Showing papers in "International Soil and Water Conservation Research in 2017"

TL;DR: In the United States, the average rates of soil erosion under natural, non-cropped conditions have been documented to be less than 2mg-ha−1-yr−1 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential impacts of land use land cover (LULC) dynamics on hydrological response (stream flow and sediment yield) were estimated by integrating SWAT model with GIS.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors aimed to estimate spatiotemporal changes in land-use/land-cover pattern and soil erosion in the Yezat watershed in Ethiopia by using Landsat imageries of 2001, 2010 and 2015.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined factors affecting adoption of introduced soil and water conservation practices in Wereillu Woreda, and found that the identified physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influence the adoption of soil conservation practices.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used t-tests to classify adopters and non-adopters of soil, land and water conservation measures and binomial logit models to identify the factors that influence farmers' knowledge and adoption of land productivity practices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the factors determining the adoption of SWC structures in the Ethiopian Highlands and found that clear understanding of the benefits and active involvement and technical support from the government, and genuine participation of farmers in SWC practices were the main factors in the adoption.

TL;DR: In this article, the spatial heterogeneity of annual soil erosion on the grid-cell basis in a small agricultural watershed of eastern India was investigated by integrating universal soil loss equation (USLE) model with GIS for subsequent identification of critical erosion prone areas.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors raised a serious issue of wetland loss and transformation due to damming and water diversion, which will invite instability in socio-ecological setup of the neighbouring region.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the major determinants of farmers' perception to use and invest in SWC technologies in Ankasha District, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia and found that the perception of farmers to invest in soil and water conservation technologies was highly determined by socioeconomic, institutional, attitudinal and biophysical factors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the variations in rainfall patterns in Singapore and its effect on slope stability and found that rainfall intensity tends to increase over the years, with a possible shift to longer duration rainfall events in the future.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the performance of different mulch types for soybeans under rain-fed conditions at Gifu university farm in Japan. And they found that the plastic mulch performed best in reducing soil-water consumption and increasing WUE, while the paper mulch was good for soil-moisture conservation and temperature modification.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of community-based Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) practices on selected soil properties in the Middle Silluh Valley, Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia were evaluated.

TL;DR: In this article, the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation adjusted for sediment delivery ratio was used in a GIS system to assess landscape sensitivity to erosion and identify hotspots in three catchments with size being 10-20 km2 and results were compared against quantitative and semiquantitative data.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aimed to analyze farmers' concerns and behaviors towards soil conservation through a survey technique, which was a descriptive, causal, and correlational and conducted through survey technique.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of sixteen years exclosure from unmanaged grazing on aboveground vegetation biomass, soil organic matter (SOM), soil aggregation and nitrogen (N) mineralization in arid shrubland of Baluchistan, Pakistan was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Priority Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE) II method to rank nine sub-watersheds delineated in the Topciderska river watershed, Serbia, using ArcGIS software.

TL;DR: In this article, the root system of alpine vegetation has been studied to quantify the effect of root density on soil aggregate stability in the forefield of the Lys glacier in the Aosta valley in Italy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used large unsaturated columns (diameter 15 cm and length 90 cm) to determine: 1) salt distributions at depths of up to 90 cm after adding magnetically-treated, saline water to soil; 2) whether MTW could reduce the rate of accumulation of salts (measured by EC) in soil, and 3) whether it could increase the leaching effect of soluble salts below root zones compared to control.

TL;DR: In this article, a tropical mountainous river basin, viz., Pambar River Basin (PRB), in a rain shadow region of the southern Western Ghats (India) were modelled using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and transport limited sediment delivery (TLSD) function in GIS.

TL;DR: In this paper, a risk assessment index of river bank erosion specifically to soil composition is proposed, which is based on the previously developed scale on soil erodibility, and applied in a case study for selected rivers in Malaysia pertaining to river bank assessment.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to validate and determine a suitable and reliable alternative ET0 equations that are requiring less input data and have a simple calculation procedure, with a special focus on Thornthwaite and Turc as methods previously often used in BiH.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provided detailed results on on-site sediment deposition and net soil loss in terraced croplands in a catchment in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of different rates of zeolite application to control the effects of FT on basic hydrological variables such as runoff production and soil loss was investigated under rainfall simulation circumstances.

TL;DR: In this article, the seasonal variation of physicochemical parameters including pH, temperature (T), electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (O2), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total organic carbon, and trace metals were assessed in water samples collected from wells and two rivers which were the River Lukemi (RLK, n=3) and River Luini (RLN, n =2) located in the City of Kikwit (Province of Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo).

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of grid size on the sediment change calculation and rill network delineation based on two surveys using a terrestrial laser scanner on a hillslope with well-developed rills was investigated.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used conventional (NC) and six in-situ water conservation practices were used to cultivate soybeans in 2011 and 2012 in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

TL;DR: In this paper, the average reservoir storage capacity loss of 15,400 m3/year was determined across the whole period between 1985 and early 2015, based on Kriging.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of factors on farmers' adaptation behavior in water scarcity conditions in rural communities of Sabzevar, Iran was investigated, and the results indicated that there is a significant relationship between awareness and adaptation behavior.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a modeling approach to evaluate the impacts of structural conservation measures on water and sediment yield from Thika Chania catchment in Central Kenya, and found that terraces provided the greatest reduction in sediment yield, while grassed waterways reduced sediment yield by 54%.

TL;DR: In this paper, a weighted overlay analysis technique using ArcGIS was implemented for developing a geo-database of the standard curve number (SCN) in a catchment around Northern Ethiopia.