Use of remote sensing and GIS for improved natural resources management: case study from different agroecological zones of West Africa

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversität Hohenheimen
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen
cg.coverage.countryBeninen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierKai Sonder: 0000-0001-9672-5361en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/01431160903376415en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0143-1161en
cg.issue23en
cg.journalInternational Journal of Remote Sensingen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.iitaMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGYen
cg.subject.iitaSOIL SURVEYS AND MAPPINGen
cg.volume31en
dc.contributor.authorJunge, B.en
dc.contributor.authorAlabi, T.en
dc.contributor.authorSonder, Kaien
dc.contributor.authorMarcus, S.en
dc.contributor.authorAbaidoo, Robert C.en
dc.contributor.authorChikoye, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorStahr, Karlen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-14T08:07:45Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-14T08:07:45Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89354
dc.titleUse of remote sensing and GIS for improved natural resources management: case study from different agroecological zones of West Africaen
dcterms.abstractHistorical and recent aerial photograph and satellite images were analysed to study the change of land use/land cover and soil degradation in different agroecological zones of Nigeria and Benin. The sites were characterized by an expansion of farmland at the expense of forest and shrub, fallow and uncultivated land, at an increasing rate due to population growth, food demand and land scarcity. Sheet and gully erosion were the consequences of the land use intensification and have destroyed extensive areas of farmland and grazing land. Reduced agricultural and livestock production, declining revenue, as well as increased conflict from resource competition between farmers and pastoralists are expected for the future. To combat these problems, improved land use management through continuing land inventory, generating an environmental database, developing land use plans and controlling erosion through adequate soil conservation measures are recommended.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2010-12-10en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJunge, B., Alabi, T., Sonder, K., Marcus, S., Abaidoo, R., Chikoye, D. & Stahr, K. (2010). Use of remote sensing and GIS for improved natural resources management: case study from different agroecological zones of West Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(23), 6115-6141.en
dcterms.extent6115-6141en
dcterms.issued2010-12-14en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen
dcterms.subjectremote sensingen
dcterms.subjectgisen
dcterms.subjectland degradationen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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