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New vegetation type map of India prepared using satellite remotesensing: Comparison with global vegetation maps and utilities
A seamless vegetation type map of India (scale 1: 50,000) prepared using medium-resolution IRS LISS-IIIimages is presented. The map was created using an on-screen visual interpretation technique and has anaccuracy of 90%, ...
Does improvement in irrigation technologies of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) improve both, water and energy, productivity: case study from the Fergana valley
Improved irrigation technologies are one of the options of adaptation to growing water shortage conditions. This study, carried on loam soils of Fergana Valley with groundwater of 1.5-2 m deep, analyzed the impact of ...
Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Agronomic Considerations
Under 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 ...
Assessment of risk premium in farm technology adoption as a climate change adaptation strategy in the dryland systems of India
Purpose: Changing climate has increasingly become a challenge for smallholder farmers.
Identification of technical, institutional and policy interventions as coping and adaptation
strategies, and exploring risks of their ...
Proceedings of the International Workshop on: Improving Water Productivity and Livelihood Resilience in Karkheh River Basin in Iran
A two-day international workshop on “Improving Water Productivity and Livelihood Resilience in Karkheh River Basin” was jointly organized by ICARDA and AREO 10-11 September, 2007 in Karaj, Iran, and the presentations are ...
Gender, Tenurial niches in the Kandeu informal irrigation scheme of Malawi and their implications for drought mitigation
The presentation addresses the issue of understanding the gendered tenurial niches in the informal irrigation in the Kandeu informal irrigation scheme of Malawi and
their implications for drought mitigation, presented by ...
Halophytes as forages in saline landscapes: interactions between plant genotype and environment change their feeding value to ruminants
This report focuses on three factors that affect livestock production using halophytes – biomass production, nutritive value (NV) of the biomass and voluntary feed intake (VFI). The growth of halophytic forages is widely ...
Scaling Up Sustainable Land Management and Restoration of Degraded Land
With current rates of land degradation reaching
ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an
urgent need to scale up and out successful,
profitable and resource-efficient sustainable
land management practices to maintain ...
Development of Magnesium-Dominant Soils Under Irrigated Agriculture in Southern Kazakhstan
Irrational irrigation practices in the Arys Turkestan Canal command area in the southern part of Kazakhstan have led to the formation of soils with poor physical and chemical properties. To study whether irrigation and ...
Progress report on Estimating impact of zero tillage on water use efficiency at Gairatdin farm in Karayuziak district of Karakalpakistan
Progress report on Estimating impact of zero tillage on water use efficiency at Gairatdin farm in Karayuziak district of Karakalpakistan