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A synthesis of soil organic carbon mineralization in response to biochar amendment
Biochar amendment can alter native soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization via the priming effect (PE);
however, its direction, intensity, and controls over a broad geographic scale are not clear, undermining the ...
Spatial variability of soluble boron in Syrian soils
While boron toxicity has been known for a long time, only recently has its widespread significance for field crops, especially barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. vulgare), been recognized. Damage to crops is common in semi-arid ...
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 ...
Evaluating the impacts of watershed rehabilitation and irrigation interventions on vegetation greenness and soil erosion using remote sensing and biophysical modelling in Feresmay watershed in Ethiopia
Soil erosion and subsequent land degradation undermine efforts to ensure food security and environmental sustainability in Ethiopia. The government of Ethiopia has implemented exten-sive soil and water conservation (SWC) ...
Caravan 7: Review of agriculture in dry areas
Read in this issue:
a) Poverty—it is also rural, and it is connected with agriculture. And it is perhaps the biggest single threat to the environment in dry areas.
b) Central Asian agriculture is changing. ICARDA is now ...
ICARDA Annual Report 1991
A large expanse of the WANA region, about 375 million hectares or 22% of the total area, is steppe. This zone, where annual rainfall is less than 200 mm, has traditionally been used for communal grazing of small ruminants ...
إيكاردا التقرير السنوي 2000
يعد هذا التقرير السنوي الذي تنشره إيكاردا لعام 2000 الأول من نوعه الذي يعكس البنية الجديدة لكتابة التقارير والتي تعتمد على المواضيع الخمسة للمجموعة الاستشارية للبحوث الزراعية الدولية CGIAR ألا وهي: تعزيز الأصول الوراثية، ...
Caravan 12 : Review of agriculture in the dry areas
This issue of Caravan focuses on Integrated Pest Management or IPM. IPM is based on commonsense principles of agriculture backed by sound scientific understanding and confirmation of techniques and practices. The dictionary ...
A Regional Perspective of Socio-Ecological Predictors for Fruit and Nut Tree Varietal Diversity Maintained by Farmer Communities in Central Asia
The five independent countries of Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, contain one of the richest areas in the world for the specific and intraspecific diversity of temperate ...
Business Model for Community Based Sheep Breeding in Ethiopia
Small ruminant community-based breeding refers to a breeding program managed and implemented by business-oriented livestock keepers, aiming to improve the genetic potential of their small ruminant populations. The ...