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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 file).
China's Dryland Farming and Practices - Describes how dryland farming is being practised and developed, especially in the northern regions of the country (PDF file).
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 Agricultural Institute - Includes research, staff, programs, and contact information.
Dryland Farming in Palestine - Online book describing the crops, practices and history of cultivation in the area, with statistics. [PDF]
Dryland Farming in West Asia and North Africa - Includes information relevant to West Asia and North Africa. Describes agricultural innovations in cereal farming and legume pastures for livestock.
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.
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.
Water Harvesting - On-line manual for the design and construction of water harvesting schemes for agricultural production.