Agriculture

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

Submitted by Salvatory Macha on
EfD Authors:
John, Innocensia

Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

Disposal of spent oil into soils around auto parts markets impacts heavy metal concentrations and poses a potential ecological risk

Submitted by Agha Inya on
EfD Authors:
Jidere, C. M

AbstractNigeria is facing the problem of soil degradation as a result of continuous deposition of spent oil in the soil. The physiochemical properties, including heavy metals concentrations, of spent oil contaminated soils and adjacent control soils were investigated at 0–15 and 15–30 cm depths at Ladipo and Berger auto-mobile Markets in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The soils were collected in triplicate and analyzed in a 2 (location) * 2 (study site) * 2 (soil depth) factorial experiment.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

Training and technical support on adaptation to salinity intrusion could enhance food security

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Hoa, Dang Le
Nam, Pham Khanh

 

Research questions: How does salinity intrusion affect agricultural production and food security and how are male and female farmers different in those impacts?

Key Messages 

  • Climate change, extreme climate events, and recent salinity intrusion are growing concerns for the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. 

  • It is important to control soil salinity through drainage and water management practices to avoid loss of production. 

Research Brief
Agriculture, Gender, Policy Design
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