Assessment of sustainable land use: linking land management practices to sustainable land use indicators

Farmland sustainability and increased agricultural production have been a major concern of average farmers in Nigeria especially in South Western part of the Country. The study examines the farm level indicators and their effects on agricultural production among rural farmers. Multi-stage methods of sampling technique were used to select fifty respondents for this study using a well-structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed by the use of descriptive such as means, percentage, standard deviation and fuzzy logic analysis. The result shows that average age of farmer, farm size, household size and farming experience are 52.28 years, 2.072 hectare, 6.80 and 29.42 years of farming experience respectively. The fuzzy logic method was used to compute the composite indicator of sustainable land use (ISLU) which was 0.2843 indicating that farmers' land management practices in the study area are generally sustainable with the current application of the indicators. Land fallowing, trends of vegetative cover, irrigation, pesticide used among others contributed a higher percentage of land use sustainability with about 3.8% each, while minimum tillage, cover crops, crop rotation and cassava cutting use had no contribution to land use sustainability. The study recommends that rural water should be made available and that informal training through extension services should be conducted to educate farmers on sustainable land management (SLM) practices in order to have a better environment and improve production in the study area.

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Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

SOIL ◽

10.5194/soil-1-173-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 173-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 122

Author(s):

R. Zornoza ◽

J. A. Acosta ◽

F. Bastida ◽

S. G. Domínguez ◽

D. M. Toledo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Human Health ◽

Soil Quality ◽

Management Practices ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Aggregate Stability ◽

Health Indicators ◽

Nutrient Content ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Soil Quality Index

Abstract. Soil quality (SQ) assessment has long been a challenging issue, since soils present high variability in properties and functions. This paper aims to increase the understanding of SQ through the review of SQ assessments in different scenarios providing evidence about the interrelationship between SQ, land use and human health. There is a general consensus that there is a need to develop methods to assess and monitor SQ for assuring sustainable land use with no prejudicial effects on human health. This review points out the importance of adopting indicators of different nature (physical, chemical and biological) to achieve a holistic image of SQ. Most authors use single indicators to assess SQ and its relationship with land uses – soil organic carbon and pH being the most used indicators. The use of nitrogen and nutrient content has resulted sensitive for agricultural and forest systems, together with physical properties such as texture, bulk density, available water and aggregate stability. These physical indicators have also been widely used to assess SQ after land use changes. The use of biological indicators is less generalized, with microbial biomass and enzyme activities being the most selected indicators. Although most authors assess SQ using independent indicators, it is preferable to combine some of them into models to create a soil quality index (SQI), since it provides integrated information about soil processes and functioning. The majority of revised articles used the same methodology to establish an SQI, based on scoring and weighting of different soil indicators, selected by means of multivariate analyses. The use of multiple linear regressions has been successfully used for forest land use. Urban soil quality has been poorly assessed, with a lack of adoption of SQIs. In addition, SQ assessments where human health indicators or exposure pathways are incorporated are practically inexistent. Thus, further efforts should be carried out to establish new methodologies to assess soil quality not only in terms of sustainability, productivity and ecosystem quality but also human health. Additionally, new challenges arise with the use and integration of stable isotopic, genomic, proteomic and spectroscopic data into SQIs.

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IMPACT OF LAND USE AND LAND USE HISTORY ON FRUITS PRODUCTION OF VITELLARIA PARADOXA (SHEA TREE) ACCORDING TO AGROCLIMATIC ZONES IN MALI (WEST AFRICA)

Current Botany ◽

10.25081/cb.2019.v10.20190109 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-7

