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Focus Groups Discussion Instrument
This FGD instrument has been developed and implemented with Men and Women in Al Majditah community (Jordan) in order to identify the agricultural problems occurring in Badia and also to identify constraints of agricultural ...
Effect of micro-catchment water harvesting on soil moisture condition in Jordan’s Badia
This presentation is about land degradation issues in Jordan and presenting micro-catchment water harvesting as one solution.
Socio-Economic Characterization: Muharib and Al Majidyya Jordan_Final Report
Jordan is one of the three most water-scarce countries in the world. The severe shortage of water has been exacerbated by drought, depletion of groundwater reserves, population growth, inflow of migrant workers and climate ...
Similarity and Suitability Analysis to Assist the Out-Scaling of Sustainable Water and Land Management Practices in West Asia and North Africa
Water scarcity and land degradation are among the most important factors that affect agricultural production and sustainability in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. Through the Water benchmarks project, ICARDA ...
The Suitability of the Vallerani System: A case study of the Jordan Badia
The Al Majeddyeh watershed is located in the Jordan Badia and is severely degraded area, because of
overgrazing and conventional ploughing. In small portions, land is rehabilitated through the
implementation of Sustainable ...
Selection and Characterization of Badia Watershed Research Sites
This report describes the use of improved methodologies developed for identifying water-harvesting sites. It also provides general guidelines for determining site potential in relation to various parameters. The approach ...
Supplemental Irrigation: A Promising Climate-resilience Practice for Sustainable Dryland Agriculture
Around 80 % of the world’s agricultural land is rainfed, and contributes to at least two-thirds of global food production. About 41 % of the Earth’s land area is classi- fied as dryland (ISPC 2015), wherein the farming ...
Water Harvesting
Presentation on the concept of water harvesting, methods, planning and design, implementation, operation and maintenance.
Obtaining agro-hydrological datasets in the marginal drylands of Jordan: two-sided lesson shared by scientists and farmers - Abstract
Abstract of the presentation given on 27 May 2020 to the IGAD/RDA online meeting: Sharing Experiences and Creating Digital Dialogues
Suitability of arid land rehabilitation technologies: simulation of water harvesting based solutions in Middle Eastern agro-pastures
The enhancement of Middle Eastern agro-pastures’ productivity through water harvesting originates from ancient technologies and indigenous knowledge. More recently, integrated watershed rehabilitation practices, such as ...