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FAO/AGL - Water Resources, Development and Management Service - Themes
Land and water linkages in rural watersheds Water Management and Institutional development Crop and water management and supplementary irrigation On-farm water control and management Institutional restructuring of irrigation and modernisation Water Quality Waterlogging and salinity ...
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Directory of arid lands research institutions 1995
Research program Locations Pakistan (ISWARI), Egypt (WRC and ...
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(10/13/97) Growing Deserts Claim Half-Million Sq Miles
Australia and the continuing challenges of the African Sahel region. The atlas also describes a new global initiative called the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) giving eastern and ...
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Mixed tree plantings can beat salinity
His research was done in Western Australia, where dry land salinity is projected to dominate a ... says Dr White. He is using the whole-farm approach to managing waterlogging and salinity in the West Australian wheatbelt, where most of the rain fails ... end how we develop our forests, we can benefit water productivity and reduce salinity." Back to Letters Back to ...
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Sanctuary Asia - Resources
Some other causes of soil degradation include flooding, urbanisation, rain and surface run- ... Large areas in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka are affected by salinity. Deforestation, a major cause of soil degradation could result in ...
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Acacia saligna
(NAS, 1980a). Germplasm Reported from the Australian Center of Diversity, orange wattle, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate alkalinity, drought, heavy soil, poor soil, salinity, salt spray, sand, shade, slope, waterlogging, and weeds. (2n = 26) Distribution Acacia saligna is native to the ...
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The Contribution of Root Accessible Water Tables Towards the Irrigation Requirements of Crops
This, together with observed crop losses caused by waterlogging and increased soil salinity, motivated this investigation. The objectives of this research project are to: Quantify the fraction of the total and ... tables over the growing season ranged between 38 and 63% for wheat, 25 and 53% for maize, 30 and 55% for peas and 21 and 45% for groundnuts. During the period of peak ...
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CHANGING WATER QUALITY ON IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE LOWER VAAL AND RIET RIVERS
In heavy soils and where waterlogging occurs artificial drainage is required -the heavier the soils, the greater the costs of artificial drainage installation. Thus the benefits and costs of leaching need ... to pay to receive water of a better quality, and the selection of the optimal cropping combination to match resource and salinity conditions. The model consists of a simulation section in ...
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Alternative Policy Study: Alternative Policy Study: Land and Water Resources in Arab African Countries
Furthermore, governments have so far focused more on public assistance for rehabilitating degraded lands rather than correcting the incentive structure to individuals and ... and land, like mitigating and preventing pollution factors, reducing the hazards of specific ions (Na, CL, and B) and total salinity through the use of amendments and the proper mixing of water resources, and ...
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R&D for Biotech Applications in Agriculture, Morarka NGO
Through use of naturally occurring minerals and micro-organisms substantially enhanced nutrient contents have been achieved. Biotechnology for Salinity-Alkalinity Management Waterlogging and soil salinity ...
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