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Towards integrated natural resources management (INRM) in dry areas subject to land degradation: the example of the Khanasser Valley in Syria
The problem: land degradation and sustainability in dry areas. One of the greatest challenges currently facing
humankind is the alleviation of poverty while maintaining life support systems on which we depend. Billions of ...
A GIS-based Approach for Assessing Water Harvesting Suitability in a Badia Benchmark Watershed in Jordan
In arid and semi-arid areas water harvesting techniques can be used to capture and efficiently utilize rainwater runoff to maintain productive and sustainable agro-pastoral systems. With water resources being depleted by ...
Potential Sites for Hill Reservoirs: An Assessment Methodology Using GIS and Remote Sensing Tools
This study investigates the development of a methodology to identify potential sites for hill reservoirs using remote sensing and GIS, in an 1113-km2 area in northeast Tunisia. The general approach has two steps; first, ...
Determination of Irrigation Depths using a Numerical Model and Weather Forecast
Effect of a scheme of determining irrigation depth using numerical simulation for crop response to irrigation and weather forecast was tested for wheat cultivation in the semi-arid region of Jordan. Drip irrigation system, ...
Limited Irrigation of Maize and Cotton in Semi-arid Eastern Mediterranean – Part II: Water Use and Stress
In the semi-arid eastern Mediterranean region, crop production occurs under water stress conditions, an expanding situation due to increasing shortages of water. Simple tools and methods are needed to quantify crop water ...
Rainwater management for the rural poor
About 80% of the world agricultural land is rainfed producing over 60 % of the world food.
NENA region is not and exception where most of the poor live in rural rainfed areas. This
presentation focuses on two agro ecosystems ...
Increasing water-use efficiency in sloping areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Low water-use efficiency and soil erosion are the main constraints to improved agricultural production in the sloping areas of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The soil degradation could be arrested by introducing water-saving ...
Indigenous water management knowledge: From traditional to modern technology
Indigenous knowledge is the accumulated experience of local communities indigenous to a particular area and conditions. It is unique to a society and has ever been a solid basis for its decision-making. It constitutes the ...
Screening of Some Chickpea Genotypes for Salinity Tolerance in a Mediterranean Environment
To understand the mechanisms that affect the response to salinity of legumes, six chickpea genotypes
were tested in sand-filled pots in the greenhouse. The chickpea seeds were irrigated with water of four
different ...
Identification of potential areas for out-scaling sustainable land management options in West Asia, North Africa, and Central Asia
Water scarcity and land degradation are among the
most important factors affecting agricultural production and
sustainability in the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region and
in Central Asia (CA). Various sustainable ...