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Implications of water scarcity on agriculture in CWANA region: Limitations and potentials
All countries in Central and West Asia and North Africa CWANA region in general, and WANA region in particular, have faced severe challenges in increasing their agricultural production over the last 40 years. This is mainly ...
Plant Nutrient Management in Rainfed Farming Systems
Global population growth and land-use pressure are placing increasing emphasis on expanding crop and animal output in rainfed agriculture. Rainfed areas of the world have some common features, but some unique biophysical ...
Adapatbility of vetch (Vicia spp)
The farming system of the North Gondar zone is predominantly a crop– livestock mixed farming system; Most ruminant livestock in the zone rely on the local grasses and crop residues for their roughage and much of their ...
Indo-Ganges River Basin Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and Irrigated Area Mapping
This study was conducted to map detailed land use/land cover (LULC) and irrigated area categories in the Ganges and Indus River basins using near-continuous time-series 250 m resolution moderate-resolution imaging ...
Barley Genetic Resources for Climate-Change Adaptation
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) has been cultivated over millennia, making it one
of the oldest domesticated crops (Salamini et al. 2002). Ranking fourth in global
cereal-crop production, it is used for animal feed, brewing ...
Policy measures for stimulating indigenous seed enterprises
Considering the limited success of the public sector in delivering seed to small farmers in remote areas, and the lack of commercial interest on the part of large seed companies, it seems that small and location-specific ...
Gender, Rights, and the Politics of Productivity: The Case of the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa
Can South Africa's world renowned constitutional socio-economic rights
to access to sufficient water and food be realized by technology-driven
capital-intensive economic growth, especially agricultural growth, or
are there ...
Forage legumes for dryland agriculture in Central and West Asia and North Africa
The agriculture of the Mediterranean zone is dominated by rainfed cereal cultivation in conjunction with livestock raising. As legumes are indigenous to the region, they are alternated with cereals and provide an essential ...
Investment note 6.1 - Investing in Supplemental Irrigation
Supplemental irrigation helps stabilize rainfed agriculture. For the greatest benefit, it must be
part of an integrated package of farm cultural practices. Overexploitation of groundwater
threatens the sustainability of ...
Chapter 6 - Barley
Among 30 viruses have been reported on barley, but only few of them are widespread and cause significant economic damage. Among the most important viruses reported to infect barley are BUDVs (such as BYDV-PAV, BYDV-MAV), ...