This participatory video titled “Don’t destroy the environment” was filmed, produced, and directed by a group of 9 farmers and community members from Kunzokalla Village in Jirapa District, Upper West Region of Ghana.

Discover the opportunities that drylands hold to help tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges in this short animation created by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems.

Art and Motion: Nathalia Mejía https://www.behance.net/nathaliamejia...

Music: Dryland by © Davide De Gregorio http://www.ddgproject.com / BMI Work No: 020554963

This chapter describes the distribution, use and importance of Vertisols in Ethiopia and indicates the study sites of the Joint Vertisol Project. Land and soil features are examined with particular reference to parent materials and landscape features, soil characterisation (colour, texture and depth-to-root-restricting layer). Distribution of Vertisols along the 12 physiographic regions of Ethiopia is described, the major agro-ecological zones of Ethiopia is listed, and distribution of Vertisols and their associations in Ethiopia is shown.

The effects of land-use change on the structure of Oxisols in the Brazilian savannas (also known as the Cerrados) are still insufficiently understood. We therefore studied loamy and clayey Oxisols under natural savanna, crop, pasture, and reforestation to (1) quantify management-induced changes in the quantity of water-stable aggregates, (2) identify the main aggregating agents, and (3) correlate aggregation with changes in pore-size distribution. Clayey soils showed a significantly higher macroaggregation than did loamy soils.

Outlines of ranch development in various districts of Kenya w. description of geographical aspects of the districts, land use and tenure systems, human population and animal population trends, and livestock marketing activities, incl. maps showing ranch boundaries and status of land adjudication.