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Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Livelihoods in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Project
It was agreed that initially, the initiative would focus on agropastoralists in arid and semi-arid areas with the view of using the lessons learned from this experience to develop similar initiatives in other regions and socio-ecological systems. Our entry point was the identification of adaptive strategies, which are the ...
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WELL - Resource Centre Network for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health
That water has both domestic and economic uses. This Fact Sheet gives an overview ... supply technologies, particularly in rural areas. It is of particular importance and relevance for arid and semi-arid lands, small coral and volcanic islands, and remote and scattered human settlements. The ...
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Bright Edges of the World
Bright Edges of the World Welcome to an electronic exhibit about the world's drylands. Drylands include arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas all over the world. The aim of this exhibit is to show the importance these environments have in the lives of people everywhere, and the threats they face. Please choose a section of the exhibit below.
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Arid and semi-arid lands: Characteristics and importance
Interannual rainfall varies from 50-100% in the arid zones of the world with averages of up to 350 mm. In the ... 's Desertification Control/Programme Activity Centre (DC/PAC) defined desertification as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting mainly from adverse human impact", aggravated by the ...
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Direct seeding - the natural solution for revegetating arid lands
Sahel and other hot arid areas. Problems associated with the monoculture of annuals Land degradation can clearly be seen in the ... perennials such as Acacia tortilis (Young 1989). These are species that grow naturally in the semi-arid and arid areas of Africa. The improvement in fertility is due to one or more of ...
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Faidherbia albida: Direct seeding experiments in an arid environment
Friends of Eden Faidherbia albida: Direct seeding experiments in an arid environment Articles Written: April 1991 For reference: Eden Foundation, Sweden (1991:1) Summary: In 1990, ... at the workshop on Faidherbia albida (Acacia albida) entitled "Faidherbia albida in the West African semi-arid tropics", held in Niamey, Niger, between the 22nd and 26th of April 1991. There ...
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Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Australia: Contents
Publications You are here: Environment home > Biodiversity > Publications Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 4 Biodiversity Unit S.R. Morton, J. Short ... G.F. Griffin and G. Pearce: Identifying zones of sustained herbage greenness as refugia in arid and semi-arid areas 18.1. Introduction 18.2. Methods 18.3. Results 18.4. Conclusions ...
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Directory of arid lands research institutions 1995
GIS database for the semi-arid Karoo Region Status Ongoing Findings Research results indicate a negative relationship between fiber production potential and fitness traits in small stock run in sub-optimum environments, which ...
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Directory of arid lands research institutions 1995
Agiculture and Agrarian Reform DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION Aden, YEMEN Forest Department DIVISION OF FOREST RESEARCH PO Box 22099 Kitwe, ZAMBIA International organizations SEMI-ARID FOOD GRAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (SAFGRAD) PROJECT BP 1783 Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO CENTRE REGIONAL DE TELEDETECTION OUAGADOUGOU (CRTO) BP 1762, Ouagadougou BURKINA FASO ORGANIZATION OF ...
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WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES ON SMALL PLOTS IN SEMI-ARID AREAS TO ENHANCE RAINFALL USE EFFICIENCY, FOOD SECURITY, AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES ON SMALL PLOTS IN SEMI-ARID AREAS TO ENHANCE RAINFALL USE EFFICIENCY, FOOD SECURITY, AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES ON SMALL PLOTS IN SEMI-ARID AREAS TO ENHANCE RAINFALL USE EFFICIENCY, FOOD SECURITY, AND SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION Dec 2003 1176/1/03 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The project had three main objectives: (a) to study quantitatively ...
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