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1 1987. Food 2000: Global policies for sustainable agriculture. London, UK: Zed Books. xi, 131p.
Agriculture ; Land reform ; Sustainability ; Human resources ; Agricultural policy ; Food security / Africa South of Sahara / West Asia / Latin America / Caribbean / USSR / Australasia / Europe
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 FOO Record No: H05609)
A report of the Advisory Panel on Food Security, Agriculture, Forestry and Environment to the World Commission on Environment and Development
2 Van Schoonhoven, A. 1991. Soil and crop management for improved water use efficiency in dry areas. In Harris, H. C.; Cooper, P. J. M.; Pala, M. (Eds.) Soil and crop management for improved water use efficiency in rainfed areas: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Ankara, Turkey, 15-19 May 1989. Aleppo, Syria: ICARDA. pp.3-8.
Crop production ; Soil management ; Water use efficiency ; Arid zones / West Asia / North Africa / Morocco / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 HAR Record No: H010906)
3 Acevvedo, E.; Harris, H. C.; Cooper, P. J. M. 1991. Crop architecture and water use efficiency in Mediterranean environments. In Harris, H. C.; Cooper, P. J. M.; Pala, M. (Eds.) Soil and crop management for improved water use efficiency in rainfed areas: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Ankara, Turkey, 15-19 May 1989. Aleppo, Syria: ICARDA. pp.106-118.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 HAR Record No: H010909)
4 CGIAR. Technical Advisory Committee. 1992. Expansion of the CGIAR System. Rome, Italy: FAO. v, 337p.
Agricultural research ; Research policy ; Research institutes / Asia / Pacific Islands / Africa South of Sahara / Latin America / Caribbean / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G000 CGI Record No: H011779)
5 FAO. 1993. The role of universities in national agricultural research systems: Report of the FAO Expert Consultation on the Role of Universities in National Agricultural Research Systems held 10-22 March 1991 at FAO, Rome. Rome, Italy: FAO. xxvii, 313p. (FAO research and technology paper 5)
Agricultural research ; Research institutes ; Case studies ; Developing countries / Malaysia / India / Chile / Egypt / Uruguay / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G000 FAO Record No: H013534)
6 CGIAR. Technical Advisory Committee. 1990. A possible expansion of the CGIAR. Report presenting TAC's recommendations on the possible expansion of the CGIAR, September 1990. xvi, 200p. + annexes.
Agricultural research ; Research policy ; Research institutes / Asia / Pacific Islands / Africa South of Sahara / Latin America / Caribbean / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 3578 Record No: H015170)
7 Parr, J. F.; Papendick, R. I.; Hornick, S. B.; Meyer, R. E. 1994. Managing water resources to improve the sustainability of dryland farming systems. In Virmani, S. M.; Katyal, J. C.; Eswaran, H.; Abrol, I. P. (Eds.), Stressed ecosystems and sustainable agriculture. New Delhi, India: Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. pp.341-353.
Water resource management ; Sustainability ; Dry farming ; Farming systems ; Soil properties / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 574.5 G000 VIR Record No: H015950)
8 FAO. 1994. Water harvesting for improved agricultural production: Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation, Cairo, Egypt, 21-25 November 1993. Rome, Italy: FAO. vi, 424p. (FAO Water Reports 3)
Water harvesting ; Agricultural production ; Agricultural development ; Case studies ; Farming systems ; Rain ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Water conservation ; Environmental effects ; Water use ; Optimization ; Runoff water ; Crop production ; Soil management ; Watershed management ; Soil conservation ; Arid zones ; Research priorities / Egypt / Libya / Syria / Tunisia / Africa South of Sahara / West Africa / Sahel / Sudan / Yemen / Jordan / Morocco / Turkey / West Asia / North Africa / Cyprus
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.14 G000 FAO Record No: H018518)
9 Oweis, T.; Prinz, D. 1994. Identification of potential water harvesting areas and methods for the semi-arid regions of West Asia and North Africa: Proposal for a regional research project. In FAO, Water harvesting for improved agricultural production: Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation, Cairo, Egypt, 21-25 November 1993. Rome, Italy: FAO. pp.401-411.
Water harvesting ; Research projects ; Regional planning ; GIS ; Remote sensing / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.14 G000 FAO Record No: H018546)
10 El-Fattal, L. 1996. Women in agriculture in West Asia and North Africa: A review of literature. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. v, 66p. (CGIAR Gender Program, working paper, no.10)
Women in development ; Gender ; Woman's status ; Wages ; Agricultural manpower ; Labor ; Land ownership ; Livestock ; Crop production ; Agricultural research ; Documentation / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4530 Record No: H021243)
11 ICARDA. 1995. On-farm water husbandry in West Asia and North Africa: A proposal for an ecoregional programme for the WANA Region. Unpublished report submitted to TAC. 16p. + annexes.