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Site Effect ◽

Fruit Production ◽

Permanent Plots ◽

Land Use History ◽

The North ◽

Sudanian Zone ◽

Agroclimatic Zones

To understand how various factors influence phenological patterns like fruit production and the extent of phenological variability as survival strategy in different environments, fruit production of shea trees was studied in different agroclimatic zones (North Sudanian, South Sudanian and North Guinean) in Mali. Three sites were selected for this study and in each site; two stands (field and fallow) were concerned. For each stand, three “land use history or land management" i.e. new fields/fallows (1-5 years), medium (6-10 years) and old (10 years) were considered and permanent plots of 0.25 ha were established. 60 adult shea trees (DBH) ≥ 10 cm) were selected by site and monitored for fruit production assessment. The nested analysis of variance on the yield showed a significant site effect and significant effect of land use history within stand. However, stand effect within site was not significant. Factors like site and land management (land use history) appear to be determinant for fruit production of V. paradoxa. The site of Mperesso in the South Sudanian zone showed the highest fruit mean yield (11 kg/tree), significantly higher than the fruit mean yield observed at Daelan (7 kg/tree) in the North Sudanian zone and that observed at Nafégué (6 kg/tree) in the North Guinean zone. For field stand, old fields showed highest mean yield in all sites. For fallow stand, old fallows showed the lowest mean yield in most of cases. Different pattern was observed between field and fallow stands regarding the effect of land management. More fields are aged, more they influence positively fruit production whereas more fallows are aged, and more they influence negatively fruit production. This study highlighted the importance of land management practices and therefore, any domestication program to be successful should consider the potential effect of management practices.

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Effects of land use and sustainable land management practices on runoff and soil loss in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.273 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 648 ◽

pp. 1462-1475 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Kindiye Ebabu ◽

Atsushi Tsunekawa ◽

Nigussie Haregeweyn ◽

Enyew Adgo ◽

Derege Tsegaye Meshesha ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Soil Loss ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sustainable Land Management ◽

Nile Basin ◽

Blue Nile ◽

Blue Nile Basin ◽

Runoff And Soil Loss ◽

Effects Of Land Use

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The future of soil biochemistry and services in the UK under plausible climate, land use and land management scenarios

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18699 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dmitry Yumashev ◽

Victoria Janes-Bassett ◽

Jess Davies

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Crop Yields ◽

Grassland Restoration ◽

Climate Scenarios ◽

Management Scenarios ◽

Nitrogen Emissions ◽

Soil Biochemistry ◽

The Uk

<p>In this study, we explore plausible future states of soil organic matter, biomass, food production and soil greenhouse gas emissions across the UK under a range of climate, land use and land management scenarios. We use state-of-the-art soil biochemistry model, N14CP-Ag, combined with UKCP18 climate scenarios and ASSET land cover change and crop scenarios mapped onto a UK-wide grid with around 100,000 land parcels. Historic runs cover the period from the start of the Holocene interglacial (-12 kyr BP) to 2015; scenarios run from 2016 out to 2100. The results show variations of soil organic carbon (SOC) of around 10% between 2016 and 2100 relative to the simulated starting value of 1.4 Gton in 2015, with reductions of up to 7% under arable expansion scenarios and increases of up to 3% under grassland restoration scenarios. The effect of changing cropping patterns on UK-wide SOC is comparatively small. As climate scenarios move from lower to higher global emissions, the SOC reductions under arable expansion become more pronounced, while the SOC increases under grassland restoration diminish and eventually turn into losses. UK-wide crop yields show resilience to climate change and are maximised for the arable expansion scenario with protected sites of special scientific interest. Soil CO2 and nitrogen emissions get progressively higher in warmer climates. The results of this study are expected to contribute to a future UK agricultural policy aimed at rewarding farmers for sustainable land management practices.</p>

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Invasive Species and Land-Use: The Effect of Land Management Practices on Bracken Fern Invasion in the Region of Calakmul, Mexico

Journal of Latin American Geography ◽

10.1353/lag.2006.0028 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 92-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Laura C. Schneider

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Invasive Species ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Bracken Fern

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Soil Properties Affected by Land Use Systems in Western Chitwan, Nepal

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology ◽

10.3126/ijasbt.v2i3.10660 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 265-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R.P. Chauhan ◽

K.R. Pande ◽

S. Thakur

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Soil Properties ◽

Management Practices ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Block Designs ◽

