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Information on sustainable agriculture for arid and semi arid regions. Includes maps, links, lists of projects. ...
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/Home.html
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- Dryland Farming Organisation
The Dryland Farming Organisation is a notforprofit oraganistion that aims to improve the rainfed farming systems of North Africa and West Asia by. Provides information on a number of innovative ideas such as the use of medic pastures, with case studi ...
http://www.drylandfarming.org/
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- Saline Water and Effluent
Describes research in Israel into the stress caused by using effluent water which is saline and high in boron for the irrigation of date palms. Boron is an important element in association with plant development and agricultural production. Boron in ...
http://mop.textstore.co.il/
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- Meru Dryland Farming
Information on this project in Kenya which aims to help settlers in the semiarid zone adopt appropriate farming methods and improve their livelihoods without damaging the natural resource base. ...
http://www.odi.org.uk/projects/98-99-tropical-forestry/projects/2408.htm
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- Dryland Component
Dryland farming has led to historically large emissions of CO2 from stored soil carbon and high rates of soil erosion and waterborne sediment. With the development and adoption of reduced tillage systems over the past 20 years, significant strides ha ...
http://cff.wsu.edu/Project/dryland.html
| | - The Water Harvesting
Water harvesting is the collection of runoff for productive purposes. Instead of runoff being left to cause erosion, it is harvested and utilized. In the semiarid droughtprone areas where it is already practised, water harvesting is a directly produc ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/U3160E/U3160E00.htm
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- International Crops Research Institute
The International Crops Research Institute for the SemiArid Tropics ICRISAT is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that does innovative agricultural research and capacity building for sustainable development with a wide array of partners across th ...
http://www.icrisat.org/
| | - Revegetating Arid Lands
Farmers living in arid lands have two goals in mind, namely to produce a reliable harvest from their fields and to do this economically by conserving water and nutrients, etc. Eden Foundation saw these goals being compromised by the environmental deg ...
http://www.eden-foundation.org/project/aridland.html
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