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Assessing the risk of flooding in Central Tunisia
Digital elevation models (DEM) can be used to derive a wealth of information about land surface morphology. When analyzed using GIS information about stream channels and watersheds it can determine the flow of water over ...
Breeding Food Legumes for Enhanced Drought Tolerance to Revive its Cultivation in Mediterranean Region
Presentation on Breeding Food Legumes for Enhanced Drought Tolerance to Revive its Cultivation in Mediterranean Region
Assessing woody biomass in African tropical savannahs by multiscale remote sensing
Woody biomass production is a critical indicator in evaluation of land use management
and the dynamics of the global carbon cycle (sequestration/emission) in
terrestrial ecosystems. The objective of the present study was ...
Seed Info No. 45
Seed Info seeks to stimulate Information exchange and regular communications between seed staff in the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region and beyond. Its purpose is to help strengthen national seed ...
Hill lakes : innovative approach for sustainable rural management in the semi-arid areas in Tunisia
In Tunisian semi-arid regions, where water is a rare commodity and the large dams cannot be
justified considering the very limited water contributions and the very high evapotranspiration,
innovative techniques of harvesting ...
Exploiting geo-thermal water to sustain intensive irrigation in dryland areas of Tunisia
This briefing describes preliminary work on a pilot project aimed at exploiting geothermal water for irrigated agriculture and the production of high-value export crops. It is aimed at policy-makers, donors, and other ...
Water and Agriculture in Egypt
The purpose of this working paper is to support the Government of Egypt’s Strategy for
Sustainable Agricultural Development towards 2030 (SADS‐2030). This strategy paper was
published in 2009 and was concerned with the ...
Annual forage legumes in dryland agricultural systems of the West Asia and North Africa Regions: research achievements and future perspective
Forage 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.), ...
WLI Newsletter: August issue
This newsletter highlights WLI project achievements, collaborations and upcoming meetings.
WLI Newsletter: April Issue
The goal of WLI is to improve the livelihoods of rural
households and communities in areas where water
scarcity, land degradation, water quality deterioration,
food security and health problems are prevalent in eight
participating ...