The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya Report

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Author(s):  
А.П. Смирнов ◽  
А.А. Смирнов ◽  
Б.А. Монгуш

Цель исследования – выявить влияние эффективного плодородия лесных почв на продуктивность чистых по составу ельников и сосняков, а также на ус- пешность последующего естественного лесовозобновления на вырубках. Эффективное плодородие лесных почв по О.Г. Чертову – это отношение мощности гу- мусового горизонта к мощности лесной подстилки (гумусо-подстилочный коэффициент, ГПК). Продуктивность взрослых ельников Ленинградской области имеет высокую прямую корреляционную связь с ГПК (R2 = 0,884). Наивысшая продуктивность ели (бонитеты Iа и Iа,5) характеризуется коэффициентами плодо- родия, равными соответственно 2 и 2,3. Зависимость продуктивности сосняков от ГПК оказалась значительно менее тесной, чем ельников (R2 = 0,464). В сосняках с наивысшей продуктивностью (бонитеты Iа,5-Iб,5) ГПК составляет 1,7–3,5. На вы- рубках давностью 5–15 лет величина ГПК закономерно возрастает по исходным типам леса от бедных к сравнительно богатым местообитаниям. При этом изме- няются густота и состав подроста, как общего, так и подроста хвойных пород. Наибольшая общая густота подроста (20–22 тыс. экз./га), с достаточно большой долей хвойного подроста – 5–6 тыс. экз./га – характерна для почв среднего плодо- родия (ГПК = 1,2), но с некоторым переувлажнением – в типах леса черничники влажные и долгомошники. Наибольшее количество подроста хвойных пород (с преобладанием сосны в составе) – 8–13 тыс. экз./га – присуще бедным и сухим местообитаниям (вересковый и брусничный типы леса). С увеличением эффек- тивного плодородия почв происходит смена подроста сосны на подрост ели, при- чем густота подроста хвойных в целом снижается. Эта густота имеет нелинейную тесную отрицательную связь с ГПК (R2 = 0,916). Густота подроста березы от пло- дородия почвы не зависит (R2 = 0,025), тогда как густота подроста осины имеет с ним высокую положительную связь (R2 = 0,706). Разрастание подлеска с ГПК слабо связано, но в большинстве случаев подлесок снижает густоту подроста хвойных пород и, в частности, подроста сосны. Разрастание трав, особенно зла- ков, характерно для богатых почв, и также оказывает существенное отрицатель- ное влияние на густоту хвойного подроста. Таким образом, почвы, обладающие наибольшим эффективным плодородием, после вырубки материнского древостоя быстро заселяются конкурентами сосны и ели: травами, подлеском и лиственны- ми породами, прежде всего осиной. Следовательно, по исходному типу леса и со- ставу древостоя, определяющим эффективное плодородие почв, при отсутствии хозяйственных мер по содействию естественному возобновлению хвойных пород, можно уверенно прогнозировать успешность естественного последующего лесовосстановления всех лесообразующих пород на вырубках. The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of effective forest soil fertility on productivity of spruce and pine stands of pure the composition, as well as the success of the subsequent natural forest regeneration on the felling. Effective forest soil fertility by O.Chertov is the ratio of thickness the humus horizon and forest litter (humus-litter coefficient, HLC). Spruce productivity Leningrad region has high direct cor- relation with HLC (R2 = 0.884). The highest productivity trees (quality class IA and Ia, 5) is characterized by fertility coefficients, equal respectively 2.3 and 2. Dependence of productivity pine stands from HLC was significantly less close than spruce stands (R2 = 0.464). In stands with the highest productivity (quality class Ia, 5-Ib, 5) HLC is 1.7–3.5. On the felling where prescription 5–15 years the amount of HLC naturally in- creases the original forest types from the poor to the relatively rich habitats. This change the density and composition of forest regeneration, both general and regenera- tion of conifers. The highest overall density of forest regeneration (20–22 thousand copies./ha), with a fairly large portion of pine regeneration is 5–6 thousand copies./ha characteristic soil medium fertility (HLC = 1.2), but with some excessive moisture – polytrichosum and nass myrtillosum. The largest number of young conifers (pine- dominated composition) – 8–13 thousand copies./ha is inherent in the poor and arid habitats (vacciniosum and сladinosum forest types). With the increase of effective soil fertility changes of young pines on young spruce, with undergrowth density conifers declines in general. This density has a close relationship with negative nonlinear HLC (R2 = 0.916). Density undergrowth of birch from the soil fertility is not affected (R2 = 0.025), whereas the density of aspen regrowth has with him a high positive rela- tionship (R2 = 0.706). Growth of underbrush with HLC loosely connected, but in most cases the underbrush reduces density undergrowth of coniferous species and, in partic- ular, young pine. Growth of grasses, especially cereals, characteristically for the rich soil, and also has a significant negative effect on density pine regrowth. Thus, soil, possessing the highest effective fertility, after cutting down maternal stand soon devel- oped by competitors of pine and spruce: herbs, underbrush and deciduous breeds, pri- marily aspen. Consequently, the original forest stand composition and type, determin- ing effective soil fertility, in the absence of management measures on assistance to natural regeneration of coniferous breeds, we can confidently predict the success of a natural follow-up reforestation of all felling.


