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ProjectTechnical Support for Agroforestry Development in Lowland Landscapes for Improved Food Security - TCP/DRK/3602 2020
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No results found.Agricultural production in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has been unable to meet the demandfor food since the 1990s as a result of recurrent naturaldisasters such as floods and droughts. The prevalenceof food inadequacy remains at 57 percent and the depthof the food deficit is estimated to be from 341 to344 kcal/capita/day. Attempts to increase foodproduction have led to the large-scale deforestation ofhill slopes and their conversion into agricultural land withno control of crop choices, cultivation methods or slopegradients. The accelerated degradation of forestlandscapes has caused damage to soil fertility and cropproduction in fertile valleys and the gradual loss ofproductive lowlands.The project aimed to restore degraded forestland andimprove land management by providing amultidisciplinary approach to the developed integration ofagriculture and forestry in food production and bymitigating the impact of climate change impacts throughthe introduction of conservation and climate-adaptiveagriculture on mountain slopes and valleys. The projectalso provided farming inputs, such as greenhouses,tractors, seeds, seedlings and other planting materialsfor the establishment of agroforestry and the expansionof intercropping and conservation agriculture. -
ArticleAssessment of tropical forest structure, ecological networks, and species extinction in Nigeria lowland forest and Cameroun coastal lowland forest
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Tropical forest structure is a significant defining component of the forest, the complex interaction within the components supports a substantial population of flora and fauna besides storing more than half of the terrestrial aboveground biomass. Furthermore, the plants and animal species habiting the tropical forest make up one-third of the world`s biodiversity which also functions as a buffer in shielding humans from zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19. The research was carried out in the Cross River-Korup Taka Manda (CRIKOT) National Park and Omo-Sasha-Oluwa Forest Complex ecoregion which covers southern Nigeria, and southwestern Cameroon. The study estimated carbon stock estimates from 3 -meter quad polarized ALOS 2 PALSAR 2 data, validated the estimates with field measurements and biophysical metrics derived from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2B lidar waveform. This is in addition to the investigation of ecological networks with canopy height metrics, canopy cover metrics Plant Area Diversity (PAD), and Plant Area Index (PAI). The study discovered a mean carbon stock estimate of 136 tonnes /ha-1 from field measurements and a range of 1. 5 to 132 tonnes / ha-1 from SAR. The biophysical metrics from GEDI L2B lidar waveform (Canopy Cover, PAD, PAI, and Canopy Height) describe dense structures with a high level of biodiversity and productivity. These findings could aid in the monitoring of forest productivity and policy goals, as well as considerably improve the depiction of plant canopies in dynamic vegetation and land surface models, allowing us to better understand the carbon cycle and ecological systems. Keywords: Tropical Forest structure, Climate change, Biodiversity conservation, Deforestation and forest degradation, Zoonotic disease, Human health, and well-being. ID: 3476824 -
Book (stand-alone)Utilization of Small Water Bodies for Aquaculture and Fisheries. Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme: Southern African Development Community. Project findings and recommendations 1999
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No results found.In rural areas of Africa, animal protein is often in short supply and therefore lacking in the diet. Fish is a high-protein and highly appreciated food item, but fresh fish is frequently difficult to obtain. The importance of fish and other aquatic products is widely recognized, and development programmes have devoted much effort to stimulating increased production of these products. Many of these efforts have targeted aquaculture, including culture-based fisheries, as a means of increasing fish availability.
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