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Long-term Impact of Cultivation on Soil Properties in the hilly olive orchards of NW-Syria
In NW-Syria, recent agricultural history shows that olive cultivation has expanded rapidly into marginal areas, including fragile mountain lands. Traditional land husbandry practices have not kept pace with the intensification ...
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 ...
The multiple land degradation effects of land-use intensification in a steep catchment the case of Pakha Sukcay northern Thailand
The objective of this research was to assess the multiple effects of land-use change in a high populated steepland environment on land degradation processes and farmers' coping strategies. A case study was conducted at ...
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 ...
Use of SWAT Model for the Assessment of Land Use Changes in an Arid Watershed of Southeast Tunisia
During the last two decades, the Tunisian government has engaged in a vast program for the conservation and mobilization of natural resources. In the Jeffara region, which encompasses the study site, huge works for soil ...
Farmers’ Decision Making Process for Innovations in Soil Conservation
The aim of this paper is to contribute to a more holistic understanding of farmers’ decision making process for innovations in soil conservation. In this study, farmers’ decision making has been explored in the context of ...
Identifying major causes for gully erosion in sloping olive orchards by field mapping
In the Mediterranean mountain areas of NW Syria, land degradation is a serious problem (Masri et al, 2005). Olive orchards dominate the landscape in Afrin area, and olive oil represents the most important cash income source ...
Importance of agrobiodiversity and options for promoting its onfarm conservation and sustainable use: Case of West Asia dryland agrobiodiversity project
West Asia encompasses the mega-center of diversity of species of global importance (wheat, barley, lentil, and many forage legume and fruit tree species) whose conservation will contribute to sustaining agriculture and ...
The Khanasser Valley Integrated Research Site - Progress Report 2006
Activities in 2006 focused on a Participatory Learning and Action Research ( PLAR) approach, continued analyses of the groundwater resources via a modelling approach and dialogue with national policy makers. Details of ...
Bread wheat production under water stress and saline irrigation practices
This work is a part of a research programme carried out by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (Bari institute) in cooperation with INRA (France) and ICARDA. The programme focuses on the degree of salt tolerance ...