Dryland Farming

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.