Author(s):  
Jock R. Anderson ◽  
Regina Birner ◽  
Latha Najarajan ◽  
Anwar Naseem ◽  
Carl E. Pray

Abstract Private agricultural research and development can foster the growth of agricultural productivity in the diverse farming systems of the developing world comparable to the public sector. We examine the extent to which technologies developed by private entities reach smallholder and resource-poor farmers, and the impact they have on poverty reduction. We critically review cases of successfully deployed improved agricultural technologies delivered by the private sector in both large and small developing countries for instructive lessons for policy makers around the world.


Author(s):  
Dolapo Bola Adelabu ◽  
Emile Bredenhand ◽  
Sean van der Merwe ◽  
Angelinus Cornelius Franke

Abstract To exploit the potential of ecological intensification during sunflower cropping, it is crucial to understand the potential synergies between crop management and ecosystem services. We therefore examined the effect of pollination intensification on sunflower yield and productivity under various levels of soil fertilization over two seasons in the eastern Free State, South Africa. We manipulated soil fertility with fertilizer applications and pollination with exclusion bags. We found a synergetic effect between pollination and soil fertilization whereby increasing pollination intensity led to a far higher impact on sunflower yield when the soil had been fertilized. Specifically, the intensification of insect pollination increased seed yield by approximately 0.4 ton/ha on nutrient poor soil and by approximately 1.7 ton/ha on moderately fertilized soil. Our findings suggest that sunflower crops on adequate balanced soil fertility will receive abundant insect pollination and may gain more from both synergies than crops grown in areas with degraded soil fertility.


2021 ◽  
pp. 135406612110014
Author(s):  
Glen Biglaiser ◽  
Ronald J. McGauvran

Developing countries, saddled with debts, often prefer investors absorb losses through debt restructurings. By not making full repayments, debtor governments could increase social spending, serving poorer constituents, and, in turn, lowering income inequality. Alternatively, debtor governments could reduce taxes and cut government spending, bolstering the assets of the rich at the expense of the poor. Using panel data for 71 developing countries from 1986 to 2016, we assess the effects of debt restructurings on societal income distribution. Specifically, we study the impact of debt restructurings on social spending, tax reform, and income inequality. We find that countries receiving debt restructurings tend to use their newly acquired economic flexibility to reduce taxes and lower social spending, worsening income inequality. The results are also robust to different model specifications. Our study contributes to the globalization and the poor debate, suggesting the economic harm caused to the less well-off following debt restructurings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. e342-e345
Author(s):  
Jacques Balayla ◽  
Ariane Lasry ◽  
Yaron Gil ◽  
Alexander Volodarsky-Perel

AbstractOver the last 30 years, the caesarean section rate has reached global epidemic proportions. This trend is driven by multiple factors, an important one of which is the use and inconsistent interpretation of the electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) system. Despite its introduction in the 1960s, the EFM has not definitively improved neonatal outcomes, yet it has since significantly contributed to a seven-fold increase in the caesarean section rate. As we attempt to reduce the caesarean rates in the developed world, we should consider focusing on areas that have garnered little attention in the literature, such as physician sensitization to the poor predictive power of the EFM and the research method biases that are involved in studying the abnormal heart rate patterns—umbilical cord pH relationship. Herein, we apply Bayes theorem to different clinical scenarios to illustrate the poor predictive power of the EFM, as well as shed light on the principle of protopathic bias, which affects the classification of research outcomes among studies addressing the effects of the EFM on caesarean rates. We propose and discuss potential solutions to the aforementioned considerations, which include the re-examination of guidelines with which we interpret fetal heart rate patterns and the development of noninvasive technologies that evaluate fetal pH in real time.


Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1477
Author(s):  
Antonio Marín-Martínez ◽  
Alberto Sanz-Cobeña ◽  
Mª Angeles Bustamante ◽  
Enrique Agulló ◽  
Concepción Paredes

In semi-arid vineyard agroecosystems, highly vulnerable in the context of climate change, the soil organic matter (OM) content is crucial to the improvement of soil fertility and grape productivity. The impact of OM, from compost and animal manure, on soil properties (e.g., pH, oxidisable organic C, organic N, NH4+-N and NO3−-N), grape yield and direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in vineyards was assessed. For this purpose, two wine grape varieties were chosen and managed differently: with a rain-fed non-trellising vineyard of Monastrell, a drip-irrigated trellising vineyard of Monastrell and a drip-irrigated trellising vineyard of Cabernet Sauvignon. The studied fertiliser treatments were without organic amendments (C), sheep/goat manure (SGM) and distillery organic waste compost (DC). The SGM and DC treatments were applied at a rate of 4600 kg ha−1 (fresh weight, FW) and 5000 kg ha−1 FW, respectively. The use of organic amendments improved soil fertility and grape yield, especially in the drip-irrigated trellising vineyards. Increased CO2 emissions were coincident with higher grape yields and manure application (maximum CO2 emissions = 1518 mg C-CO2 m−2 d−1). In contrast, N2O emissions, mainly produced through nitrification, were decreased in the plots showing higher grape production (minimum N2O emissions = −0.090 mg N2O-N m−2 d−1). In all plots, the CH4 fluxes were negative during most of the experiment (−1.073−0.403 mg CH4-C m−2 d−1), indicating that these ecosystems can represent a significant sink for atmospheric CH4. According to our results, the optimal vineyard management, considering soil properties, yield and GHG mitigation together, was the use of compost in a drip-irrigated trellising vineyard with the grape variety Monastrell.


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