Track 3-1-1: Multi‐Stakeholder Platforms for Addressing Grassland Issues and Sustainable Use of Forage and Grassland Resources
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Soil water infiltration influences potential top soil loss by erosion, as well as the partitioning of runoff into slow flow and quick flow. The aim of the work presented here was to critically review studies of the effects of grasses on reversing the process of land degradation and improving the soil infiltrability in the tropics, using a systematic review. The study area was divided into arable and non-arable conditions and the effect of grasses were deduced as grass strip and pastoral systems, respectively. I then applied meta-analysis to test the hypothesis that use of grasses as grass-strips in agriculture increases infiltration capacity and reduce soil erosion. Similarly the effects of grasses were analyzed in degraded pasture lands.
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Reversing Land Degradation through Grasses: A Systematic Meta Analysis in the Indian Tropics
Soil water infiltration influences potential top soil loss by erosion, as well as the partitioning of runoff into slow flow and quick flow. The aim of the work presented here was to critically review studies of the effects of grasses on reversing the process of land degradation and improving the soil infiltrability in the tropics, using a systematic review. The study area was divided into arable and non-arable conditions and the effect of grasses were deduced as grass strip and pastoral systems, respectively. I then applied meta-analysis to test the hypothesis that use of grasses as grass-strips in agriculture increases infiltration capacity and reduce soil erosion. Similarly the effects of grasses were analyzed in degraded pasture lands.
