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Soil Salinity Mapping by Multiscale Remote Sensing in Mesopotamia, Iraq
Soil salinity has become one of the major problems affecting crop production and food security in Mesopotamia, Iraq. There is a pressing need to quantify and map the spatial extent and distribution of salinity in the country ...
Strengthening the Capacity of Iraq’s Agricultural Sector
Review of the progress and achievements in Capacity Building HSAD - Iraq program . Harmonized Support for Agriculture Development 2013-2014.
The project is a research for development initiative that aims to improve the ...
Managing Salinity in Iraq's Agriculture: Potential Solutions & Interventions
This report is the second in a series of three publications that comprises an overview of the Iraq Salinity Assessment. This report documents solutions and impacts identified in the first report in this series. The third ...
The Relationship between Groundwater Levels, Groundwater Salinity and Irrigation Activity
A crucial part of this initiative is to provide information on current status of groundwater levels,
groundwater salinity, irrigation practices, and optimal groundwater table depth to assess their impact
on crop production. ...
Relationship between groundwater table depth, groundwater quality, soil salinity and crop production
This technical report presents the first results of the study that looks at how intensive irrigation and rising groundwater tables have increased soil salinity. It assesses the current state of groundwater levels, groundwater ...
Assessment of the Current Status of Irrigation Activity and Drainage Infrastructure in Iraq
This technical report assesses the current state of the irrigation and drainage in the Babil and Wasit provinces in central Iraq. It describes and documents the irrigation activity and drainage infrastructure in two selected ...
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.
An Examination of Technical, Economic, Allocative Efficiency and Economic Impacts of Salinity on Livelihoods: The Case of Al-Musayyeb Farms in Iraq
The objective of the study was to investigate how farmers could sustain an economically viable agricultural production on salt affected areas of Al-Musayyeb area in Central Iraq. It aims to assess the impacts of salinity ...
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 ...
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 ...