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Open Directory - Science: Agriculture: Practices and Systems: Dryland Farming
Direct Seeding: The Natural Solution for Revegetating Arid Lands
- Information from the Eden Foundation on using perennials to provide a permanent vegetative cover into which annuals can be seeded.
Dryland Farming Organisation in West Asia and North Africa
- Provides information on a number of innovative ideas such as the use of medic pastures, with case studies in development and a small farmer centre.
Drylands Coordination Group
- Network of various non-governmental organizations aiming to develop techniques and approaches for the improvement of agriculture in the Sahel. English and French.
ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Activities and details of an organisation working on sustainable ecological farming in Africa and India.
International Arid Lands Consortium
- Information on sustainable agriculture for arid and semi arid regions. Includes maps, links and details of projects.
Irrigation of Date Palms with Saline Water and Effluent
- Describes research in Israel into the stress caused by using effluent water which is saline and high in boron for the irrigation of date palms.
Meru Dryland Farming Project
- Information on this project in Kenya which aims to help settlers in the semi-arid zone adopt appropriate farming methods and improve their livelihoods without damaging the natural resource base.
Saline Agriculture Research Centre
- SARC undertakes research into salt tolerant plants, especially cereals, using both conventional and modern genetic means. Includes details of research, programs, completed and current projects and training courses. Pakistan.
Semiarid Agriculture
- Information from the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture on land use and degradation in low rainfall areas.
Transformation of Desertified Land in the Grazing-Farming Interlaced Belt of Northern China
- China is suffering from large scale and severe desertification. This article discusses the causes of the problem and examines possible solutions. [PDF]
Water Harvesting
- On-line manual for the design and construction of water harvesting schemes for agricultural production.
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