Written records about severe droughts in Brazils semi-arid northeast reach back until the countrys colonization in the early 17th century. Since the late 19th century, irrigated agriculture was implemented to reduce the effects of droughts on the livelihood of the rural population. Supported by the construction of large dams and reservoirs for hydropower generation in the 1960s, irrigated agriculture was promoted on larger scales. In this context several irrigation schemes were implemented along the lower-middle São Francisco River. Despite economic growth and poverty reduction in the region, large parts of the rural population who strongly depend on agricultural income suffer from precarious living conditions. This dissertation aimed at a)...
Grasslands are the main source of feed for cattle in Argentina. Standing dead biomass (SDB) accumula...
Agriculture plays a crucial role in overall economic development of agro based developing countries...
With the steadily growing population and the increasing demand on food, more and more forests are co...
This dissertation was motivated by controversial statements of politicians and lobby groups for and ...
A great deal of more recent agricultural research in the Brazilian Amazon region has been focusing o...
Currently, our society faces a significant challenge to eradicate hunger and poverty while preservin...
The model approach combines agricultural land use decisions of farmers with economic principles of c...
Wetlands contribute increasingly to the food needs and income generation of the rural population in ...
Brazil has five centuries of tradition in sugarcane production and is the world's largest producer a...
Improving the livelihood of poor households in developing countries by increasing agricultural produ...
Cassava is a basic staple food crop with worldwide distribution, mainly in developing countries. A f...
This cumulative PhD thesis investigates the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.) plan...
This thesis is a contribution to the research project Regional Climate Change, funded by the German...
Anthropogenic influences have caused landscapes to change worldwide in the last decades, and changes...
Since the transition to democracy in 1994, South Africas government has attempted to improve the wo...
Grasslands are the main source of feed for cattle in Argentina. Standing dead biomass (SDB) accumula...
Agriculture plays a crucial role in overall economic development of agro based developing countries...
With the steadily growing population and the increasing demand on food, more and more forests are co...
This dissertation was motivated by controversial statements of politicians and lobby groups for and ...
A great deal of more recent agricultural research in the Brazilian Amazon region has been focusing o...
Currently, our society faces a significant challenge to eradicate hunger and poverty while preservin...
The model approach combines agricultural land use decisions of farmers with economic principles of c...
Wetlands contribute increasingly to the food needs and income generation of the rural population in ...
Brazil has five centuries of tradition in sugarcane production and is the world's largest producer a...
Improving the livelihood of poor households in developing countries by increasing agricultural produ...
Cassava is a basic staple food crop with worldwide distribution, mainly in developing countries. A f...
This cumulative PhD thesis investigates the expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.) plan...
This thesis is a contribution to the research project Regional Climate Change, funded by the German...
Anthropogenic influences have caused landscapes to change worldwide in the last decades, and changes...
Since the transition to democracy in 1994, South Africas government has attempted to improve the wo...
Grasslands are the main source of feed for cattle in Argentina. Standing dead biomass (SDB) accumula...
Agriculture plays a crucial role in overall economic development of agro based developing countries...
With the steadily growing population and the increasing demand on food, more and more forests are co...