Projektnummer

0057874

Zusammenfassung

Immense losses of land productivity have been observed on eight million hectares of irrigated agricultural land in Central Asia during the past decades. Especially the irrigated lowlands of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers are affected by land degradation problems. The research addresses the identification of hotspots of decreasing land production and gaining knowledge about the drivers of change in land production and land degradation by analysing socio-economic and ecological indicators. Economic assessments of land use options under given ecological conditions will be elaborated....