The objective of the current study was to determine seasonal changes in glucose, cholesterol, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), serum inorganic phosphorous (SIP), calcium, magnesium and iron concentrations in Nguni and crossbred cattle on the sweet and sour rangelands of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Body weights, body condition scores (BCS) and serum concentrations of energy-rela...

The objective of this paper is to examine the sustainability of rangeland agriculture (i.e., managed grazing) on a world-wide basis, with a focus on North America. Sustainability is addressed on three fronts: 1) ecological, 2) economic, and 3) social acceptance. Based on previous and on-going research, we suggest that employment of science-based rangeland grazing management strategies and tacti...

land use optimization using linear programing is a method in watershed management for access to production sustainability and decreasing of soil erosion. the sensitivity analysis of the model can with investigation of results influence form changes in input parameters, lead to decrease the uncertainty in decision-making of management programs. so in this research, linear programming model using...

Purpose: Energy access is one of the challenges confronting Nigeria and many Sub-Saharan African countries. The energy poverty experienced in country even more pervasive rural communities where only about 36% population had to electricity. With current improvement technological advancement GIS remote sensing, identifying small hydropower sites have become relatively easier, faster, cost effecti...

classifying remote sensing imageries to obtain reliable and accurate landuse/cover (luc) information still remains a challenge that depends on many factors suchas complexity of landscape especially in arid region. the aim of this paper is to extractreliable luc information from land sat imageries of the pishkouh watershed of centralarid region, iran. the classical maximum likelihood classifier ...

the present study aimed to monitor the land use change in the shazand watershed with different development policies using land use net changes and exchanges in land change modeller (lcm) forperiod of1973to2014and in sub-watersheds scale. in the study period, rangeland area reduced about 380 km2 and rainfed and irrigation farm lands increased successively 100 and 150 km2 in the first and the sec...

One of the main resonator factors in watershed soil erosion is inappropriateland management including conversion of pasture land to dry-land farming.Unfortunately, the changes of Gara Su watershed usages have been very common.Thus, in order to understand the influence of land use on runoff rate and soil loss, soillosses were investigated and determined under both pasture and dry-land agricultur...