January 2012

Analysis of the effect of landslides on the microenvironment in Iran: A case study of Lityan Basin

The Latian basin is situated at the north east of Iran, and has a social and economical importance for this city and its people. This territory, due to its natural conditions, has suffered from natural disasters including earthquakes, floods and land mass movements, even in recent centuries. The combination of these natural factors as the basic cause, unintelligent human intervention as an intensifying enforcer, has...

Author(s): Zahra Arzjani, Farideh Asadian and Maryam Varavipour

January 2012

Crop water requirements in selective wetland areas, West Suez Canal, Egypt

The present research aims to generate a geometrical corrected physiographic map with a scale (1:50,000) and calculating crop water requirements for the suitable crops in this area. To fulfill these requirements, eight soil profiles were chosen to represent the different mapping units. Morphological description was carried out and soil samples were collected for the physical and chemical analyses. Based on satellite ETM+...

Author(s): W. A. Abdel Kawy, Abdel-Aziz Belal and Kh. M. Darwish

January 2012

Demonstration of maize and noug cake mixture supplementation for women focused small scale sheep fattening in Yilmana Denssa District

The study was conducted at Yilmana Denssa district where there is huge population of sheep and traditional sheep fattening is practiced. Six women famers were participating for the trail. Each woman was supposed to purchase three yearling male rams. A total of 18 yearling Washera sheep were used for this research. Experimented sheep were feeding 400 g concentrate /head/day, which is composed of 24.75% maize, 74.25%...

Author(s): Habtemariam Assefa, Simegnew Tamir, Shigdaf Mekuriaw and Wude Tsega

January 2012

Performance of smallholder dairy farmers’ groups in the east and west central regions of Bhutan: Members’ perspective

Collective action through farmers’ groups is increasingly being recognized as a positive force for rural development in Bhutan. The present study describes an assessment of the performance of smallholder dairy farmers’ groups (N=7) in the west and east central regions of Bhutan. The data were collected from 176 respondents through a structured questionnaire survey supplemented by open participatory group...

Author(s): Thubten Sonam and Niwat Martwanna