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Management practices for improving water productivity in the Dasht-e-Azadegan
Wheat is the main cultivated crop in the LKRB (mainly the Dashte- Azadegan plain). Its average yield is 1500 kg/ha (Agricultural Statistics 2004). Irrigation management practices are traditional and the region suffers from ...
Water Productivity Of Cotton In Fergana Valley Of Central Asia
After independence from the former Soviet Union (around 1990), the operation and
maintenance of the irrigation systems was neglected due to lack of financial resources.
This exacerbated the pre-existing problem of waterlogging ...
Improving Rainwater Productivity with Supplemental Irrigation in Upper Karkheh River Basin of Iran
The 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 ...
Evapotranspiration and water use of full and deficit irrigated cotton in the Mediterranean environment in northern Syria
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the most important industrial and summer cash crop in Syria and many other countries in the arid areas but there are concerns about future production levels, given the high water requirements ...
Yield and water use of eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) under full and deficit irrigation regimes
Field experiments were conducted in 2008 and 2009 to determine the effects of deficit irrigation on yield and water use of field grown eggplants. A total of 8 irrigation treatments (four each year), which received different ...
Improving Crop Growth and Water Productivity on Salt-affected Soils in the Lower Karkheh River Basin
Research Report no. 4 of the CPWF project: Improving on-farm agricultural water productivity in the Karkheh river basin (PN8).
ICARDA-European Commission partnership (1990-2011)
This brief highlights cooperation between the European Commission and ICARDA for programs over the past two decades to improve food security and the livelihoods of rural populations in the world’s dry areas.
Effect of water harvesting techniques on water productivity and soil erosion
The Jordan Badia is representative of the vast drier environments of the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region. Pasture rangeland covers the majority of the Badia, although the vegetative cover is not dense. The vegetation ...
Improving water and land productivity in rainfed systems
Climate change has led to more severe conditions throughout the world as well as in Morocco. In general, rainfall has declined and average temperatures have increased. These new rainfall patterns are threatening water ...