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A GIS-based Approach for Assessing Water Harvesting Suitability in a Badia Benchmark Watershed in Jordan
In arid and semi-arid areas water harvesting techniques can be used to capture and efficiently utilize rainwater runoff to maintain productive and sustainable agro-pastoral systems. With water resources being depleted by ...
Limited Irrigation of Maize and Cotton in Semi-arid Eastern Mediterranean – Part II: Water Use and Stress
In the semi-arid eastern Mediterranean region, crop production occurs under water stress conditions, an expanding situation due to increasing shortages of water. Simple tools and methods are needed to quantify crop water ...
The Role of Early Sowing with Supplemental Irrigation in Cool Highland Environments
The per capita wheat consumption in the Central and West Asia and North
Africa (CWANA) region is the highest in the world. Therefore, the crop occupies a major share
of arable land annually in the region-as much as 70% of ...
Modelling surface runoff and water productivity in small dryland watersheds with water-harvesting interventions, an application from Jordan
Vast areas of the rangelands (badia) of West Asia and North Africa are severely degraded due to over-grazing, cutting of shrubs and ploughing. Because of the scarce vegetation cover and the often dense soil surface crust, ...
Improving agricultural water productivity: A necessary response to water scarcity and climate change in dry areas
Water resources in the dry areas are limited. Most of the available water is tapped and only limited new water is expected from non-conventional sources. As more water will be needed for other priority sectors, less water ...
Water and livestock
Projected 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 ...
Rainwater management for the rural poor
About 80% of the world agricultural land is rainfed producing over 60 % of the world food.
NENA region is not and exception where most of the poor live in rural rainfed areas. This
presentation focuses on two agro ecosystems ...