Vietnam is the country with the largest area of plantations of Australasian Acacia species ('wattles') in South-East Asia. Between 6 and 9% of the national land area is cultivated with tropical wattles (A. auriculiformis, A. mangium and its hybrid). From the perspective of its promoters, the wattle ...

The economies of self-sufficient and emerging countries have always been driven primarily by agriculture. It supplies the necessary raw materials for human and livestock existence. The extensive use of conventional agrochemicals and their method of application have created numerous problems for the ...

Nanotechnology enables humankind to pave the path to the future due to its widespread applicability to different areas. Nanotechnology-based agricultural applications have the potential to sustain the demanding agricultural requirement to feed the rapidly growing population in the world. Most of...

Surface waters of the transboundary Kabul, Kurram and Gomal basins play a key role in shaping cultural, social and economic lives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discussing each of the basins separately, the chapter assesses hydrology and water resources. iIt includes a description of the existing and ...

In transboundary waters, co-operative basin management is widely believed to offer benefits over and above those of separate and unilateral management by riparian countries. Nonetheless, co-operation on shared waters does not always exist. The Kabul, Kurram and Gomal basins, shared by Afghanistan...

Two remote-sensing datasets were used to estimate land and water use in the Kabul, Kurram and Gomal transboundary basins shared between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The proportion of different land-cover classes within these three basins was estimated. Barren land and rangeland form the largest block...

This chapter contextualizes the book's aim and scope within global experiences in transboundary water management as well as regional realities of human development. The chapter rationalizes the focus on three of the nine rivers shared by Afghanistan and Pakistan, i.e., the Kabul, Kurram and Gomal,...

Climate change is a major threat in all the shared river basins in South Asia owing to the huge populations they sustain and the complex regional dynamics. This chapter summarizes the available knowledge related to changing climate trends in three Afghan-Pakistani transboundary river basins: the...

This chapter reviews some of the book's overarching themes and main findings. Overarching themes include the recognition of persistent hardship and inequality, particularly in the Afghan portions of the basins and substantial knowledge gaps that need to be filled to address existing challenges. Key ...

This chapter presents an overview of the groundwater resources of the upper Indus basin's three major transboundary river basins, with particular attention to the Kabul river basin, where information is more readily available. It examines the state of knowledge and information, challenges, and gaps ...