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Resources Tagged: Arid Crops

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  1. Indian Jujube

    Indian jujube can be a bushy shrub or a tree, drought tolerant, with or without thorns, up to 12 m in height. The ripe fruits are typically 1 cm in diameter; selected varieties may have fruits up to 6 cm long and 4 cm wide, and are usually consumed raw.
    Fruit Tree Crops Arid Crops

  2. Dryland Farming: Crops & Techniques for Arid Regions

    In every region of the world it is necessary to find or develop appropriate techniques for agriculture. A large part of the surface of the world is arid, characterized as too dry for conventional rain fed agriculture. Yet, millions of people live in such regions, and if current trends in...
    Dryland Farming Arid Crops JCB

  3. Biogas production

    Abstract, ResearchGate, 2017 Dry climate areas have reduced availability of organic waste an obvious disadvantage for biogas production. This obstacle can be overcome by developing energy crops well adapted to arid areas. In this context, opuntias among them, Opuntia cus-indica (L.) Mill. ...
    Arid Crops Biogas Latin America and ...

  4. BPN #8 - Tropical Dryland Agriculture

    2021-12-16 It is estimated that drylands occupy 40% of the earth’s surface.Drylands are regions where the average annual precipitation is less than 65% of the average annual potential evapotranspiration (an Aridity Index of < 0.65). The FAO Aridity Index is defined as a 30 year average of annual...
    Dryland Farming Arid Crops Arid regions agric... Semi-arid Agriculture-Semi-a...