Knowledge sharing and adoption behaviour: An imperative to promote sustainable soil use and management

Hou, Deyi

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“…Human-induced land and soil degradation have affected the region for millennia (Zdruli et al, 2010;Zdruli, 2014), but recently they are gaining even more international attention. Soil is central for realizing 8 of the 17 SDGs, and the most important effect is on the large number of small-holder farmers in the poorest countries (Hou, 2020;Hou, et al, 2020). At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2017) COP23, the role of soil and water management in combating climate change was acknowledged and included as a significant element in the Decision 4/CP.23 known as the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture.…”

Section: Climate Change Sustainable Development Goals (Sdg) and Land ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In particular, the "human" dimension and participatory land use planning approaches (as compared to the bio-physical assessments) needs to be further considered and elaborated. It is very crucial to share knowledge with small-holders and users in these areas to help them to adopt sustainable soil use and management practices (Hou, 2020).…”

Section: Planning Monitoring and Knowledge Sharingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Overview of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in the Near East and North Africa

Ziadat¹,

Zdruli²,

Christiansen³

et al. 2021

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Land degradation and desertification (LDD) and climate change are having increased effects in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) impacting the livelihoods of about 410 million people. Agriculture is a vital sector, contributing on average 14% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (excluding oil producing countries) and providing jobs and incomes for 38% of the region’s economically active population. Nevertheless, most NENA countries import at least 50% of the calories they consume. Furthermore, it is estimated that the total area that is desertified or is vulnerable to desertification cover 9.84 million km2 or about 86.7% of the total NENA region. Soil erosion by water, wind, and sand and dust storms (SDS) cause losses of about USD 13 billion of GDP each year. To confront these hardships, the region must endorse proper land use planning, prioritization of target areas for restoration and adoption of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) to reverse the situation. This paper analyses the inter-linkages between LDD, resource base management and food security under different scenarios and offers mitigation and remediation options. These include knowledge management and sharing; establishment of a regional platform to facilitate dialogue; public and private investment opportunities; provision of tools to scale-out sustainable land and water management options; and creation of a conducive enabling environment supported by policies and strategies. The paper provides policy and decision-makers with priority actions and options to enhance productivity, and combat land degradation to improve food security in the region.

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Section: Planning Monitoring and Knowledge Sharingmentioning

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An Overview of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in the Near East and North Africa

Ziadat¹,

Zdruli²,

Christiansen³

et al. 2021

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“…Soil pollution has drawn the attention of decision‐makers and scientific community because of its significant adverse impacts on public health, the natural environment and soil functioning (Antoniadis et al, 2019; Hou, 2020; Khan et al, 2021; Wang et al, 2021). Soil pollution at contaminated sites has three‐dimensional (3D) characteristics and strong variability (Li et al, 2022), thus, accurately understanding the 3D distribution of soil pollutants is an important prerequisite for pollution risk assessment, remediation and management of contaminated sites (Hou et al, 2017; Liu et al, 2020).…”

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Improved three‐dimensional mapping of soil chromium pollution with sparse borehole data: Incorporating multisource auxiliary data into IDW‐based interpolation

Chen

Cui

Peng

et al. 2023

Soil Use and Management

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Deriving an accurate three‐dimensional (3D) spatial distribution of heterogeneous soil pollutants at contaminated sites using traditional spatial interpolation methods, such as inverse distance weighting (IDW), is challenging; especially when only limited borehole data are available. This study presents a novel IDW‐COV method, where weighting is determined by optimizing relative importance between feature distances of covariates and spatial distances to soil sample locations. The method was tested by mapping the 3D distributions of Cr (VI) and total Cr at a Cr salt production workshop (Site A) and a legacy Cr slag stacking site (Site B). The results were compared with those of IDW, the soil land inference model (SoLIM), and the SoLIM combined with IDW method (SoLIM‐IDW). The proposed IDW‐COV method returned the highest accuracy, with R2 values of 0.83 for Cr (VI) in Site A and 0.75 for total Cr in Site B, compared with 0.65 and 0.57 for IDW, 0.16 and 0.58 for SoLIM, and 0.73 and 0.61 for SoLIM‐IDW. This study highlights the importance of considering differences in explanatory power between multidimensional covariate and geographical spatial distance when incorporating multisource auxiliary data into weighted average estimators and provides guidance for mapping 3D distributions of heterogeneous pollutants from sparse soil borehole data.

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“…Crop and livestock production together occupy half of the earth's land surface (Sutton et al, 2013). Soil quality acts as an important determinant of agricultural productivity, ecosystem resilience and environmental quality (Hou, 2020; Kik et al, 2021). Soil function, use and management are the pivotal factors for achievement of many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Bouma et al, 2019; Hou, 2020; Löbmann et al, 2022).…”

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“…Soil quality acts as an important determinant of agricultural productivity, ecosystem resilience and environmental quality (Hou, 2020; Kik et al, 2021). Soil function, use and management are the pivotal factors for achievement of many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Bouma et al, 2019; Hou, 2020; Löbmann et al, 2022). However, an international concern regarding the sustainability of bio‐ecological systems has been rising due to the advanced state of soil degradation (Webb et al, 2017) which can affect the livelihoods of more than 3.2 billion people worldwide (IPBES, 2018).…”

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A global systematic literature review on sustainable soil management practices (1994–2022)

Sharna

Maraseni

Radanielson

2023

Soil Use and Management

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Sustainable Soil Management Practices (SSMP) offer potential benefits while conserving natural resources. However, the low adoption of SSMP limits the achievement of their full potential. To examine the current state of knowledge on SSMP adoption and identify research gaps, we systematically reviewed 269 peer‐reviewed publications pooled from Scopus, Web of Science and ScienceDirect, covering the period from 1994 to 2022. We assessed the temporal and spatial transitions of SSMP adoption and identified a broad perspective of 14 themes on SSMP adoption and highlight the research trends and gaps. Prior to 2010, research on SSMP adoption was concentrated on a few themes and has become diversified in later years, covering emerging themes such as climate change and use Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Publications on SSMP adoption exhibited a global distribution, with particular emphasis on the African continent due to the flow of donors’ funds driven by severe soil degradation and limited use of improved technologies in Africa. Studies on minimum soil disturbance were prevalent worldwide, with the highest number of publications. Our findings also indicate a strong research collaboration between developed and developing countries, showcasing donor‐driven collaborative efforts and mutual benefits across different regions. This review however highlights the limited inclusion of local knowledge in SSMP promotion and recommends a bottom‐up approach for future initiatives. In the discussion section, different critical factors of SSMP adoption covering farmers’ perceptions, climate change, policy impact, and the use of ICT are discussed. These findings and identified research gaps are useful for further research and the development of sustainable soil management policies, programs and projects.

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Knowledge sharing and adoption behaviour: An imperative to promote sustainable soil use and management

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

An Overview of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in the Near East and North Africa

An Overview of Land Degradation and Sustainable Land Management in the Near East and North Africa

Improved three‐dimensional mapping of soil chromium pollution with sparse borehole data: Incorporating multisource auxiliary data into IDW‐based interpolation

A global systematic literature review on sustainable soil management practices (1994–2022)

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