March 2010
Biofuel potential and FAO’s estimates of available land: The case of Tanzania
While there exists under-utilized lands in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the drive towards transforming huge areas of land to biofuel plantations must be reviewed critically. Both the facts that much of these lands are presently covered with forests or classified as wetlands, having a high carbon storage capacity and that these lands are used by local communities for their survival, must be acknowledged. The...
March 2010
Biological, chemical and biochemical dynamics during litter decomposition at different depths in arable soil
A field study was conducted to elucidate interactions among soil fauna, plant litter, soil nutrients and biochemical activities during litter decomposition in tropical desert land. Faunal association, nutrient dynamics, soil respiration and dehydrogenase activities were monitored in Hardwickia binata (T) tree based silvipasture system with Cenchurus cilliaris (CC) and Lesiurus sindicus (LS)...
