Aug 7, 2019
Missall, Siegmund; Abliz, Abdulla; Halik, Ümüt; Thevs, Niels; Welp, Martin, 2018, "Trading Natural Riparian Forests for Urban Shelterbelt Plantations—A Sustainability Assessment of the Kökyar Protection Forest in NW China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/IVMLZI, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Cities at the fringe of the Taklimakan desert in NW China are prone to dust and sand storms with serious consequences for human well-being. The Kökyar Protection Forest was established in the 1980s as an ecological engineering project with the intent of protecting the city of Aks... |
Aug 7, 2019
Thevs, Niels; Strenge, Eva; Kumar, Aliev; Eraaliev, Maksat; Lang, Petra; Baibagysov, Azim; Xu, Jianchu, 2018, "Tree Shelterbelts as an Element to Improve Water Resource Management in Central Asia", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/0KKJ09, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
In Central Asia, agriculture, notably irrigated agriculture, is the largest water consumer. Currently, flood and furrow irrigation are the dominant irrigation methods in Central Asia, in particular in the post-Soviet countries. Against the background of current and increasing com... |
Aug 7, 2019
Rouzi, Aihemaitijiang; Halik, Ümüt; Thevs, Niels; Welp, Martin; Aishan, Tayierjiang, 2018, "Water Efficient Alternative Crops for Sustainable Agriculture along the Tarim Basin: A Comparison of the Economic Potentials of Apocynum pictum, Chinese Red Date and Cotton in Xinjiang, China", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/DH9VEA, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
This study explores a paradigm of sustainable land use in the oases along the Tarim River of northwest China, where a fragile, semi-arid riparian ecosystem is being damaged by excessive land and water use for agriculture, especially for the growing of cotton. The reliance of agri... |
Aug 7, 2019
Caspersen, Lars; Gombert, Alina Joana; Hommels, Martin; Deller, Markus; Pawolka, Marceli Wiktor; Schlossarek, Jan; Djurupova, Bermet; Dzhakypbekova, Klara; Gebauer, Jens; Kaseeva, Gulnaz; Kuchenbuch, Ralf; Kulmyrzaev, Asylbek; Mamadjanov, Davlet; Mamadjanov, Davlet; Maurer, Martin; Polesny, Zbynek; Pretzsch, Jürgen; Sarymsakov, Zakirhodja; Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich; Smanalieva, Jamila; Verner, Vladimir; Wichern, Florian; Thevs, Niels; Moenickes, Sylvia; Kugler, Florian; Darr, Dietrich, 2018, "Utilizing the Nutritional Potential and Secondary Plant Compounds of Neglected Fruit Trees and Other Plant Species of the Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan", https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/FMW4ZX, World Agroforestry - Research Data Repository, V1
Forests make significant contributions to safeguarding agricultural production, food security, and nutrition of rural and urban populations. The walnut-fruit forests in Kyrgyzstan constitute a unique resource in this regard and are of global importance as a biodiversity hotspot.... |

