Directory of Dryland Farming Resources

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Websites concerned with the practices and methods of effective raising of crops and livestock in dry, semi-arid, and arid regions.

Resources in This Category

• Direct Seeding: The Natural Solution for Revegetating Arid Lands

  http://www.eden-foundation.org/project/aridland.html
  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

  http://www.drylandfarming.org/
  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

  http://www.drylands-group.org/
  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

  http://www.icrisat.org/
  Activities and details of an organisation working on sustainable ecological farming in Africa and India.

• Saline Agriculture Research Centre

  http://salineagriculture.com/
  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

  http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=45
  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

  http://www.rala.is/rade/ralareport/Xinmin.pdf
  China is suffering from large scale and severe desertification. This article discusses the causes of the problem and examines possible solutions.

• Water Harvesting

  http://www.fao.org/docrep/U3160E/U3160E00.htm
  On-line manual for the design and construction of water harvesting schemes for agricultural production.

 

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