Water management has profoundly shaped Asia’s past. From ancient times, civilizations across the continent mastered irrigation and water supply techniques, permitting a more productive agriculture that sustained large ...

The current report covers the activities implemented in accordance with agreed implementation plan of the project and include site selection and characterization, meeting with farmers as part of the stakeholder analysis, ...

The report represents the 2018 activities and achievement for the International Winter Wheat Improvement program (IWWIP).

Preliminary report based on research in Morocco on youth aspirations in the three agricultural livelihood systems of the drylands CRP

The claim of jatropha (Jatropha curcas) being a wonder plant is based on its perceived ability to grow successfully in semiarid environmental conditions and on degraded soils. This chapter describes the (i) plant root ...

JICA Iraq 2016: Summary of the Activities implemented in 2016

Joint Venture schemes based on the floppy irrigation technology are being promoted in the post- Apartheid South Africa's Limpopo Province. Access to land and water resources in South Africa are largely viewed as a mechanism ...

Jordanian rangelands are a source of valued livestock produce, carbon storage, biodiversity, and medicinal plants. They also serve as watersheds that receive rainfall, yield surface water, and replenish groundwater throughout ...

Of Jordan’s 8.93 million hectares, only 7.8% is arable land. However, the agricultural sector plays an important role through its contribution to national income and employment. Agriculture contributes 7.5% to gross national ...

In the Mediterranean region, chickpeas are traditionally spring-sown since humid winter conditions encourage the development of Aschochyta blight which often causes complete crop failure. Lines resistant to this blight ...