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2014 Dryland Systems List of Publications and Research Outputs_Update 19 October 2015
2014 Dryland Systems, List of Publications and Research Outputs
CRP DS response to task force
Responses to Task Force on Mission Critical Research Areas for Drylands
Database of climate, crop soil and management as required to calibrate and validate the models
The database consists of data on soil properties of both on station and 20 farmer fields, household characteristics of 301 households, woreda level crop production statistics for the past 5 years, land use maps and data ...
Improving Water Use Efficiency Through Innovative Technologies in Irrigation and Agriculture in the Fergana Valley
Final report on ET-based irrigation scheduling research in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. Fergana Valley farmers still use the Soviet era method of irrigation which divides the
irrigated areas in hydromodule zones (HMZ). Each ...
Transforming Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance in India: Protecting Small Farmers from Distress Status and a Way Forward
In India, agriculture contributes 14% of the GDP and employs 54% of the workforce (NCAER 2013). It accounts for 8.56% of the
country’s exports. Despite agriculture’s steady decline in share in the GDP, it remains the largest ...
Similarity analysis to support the dissemination of sustainable land management options in Central Asia
As a result of consultation with national experts from the five countries, during a regional workshop, a list of similarity criteria were identified for the four agro-ecosystems. The similarity maps will be used to identify ...
Optimizing Micro Watershed Management for Runoff Harvesting, Natural Resource Conservation at Variou s Slope Gradients and Vegetative Covers using SWAT Modeling Approach
Report on application of SWAT model for soil conservation planning. A study was undertaken to evaluate the soil erosion parameters using semi-distributed
basin scale SWAT model in different watersheds of Chakwal and Attock ...
Modeling of water use efficiency of winter wheat
This study used the HYDRUS-1D (Šimůnek et al., 2008a) software to simulate crop transpiration and evaporation from winter wheat/fallow fields. We analyze three alternative water management regimes: full irrigation (FI), ...
Agricultural Water Management Interventions (Awmi) for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification (SAI) in the Chinyanja Triangle Area of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
The rural communities of the Chinyanja Triangle are considered among some of the poorest in the world and lack access to food for 3 to 4 months per year due to the rainfall variability manifested in drought or floods. ...
Report on DSSAT calibration and validation for estimation of crop coefficient (Kc)
Report on performance of calibrated DSSAT models for wheat and cotton crops in Khorezm region of Uzbekistan