Does the Sahelian smallholder's management of woodland, farm trees, rangeland support the hypothesis of human-induced desertification?

Agriculture & Biology

• farm woodlands 100%
• rangeland degradation 92%
• tree farms 85%
• desertification 76%
• rangelands 61%
• woodlands 54%
• natural resource management 36%
• Sahel 36%
• deforestation 32%
• herd size 32%
• land use 26%
• marketing 25%
• population growth 25%
• income 23%
• farming systems 22%
• livestock 22%
• planting 21%
• rain 21%
• farmers 19%
• farms 18%
• environmental factors 17%
• biomass 16%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• smallholder 67%
• desertification 60%
• rangeland 60%
• woodland 51%
• livestock 51%
• long-term transition 48%
• farm 46%
• management of natural resources 35%
• loss 28%
• marketing 28%
• planting 26%
• deforestation 26%
• population growth 25%
• income 23%
• environmental conditions 21%
• land use 18%
• rainfall 17%
• transition 16%
• biomass 16%
• trend 13%