Forest Land ◽

Pasture Land ◽

Land Use Systems ◽

Vegetable Farm

Field experiments were conducted in acidic soils of Mangalpur and Fulbari VDCs in western Chitwan, Nepal to study the effects of different land use systems on soil properties. Seven land use systems (cereal based lowland, cereal based upland, vegetable farm land, fruit orchard land, pasture land, forest land and farmer’s field) were used and they were replicated four times in randomized complete block designs. Composite soil samples were collected from each study sites and were analyzed in laboratory for soil physicochemical properties. The data obtained were analyzed using MSTAT-C. Soil properties were significantly affected by land use systems in western Chitwan condition. Soil organic matter and total soil nitrogen were significantly higher from pasture land (4.69 % and 0.23 %) and the lowest were from farmer’s field (2.40 % and 0.08 %). However, available soil phosphorous content was significantly higher from cereal based upland (448.3 kg ha-1) and it was the lowest from forest land (13.0 kg ha-1). Soil bulk density and pH were not significantly affected by land use systems. Since land use systems and management practices significantly affect soil physical and chemical properties, an appropriate and sustainable land use management option is necessary for fertile and healthy soil. Conservation tillage with the addition of sufficient organic inputs can be suggested based on this study to maintain soil health for sustained production and optimum activity of soil organisms under the western Chitwan land use systems. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v2i3.10660 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v2i3.10660 Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol. 2(3): 265-269

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Perceptions of Beef Cattle Producers and Scientists Relating to Sustainable Land Use Issues and Their Implications for Technology Transfer.

The Rangeland Journal ◽

10.1071/rj9940238 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 238 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

ND Macleod ◽

JA Taylor

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Technology Transfer ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Land Degradation ◽

Management Practices ◽

Postal Survey ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Grazing Land ◽

Sustainable Grazing

Selected results are presented for two sub-groups drawn from a postal survey of perceptions of sustainable grazing management issues in the beef cattle-grazed rangelands of Queensland. The sub- groups include beef cattle producers and research scientists, both of which are key stakeholders for effective technology transfer from R&D projects that address sustainable grazing land management problems. Some important similarities and differences are highlighted between the sub-groups which are believed potentially to impact on the design and operation of R&D projects, the principal aim of which is to improve sustainable management practices. These relate to land use objectives and perceived sustainability of current grazing practices, and to the feasibility of rectifying present land degradation problems. Similarities are evident in the high proportions of both groups which do not believe that present practices are sustainable and with the same perceptions about the principal causes of grazing land degradation and the feasibility of rectifying present land degradation problems. Major differences relate to the perceived management objectives of beef producers, the scale at which land degradation problems occur, and the key sources of information or knowledge on which sustainable grazing systems might be developed.

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Land Use - Terrain Correlations in the Piedmont Tract of Eastern India

Environmental Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7033-2.ch046 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1026-1064

Author(s):

Ashis Sarkar ◽

Priyank Pravin Patel

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Principal Component ◽

Land Use Land Cover ◽

Terrain Attributes ◽

Gis Environment ◽

Basin Area ◽

Insight Into

The Dulung River flows across West Bengal and Jharkhand in India. The geographical variables present within the basin area are categorised into groups like Physiographic, Morphometric and Land Use-Land Cover (LULC) attributes. These facets are mapped and overlain in a GIS environment and correlations drawn between them. Factor Scores obtained through Principal Component Analysis are further compared and correlated. The different variables are fused to obtain a comprehensive grouping of the above three facets that is reflective of the overall terrain attributes and its overlying LULC classes. Through this, within the Dulung River Basin, three broad Physiographic-Soil-Land Use Units (PSLUs) are identified, which comprise of the structural ridges and residual hills, piedmont plains and floodplains. For further insight into existing LULC-landform relations, select villages across the basin landscape are examined in detail. The relations derived help in suggesting possible land management practices in this region.

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Sustainable land use in Crimea

10.33920/sel-04-2109-02 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

A.Yu. Melnichuck ◽

O.V. Zackalichnaya

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Land Use System ◽

Analytical System

The article deals with the formation of a sustainable land use system. It is proposed to put land zoning as the basis for the formation of a sustainable land use system, reflecting the territory difference by soil, morphometric and agroclimatic conditions. The zoning of the lands of the Simferopol region was completed according to their suitability for growing grapes. The infrastructure of the regional information and analytical system of sustainable land use has been developed for this area. The authors proposed an algorithm for the formation of sustainable land use on the platform of digital land management and land use.

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