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» Agrodiversity as a Means of Sustaining Small Scale Dryland Farming Systems in Tanzania - Describes the benefits of using diverse and sustainable farming methods in the region. [PDF]

» China's Dryland Farming and Practices - Describes how dryland farming is being practised and developed, especially in the northern regions of the country. [PDF]

» Climate Friendly Farming: Dryland Component - Provides information on a project designed to establish field-scale experimental and demonstration sites for novel agroecosystems in dryland situations.

» 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 in Palestine - Online book describing the crops, practices and history of cultivation in the area, with statistics. [PDF]

» 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.

» 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, lists 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.

» Rainwater Harvesting for Dry Land Agriculture - Describes a pilot project in Syria where it was possible to identify areas suitable for water harvesting, using satellite imagery and data sets on topography, soil, vegetation, hydrology and meteorology.

» 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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