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Global Land Outlook

… face of the increased demand for land-intensive crops and livestock. Land degradation contributes to climate change and … to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable … trees in a community- managed forest provide fodder for livestock; fruits and vegetables are collected by women; …
31 May 2026 Literature

Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… Page 14. Case study 1: Community members Watering livestock and fetching potable water from shallow well … contexts. The case studies selected were: 1. Pastoral livestock management in semi-arid and arid Northern Kenya 2. … enhanced water availability; • Additional income from fish farming and increased agricultural activity; • Greening of …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … the water or any birds, fish or other aquatic ecosystems, livestock or wild life. Reserve: (South Africa): “Reserve'' … of workers, entrepreneurs , peasants, agricultural and livestock producers, fishing and forest organizations, …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… Washington Nyakale Mutayoba Ministry of Water and Livestock Development Government of the United Republic of … alto- gether in the Indus Delta area, including arable and livestock production, fisheries and forest products … the productivity of irrigated agriculture with rain-fed farming, which is carried out in areas where irrigation is …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… flows • Freshwater supply • Crop and fruit production • Livestock production • Fish production • Timber and building … and abiotic effects on water quality • Crop, fruit and livestock production • Edible plants and animals (e.g. fish, … and river sedimentation is reduced in cultivated areas by farming systems using zero-tillage or agroforestry compared …
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Issues in water law reform

… be significant sources of supply. In intensive farming locations, widespread and uncontrolled interruption … of the utility). • Individual self-supplied agriculture or livestock users, industries, services, hydro and thermal … Number of user Hydropower 122.00 na* 75 Agriculture & livestock 62.50 12.00 122,000 Urban & Domestic 15.00 7.30 …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… uses, particularly in grass and rangeland areas where livestock is just one of many species taking advantage of the … of capture fisheries (fishing) and aquaculture (fish farming). The value of inland fisheries is often … including evapotranspiration from rain-fed agriculture and livestock grazing (see Table 2.8). Nearly twice this Water …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… sources is therefore a crucially important part of their farming systems (Goote and Lefeber 2003). It allows them to … away from a swarm of desert locust near Kaedi, Mauritania. Livestock are in competition with the insects for available … respiratory problems and related deaths, loss of livestock and crops over large areas, and associated loss of …
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The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration

… for processing coffee beans. In addition, intensive animal farming and a relatively dense population associated with … and banana industries pollute the water and larger-scale farming has degraded the land. Soil erosion resulting from … in steep catchments • Sustainable organic technologies, livestock management, use of greenhouses and solid waste …
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Preservation of oasis ecosystems

… by the oasis in respect of the populations, their livestock and local agriculture; and b. the preservation of … and reuse in situ of the waste and by-products from farming and livestock-rearing activities; CLARIFYING that, nevertheless, …
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