Browsing Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Intensification by Subject "rainfed"
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Title: ACLIMAS project dataset: yield and yield components
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-18Type: DatasetStatus: Open accessThe dataset contains the results of a trials to study the effects of water regime, nitrogen rate and variety on durum and bread wheat. -
Title: Adoption of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Northern Syria
Author(s)Date: 1991-04-29Type: TemplateStatus: Open accessQuestionnaire used for Effect of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Syria survey of Fertilizer Use on Rainfed Barley project. -
Title: Agricultural livelihood systems (ALS) typology for coping with socio-ecological diversity in ALS transition research: A demonstrative case in Pontieba, south-western Burkina Faso
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-31Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessSmallholder farms’ populations are characterized by their heterogeneity giving the diversity of farms’ livelihood settings. Integrated farming system modelling therefore requires a preliminary clear identification of the ... -
Title: Annual forage legumes in dryland agricultural systems of the West Asia and North Africa Regions: research achievements and future perspective
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessForage legumes are vitally important to animal production in the dryland farming systems of the Mediterranean region. Of the diverse forage-legume species adapted to the Mediterranean climate, vetches, (Vicia spp.), ... -
Title: Approaches and Strategies for sustainable wheat production
Author(s)Date: 2016-12-18Type: ManualStatus: Open accessThis handbook provides practical information on wheat production. It aims to inform the work of policy makers, agriculture agencies, extension agents, non-governmental organizations, universities and research organizations, ... -
Title: Bhoochetana: Building Resilience and Livelihoods through Integrated Watershed Management
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-30Type: ReportStatus: Open accessRainfed areas are hotspots of poverty and malnutrition, and are prone to severe land degradation of natural resources. Globally, 80% of agriculture is rainfed providing 62% of the world’s staple food. With increasing ... -
Title: BHOOCHETANA: Innovative Institutional Partnerships to Boost Productivity of Rainfed Agriculture in Karnataka, India
Author(s)Date: 2013-07-31Type: ReportStatus: Open accessAlthough there has been a considerable development in publicprivate partnership in developing countries, there are very few examples of multiinstitutional partnership for transferring agricultural technologies to smallholders. ... -
Title: Caravan 29: An integrated ‘systems’ approach for dryland agroecosystems
Author(s)Date: 2013-06-30Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe sustainable way forward: An integrated ‘systems’ approach for addressing the challenges facing dryland agroecosystems. Dryland agroecosystems present unique complexities for more than 2.3 billion people in the developing ... -
Title: Climate-smart Rainfed Agriculture for Dry Areas
Author(s)Date: 2017-01-15Type: ReportStatus: Timeless limited accessThe course conducted by ICARDA focused on the different approaches towards rainfed agriculture, the different conditions that guide us towards solutions, and the interpretation of solutions on long-term sustainability of ... -
Title: A Compendium of Review Papers
Author(s)Date: 2008-12-31Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThis report contains five chapters, collectively providing background information and review of past research at Karkheh with some relevant information from across Iran. This is the first of a series of research reports ... -
Title: Conservation Agriculture in Central Asia
Author(s)Date: 2014-11-30Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessThis chapter aims to provide an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on various aspects of Conservation Agriculture (CA) by reviewing the past and current research from various countries in CA. -
Title: Extractable soil nutrient effects on feed quality traits of crop residues in the semiarid rainfed mixed crop–livestock farming systems of Southern India
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessIn the mixed crop–livestock systems, while general relation among feed quality, productivity and soil nutrient management have been reported, information on the effects of extractable soil nutrients on crop residue (CR) ... -
Title: Farm level rainwater harvesting for dryland agriculture in India: Performance assessment and institutional and policy needs
Author(s)Date: 2013-11-20Type: Conference PaperStatus: Limited accessThe present study was conducted to assess the performance of farm ponds in 5 major rainfed states of India - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnakata, Tamilnadu and Rajasthan, during 2009 and 2010. The data points included ... -
Title: Improving Rainwater Productivity with Supplemental Irrigation in Upper Karkheh River Basin of Iran
Author(s)Date: 2011-01-06Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe Karkheh River Basin (KRB) is located in the south-western parts of Iran. Most of the agricultural area in the upper KRB is rainfed and a large part of the region’s agricultural livelihood is based on dryland farming ... -
Title: Integrated production functions for main crop fields in Pontieba, south-western Burkina Faso: Empirical estimations for efficiency assessment and further integrated modelling
Author(s)Date: 2016-04-02Type: ReportStatus: Open accessUnderstanding efficiencies of the uses of major inputs for smallholder cropping systems such as labour and fertilizer under heterogeneous site conditions are important for sustainable intensification management and policy. ... -
Title: Is rainfed agriculture really a pathway from poverty?
Author(s)Date: 2014-11-30Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessAgriculture’s potential to reduce poverty at household level is explored for rainfed crop production in Africa and India. A literature survey of crop improvement and natural resource management interventions demonstrates ... -
Title: Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rainfed Crops in Karnataka
Author(s)Date: 2013-03-07Type: BrochureStatus: Open accessRainfed areas in India generate 60% of agriculture produce, 75% of pulses and more than 90% of sorghum, millet, and groundnut although these areas are the hot spots of poverty, water scarcity, droughts, land degradation, ... -
Title: New Paradigm to Unlock the Potential of Rainfed Agriculture in the Semiarid Tropics
Author(s)Date: 2012-02-16Type: Book ChapterStatus: Open accessThe twentyfirst century has presented complex and multiple challenges for humankind and the main challenge is to achieve food security for all with scarce water resources and increasing land degradation. The world is facing ... -
Title: Nitrogen response and water use efficiency of sweet sorghum cultivars
Author(s)Date: 2013-05-13Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessSweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a biofuel crop, which can be grown under tropical rainfedconditions without sacrificing food and fodder security. Three sweet sorghum cultivars (CSH 22 SS, NTJ2 and ICSV 93046) ... -
Title: Prospects of Cactus Introduction for Improving Livelihood in Low Rainfall Regions of India
Author(s)Date: 2015-12-07Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessAdoption and expansion of Opuntia ficus-indica in many countries due to its multiple uses as fruit, vegetable, fodder and medicinal compounds has prompted similar attempts in India, too. Since 1970 various research ...