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Caravan 24: Review of agriculture in the dry areas
Articles in this issue describe how value-addition options were identified for herbal and medicinal plants in a remote valley in Morocco; how cactus species – that combine hardiness with high market value – are being ...
Report B4. Guidelines to a salinity management framework in Iraq
This document identifies the steps needed to develop a salinity management framework for the Mesopotamian plain in Iraq, without considering external influences on water quantity and quantity from outside the plain.
A National Framework for Salinity Management: The Case of Iraq Agriculture - Final Report
This final report synthesizes the results of the Iraq Salinity Project, a research partnership between five Iraqi ministries and national agencies and an international team of researchers, led by ICARDA, specializing in land ...
Quantify the spatial distribution of salt-affected land in central and southern Iraq - Validation Report
This technical report series captures and documents the work in progress of the Iraq Salinity Project, in its seven research themes, working at the regional, farm and irrigation system scales. Technical reports feed into ...
A Preliminary Analysis of Causes, Effects and Approaches to Management of Salinity in Iraq
Detailed analyses of best practices in the farm are needed to ensure sustainable agricultural production in saline areas in Iraq. The research team has interviewed successful farmers in Iraq who achieved cost-benefit ratios, ...
Understanding the linkages between groundwater table depth, groundwater quality, soil salinity and crop production in Al-Musaib and Al-Dujaila Project areas of Iraq
The main objective of this study is to assess the current state of groundwater levels, groundwater and soil salinity, irrigation and drainage practices and their combined impact on crop production and soil salinization ...
Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage infrastructure in Iraq
A contribution from Component D of the Soil Salinity Management in Central and Southern Project
This study is undertaken with the collaboration of the irrigation, water management and agricultural extension departments in ...
State of irrigation and drainage infrastructure in Central and Southern Iraq: A review of post war situation
This study is undertaken with the collaboration of the irrigation, water management and agricultural extension departments in Iraq. The data used in this study consists of irrigation network at project and farm level ...
Caravan 27: Research integration in practice
This issue of Caravan describes the new program, and some of the research innovations it will build on. The issue begins with two ‘opinion pieces’ by scientists from partner organizations in the CRP. They share lessons ...