The Chinese-engineered hybrid grass is also stabilising soil and providing high-nutrition fodder for livestock ...

According to the analysis, an estimated 70 million hectares of land across 20 Arab countries are affected by human-induced ...

Following years of overuse and land degradation, officials in a Ugandan municipality have agreed to ban farming and stone ...

According to the Soil Atlas, over 40 per cent of East Africa’s soils are degraded, with Kenya losing 26 tonnes of soil per ...

As the world celebrates World Environment Day, South Africa stands at a critical crossroads in the fight against ...

Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation examined how a lack of federal funding and climate change severely impact ...

Amidst this backdrop, the recent Global Land Degradation Neutrality – Integrated Land Use Planning (LDN–ILUP) Inception ...

Gabions can be used to address one of the most pressing ecological issues Kenya faces today: gully erosion. These artificial gullies threaten landscapes, often causing soil degradation ...

Agriculture, deforestation, overgrazing, and the use of chemicals on soils all contribute to its degradation, which can lead to erosion, problems with soil salinity ... the arable land in Africa ...

Soil erosion, the most common type of land degradation, is a process that removes the upper layer of soil, from which plants get most of their nutrients and water. When this fertile layer, called the ...

Conventional agriculture is the leading culprit of land degradation, contributing to deforestation, soil erosion and pollution. Unsustainable irrigation practices de­­plete freshwater resources ...

Soil degradation has far-reaching consequences ... The loss of topsoil and nutrients due to erosion has reduced the land’s ability to sustain crops, leading to lower yields and increased ...