Resources Tagged: Arid Regions Agriculture
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This animation presents four steps to ensure better harvests in arid and semi-arid climates. Through timely and deep plowing, micro dosing manure and practicing response fertilization, farmers in these regions can see increases to their crop yields while managing input costs. Scientific...
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- Luo (luo)
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1985-01-01 452 pages, illustrated, photos
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1979-07-01 724 pages, illustrated, tables
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This publication reports on research in different intercropping systems.
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This book is the proceedings of this conference. The numerous expressions of concern about the need for new government policies and long-term support for dryland farming programs and research also reflect a deficiency in the agricultural community Many recommendations made involve macroeconomics,...
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1995-01-01 This workbook documents one of the first farmer-participatory applied research projects based entirely in Kenya's marginal lands and includes a simple theoretical background to the topics researched as well as detailed suggestions on how to take the work forward. This book is designed for easy...
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1985-10-19 This book is primarily intended for use by students of tropical agricultural science at higher secondary school and diploma levels, but should also be of interest to agriculturalists, planners and others involved in the development of rural areas in the dry tropics. In writing it, the authors...
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This publication follows scientists reconstructing twoancient farms in the Negev desert. Theknowledge they gained from this reconstruction was then used to construct a new experimental farm. The main purpose of this farm was to use the scientific results for the development of practical methods...
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Desertification examines the reaons: overcultivation, overgrazing, deforestation and bad irrigation. The rich nations, the poor nations and the internation agencies know what needs to be done to stop cropland and pastures turning to desert.
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Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land: Lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty
Key Resource 2013-06-14 How to harvest water and nutrients, select drought-tolerant plants, and create natural diversity Because climatic uncertainty has now become "the new normal," many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more...