Listing

  • 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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