and water while providing immediate benefits to poor farmers (pastoralists) Research on the effects of soil erosion on crop yields and rangeland productivity Research on the effects of poverty, population pressure and climate change on soil and water conservation 4.4.4.
(scales; are; useful for socio-economic analysis and policy Fostering of linkages between bio-physical and socio-economic factors in soil erosion studies) (Government ministries; routinely carry out; projects; to arrest soil erosion through programmes like tree-planting and agro-forestry On-going drought and desertification research in the Sahel region) Context(Government ministries routinely carry out,List([85, 126))):(Government ministries; routinely carry out projects to arrest; soil erosion; through programmes like tree-planting and agro-forestry On-going drought and desertification research in the Sahel region) (technologies; conserve; soil and water; T:while providing immediate benefits to poor farmers) (countries; faced; with soil erosion Evaluation of success stories on environmental protection) (soil erosion and desertification; may be partly linked; L:Sahelian regions)
Government ministries routinely carry out,List([85, 126))
scales Government ministries Government ministries technologies countries soil erosion and desertification
are routinely carry out routinely carry out projects to arrest conserve faced may be partly linked
useful for socio-economic analysis and policy Fostering of linkages between bio-physical and socio-economic factors in soil erosion studies
projects to arrest soil erosion through programmes like tree-planting and agro-forestry On-going drought and desertification research in the Sahel region
soil erosion through programmes like tree-planting and agro-forestry On-going drought and desertification research in the Sahel region
soil and water T:while providing immediate benefits to poor farmers
with soil erosion Evaluation of success stories on environmental protection
L:Sahelian regions