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Title: W3/Bilateral Projects
Author(s)Date: 2019-09-01Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessList of CRP-GLDC W3 and Bilateral Projects. -
Title: W3/Bilateral Projects 2018
Author(s)Date: 2018-01-01Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessList of W3 and Bilateral projects mapped to CRP-GLDC in 2018. -
Title: W3/Bilateral Projects 2019
Author(s)Date: 2019-01-16Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessList of W3 and Bilateral projects mapped to CRP-GLDC in 2019. -
Title: W3/Bilateral Projects 2020
Author(s)Date: 2020-01-31Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessList of W3 and Bilateral projects mapped to CRP-GLDC in 2020. -
Title: Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah
Author(s)Date: 2016-10-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Timeless limited accessThe World Bank argued that West Africa's Guinea Savannah zone forms part of “Africa's Sleeping Giant,” where increases in agricultural production could be an engine of economic growth, through expansion of cultivated land ... -
Title: Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Agronomic Considerations
Author(s)Date: 2007-12-26Type: Book ChapterStatus: Limited accessUnder water scarce conditions and in the absence of alternative sources, wastewater generated by domestic, commercial, and industrial sectors is used worldwide to irrigate a range of crops. The sustainable use of wastewater ... -
Title: Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Saline and Sodic Waters
Author(s)Date: 2007-12-26Type: Book ChapterStatus: Timeless limited accessIrrigation with urban wastewater is a popular alternative to its discharge into rivers or other water bodies. In addition to organic solutes, wastewater may contain appreciable amounts of inorganic salts, metals, metalloids, ... -
Title: Water and Agriculture in Egypt
Author(s)Date: 2013-12-01Type: Working PaperStatus: Open accessThe purpose of this working paper is to support the Government of Egypt’s Strategy for Sustainable Agricultural Development towards 2030 (SADS‐2030). This strategy paper was published in 2009 and was concerned with the ... -
Title: Water and Food Security in the Arabian Peninsula: Struggling for more actions
Author(s)Date: 2017-08-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Open accessFood security is a critical issue for the Arabian Peninsula countries due fast population growth, reduced domestic food production and the tighter global food markets because of trading partners‘ strained export surpluses. ... -
Title: Water and livestock
Author(s)Date: 2008-05-17Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessProjected increased demand for food in developing countries over the next 30 years implies a correspondingly great need for additional agricultural water unless integrated research and development can achieve much higher ... -
Title: Water balances and evapotranspiration in water and dry‐seeded rice systems
Author(s)Date: 2015-08-09Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessRice is a crop that is usually grown under flooded conditions and can require large amounts of water. The objective of this 3-year study was to quantify water use in water- (WS) and dry-seeded (DS) systems. In WS systems, ... -
Title: Water Benchmarks of CWANA project - Characteristics of Benchmark Research Agroecosystems in WANA: Rainfed, Irrigated, and Marginal Drylands
Author(s)Date: 2007-03-25Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThis report was written in close cooperation with national agricultural research systems (NARS) at the benchmark sites. The six background papers provide valuable information on socioeconomics, natural resources and national ... -
Title: Water Benchmarks of CWANA project: Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Author(s)Date: 2008-07-05Type: Internal ReportStatus: Open accessThe comprehensive project consists of three main projects: the Badia Benchmark Project in Jordan, which includes two satellite projects in Saudi Arabia and Libya, the Rainfed Benchmark Project in Morocco, which includes ... -
Title: Water footprint assessment of sheep and goat production in the agro-pastoral production system in the region of Sidi Bouzid in Central Tunisia
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-18Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessThere is an increasing concern on the continuous and rapid decreaseof water availability across the whole territory particularly in central and southern Tunisia. This constraint is adversely affecting livestock production ... -
Title: Water Footprint Assessment of Sheep and Goat Raised Under the Agro-pastoral Production System in the CRP Dryland Systems Action Site of BeniKhedache-SidiBouzid(Tunisia)
Author(s)Date: 2015-06-18Type: PresentationStatus: Open accessThe document presents the study conducted in Tunisia. The main objective was to estimate the Water footprint of sheep and goat produced in Zoghmar community (SidiBouzid, Tunisia) justified by the fact that no knowledge so ... -
Title: Water harversting using laser guider Vallerani machine - Morocco and Jordan
Author(s)Date: 2014-12-31Type: ImageStatus: Timeless limited accessWater harversting using laser guider Vallerani machine - Morocco and Jordan -
Title: Water Harvesting for Olive (Olea europaea L.) Trees in a Marginal Dry Area of Northwestern Syria
Author(s)Date: 2006-05-14Type: Conference PaperStatus: Open accessOlive production in marginal dry areas requires careful soil, water, and nutrient management. Farmers in the Khanasser Valley, Syria, developed their own water-harvesting technique by combining V-shaped bunds with up- and ... -
Title: Water management
Author(s)Date: 2016-06-26Type: Book ChapterStatus: Open accessAgriculture is the largest user of the world's freshwater resources, consuming 70% of the available supply (UNW-DPAC 2011). As the world's population rises and consumes more food, and industries as well as urban developments ... -
Title: Water productivity and yield analysis of groundnut using CropSyst simulation model in hyper arid partially irrigated zone of Rajasthan
Author(s)Date: 2017-03-10Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessCropSyst is one of the most important process-oriented simulation models largely used for field crops all over the world to study the effect of climate, soil and management practices on crop productivity. In the present ... -
Title: Water Productivity of Irrigated Wheat and Maize in the Karkheh River Basin of Iran
Author(s)Date: 2010-07-31Type: Journal ArticleStatus: Limited accessThe Karkheh River Basin (KRB) is the third largest and most productive river basin of Iran. The major agricultural issue of the KRB is low water use efficiencies. Farmers' irrigation practices are aimed at maximizing crop ...