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Resources Tagged: Dryland Farming

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  1. Innovations for Food Security in Dryland Areas

    2015-02-03
    Food Security Dryland Farming East Africa

  2. Mediterranean Climate Agriculture

    This collection of resources pertaining toMediterranean ClimateAgriculture was compiled by ECHO InternEleni Patitsasin April, 2017. "It is generally accepted that the mediterranean climate occurs in southern and southwestern Australia, central Chile, coastal California, the Western Cape of South...
    Mediterranean Semi-arid Dryland Farming

  3. How Seeds from ECHO Grew in a Dry-Season Garden in Uganda

    2020-10-16 Below is a summary of a seed trial report ECHO received in 2013 from Peace Corps Volunteer Chris Peterson, working in Uganda (Nalugala, Wakiso District). Sharing the results of Peterson’s efforts serves as an example of what to expect from a seed trial. Trying new crops can be very challenging,...
    Dryland Farming Screening Trial Field Experiments

  4. Carbon management in dryland agricultural systems. A review

    Abstract,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 Dryland areas cover about 41% of the Earth’s surface and sustain over 2 billion inhabitants. Soil carbon (C) in dryland areas is of crucial importance to maintain soil quality and productivity and a range of ecosystem services. Soil...
    Dryland Farming Carbon Sequestration

  5. Landslide Risk Reduction

    2017-05-23 As rainfed crops are particularly vulnerable to drought as well as heavy rain, farmers must prepare dryland farming solutions for resilient and sustainable crop production.
    Crop Production Drought Dryland Farming Asia

  6. Dry Land Moringa

    2012-12-20
    Moringa Dryland Farming

  7. Dry Land Gardens

    2014-03-20
    Dryland Farming East Africa

  8. Mulch or trees in the Sahel

    1998-12-19 Trees can be an effective source of mulch in drylands.
    Agroforestry Mulch Dryland Farming

  9. Pastoralist Managed Natural Regeneration

    2017-02-09 This session will demonstrate Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) as a low-cost, sustainable land-restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers in developing countries by increasing food, fodder and livelihood production, while enhancing...
    Subsistence Farming Natural Regeneration Soil Land Restoration Farmer Climate Pastoralist Sustainability Dryland Farming East Africa

  10. TN #95 100-Fold Vegetable Gardens with Low-Cost Wicking Beds

    2019-07-23 I discovered 100-fold gardens while researching ways to irrigate plants directly in the root zone. I wanted to know how to practically and affordably control some of the variables that influence plant growth, such as water availability and soil fertility. I read about “wicking beds,” which are...
    Dryland Farming Wick Irrigation Low Maintenance ga... Garden structures ...