Campbell Vaughn: How do cover crops create better topsoil for better plants?

Cover crops like oats, rye, and clover are planted between cash crop seasons to reduce erosion, add organic matter, and ...
Climate Compass on MSNOpinion

The vanishing Corn Belt: America's agricultural heartland under threat

Soil Erosion Reveals Shocking Loss Across the Heartland The dark, rich earth that made the Corn Belt legendary is ...
The Point

TIKA, MECCNAR strengthen efforts to combat land degradation

The training, held at the Senegambia Beach Hotel, brought together Gambian environmental professionals and technical experts ...
International Water Power & Dam Construction

Nature-based solutions to combat reservoir and dam erosion

Soil erosion and its impact on dams and reservoirs is described as being a problem worldwide. Some of the latest research ...
The Diplomat

Land Degradation and Tajikistan’s Food Security Crisis

Tajikistan ranks among the world’s most vulnerable countries to land degradation, according to a November report from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nearly 70 percent of the country ...
iaea.org

2015 Country Impacts Highlights

Benin is predominantly an agricultural country with the sector accounting for 35% of GDP in 2014. About 60% of the economically active population is engaged in agriculture. However, poor soil ...
allAfrica.com on MSN

Rwanda: Inside $9bn Landscape Management Investment Plan

The Implementation of the Rwanda Sustainable Landscape Management Investment Framework (SLM-IF), which was approved by Cabinet on November 28, will cost an estimated $9.2 billion between 2025 and 2050 ...
The Conversation

Reviving South Africa’s grasslands: Eastern Cape villagers explain the challenges they face

University of Fort Hare provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has several million hectares of open land in rural areas, not ...