Water harvesting ; Farm management ; Agricultural research ; Research priorities / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4575 Record No: H021396)
12 Oweis, T.; Hachum, A.; Kijne, J. 1999. Water harvesting and supplemental irrigation for improved water use efficiency in dry areas. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). vi, 41p. (SWIM paper 7) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.372]
Productivity ; Water harvesting ; Runoff ; Water storage ; Crop production ; Water use efficiency ; Arid lands ; Water resources development ; Rain-fed farming ; Supplementary irrigation ; Irrigation scheduling ; Environmental effects ; Research priorities ; Case studies / West Asia / North Africa / India / Libya / Syria / Burkina Faso
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G000 OWE Record No: H024198)
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This paper aims to describe the state of theart of both water harvesting (WH) andsupplemental irrigation (SI) techniques in the temperate and sub-tropical dry lands, especiallyin the countries of WANA that are characterized by a Mediterranean-type climate. In addition,three case studies of water harvesting are presented (see annex). These were selected from the case studies presented at the FAO Expert Consultation Cairo (1994). By sharing with us the success and the failure of these endeavors, the authors of the case studies illustrate many of the points that are made in the text. They also illustrate how difficult it is to successfully introduce new technologies to farmers, who at the outset are not usually familiar with the intended purpose of the changes. Also, this paper emphasises that it is difficult to assess the potential for adoption without more studies to assess the risks and economic returns of the alternative techniques and practices.
13 Zhang, H.; Oweis, T. Y.; Garabet, S.; Pala, M. 1998. Water-use efficiency and transpiration efficiency of wheat under rain-fed conditions and supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean-type environment. Plant and Soil, 201:295-305.
Water use efficiency ; Models ; Irrigation effects ; Nitrogen ; Evapotranspiration ; Rain-fed farming ; Supplementary irrigation ; Soil water ; Wheat ; Yields / West Asia / North Africa / Syria
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 777 Record No: H024283)
14 Pala, M.; van Duivenbooden, N.; Studer, C.; Bielders, C. L. 1999. Cropping systems and crop complementarity in dryland agriculture. In van Duivenbooden, N.; Pala, M.; Studer, C.; Bielders, C. L. (Eds.), Efficient soil water use: The key to sustainable crop production in the dry areas of West Asia, and North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Aleppo, Syria; Patancheru, India: ICARDA; ICRISAT. pp.299-330.
Cropping systems ; Dry farming ; Crop production ; Water use efficiency ; Optimization ; Soil management ; Water management ; Tillage ; Erosion ; Soil fertility ; Weed control ; Research priorities / Africa South of Sahara / North Africa / West Asia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 VAN Record No: H025467)
15 Richmond, M. D. (Ed.) 1997. A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Zanzibar, Tanzania: SIDA. 448p.
Natural resources ; Ecology ; Climate ; Environmental effects ; Geology ; Mangroves ; Lagoons ; History ; Fisheries ; Fish ; Aquatic weeds ; Erosion ; Sedimentation ; Public health ; Diseases ; Remote sensing ; Plant growth ; Organizations / Eastern Africa / West Asia / Mauritius
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 574.52638 G100 RIC Record No: H025497)
16 Shah, T.; Molden, D.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Seckler, D. 2000. The global groundwater situation: overview of opportunities and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 21p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.0051]
Groundwater resources ; Groundwater depletion ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Poverty ; Rural development ; River basins ; Sustainability ; Waterlogging ; Salinity ; Aquifers ; Water pollution ; Pumps ; Recharge ; Water harvesting / South Asia / West Asia / India / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G000 SHA Record No: H025885)
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Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses many—and daunting—challenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the ultimate analysis, these cannot work without appropriate demand-side interventions. The water vision of a world that future generations will inherit will have to be the one in which groundwater plays its full developmental, productive and environmental role but in a sustainable manner; and the framework of action to realize this vision will mean eschewing the current free-for-all in groundwater appropriation and use, and promoting a more responsible management of this precious resource that is easy to deplete or ruin—through depletion, salinization and pollution
17 Casas, J.; Solh, M; Hafez, H. (Eds.) 1999. The National Agricultural Research Systems in the West Asia and North Africa Region. Aleppo, Syria: ICARDA. v, 278p.
Agricultural research ; Research institutes ; Farming systems ; Land resources ; Water resources ; Statistics ; Crops ; Higher education ; History ; Research policy ; Research priorities / West Asia / North Africa / Algeria / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Egypt / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Sudan / Cyprus / Iraq / Jordan / Lebanon / Syria / Iran / Turkey / Bahrain / UAE / Yemen
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.72 G000 CAS Record No: H027003)
18 Soltani, A.; Khooie, F. R.; Ghassemi-Golezani, K.; Moghaddam, M. 2001. A simulation study of chickpea crop response to limited irrigation in a semiarid environment. Agricultural Water Management, 49(3):225-237.
Simulation models ; Cereals ; Plant growth ; Evapotranspiration ; Yields ; Drought ; Water stress ; Soil water ; Water use efficiency ; Irrigation requirements / West Asia / North Africa / Iran
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H028391)
19 Shah, T.; Molden, D.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Seckler, D. 2001. The global groundwater situation: opportunities and challenges. Economic and Political Weekly, 36(43):4142-4150.
Groundwater resources ; Groundwater depletion ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Poverty ; Rural development ; River basins ; Sustainability ; Waterlogging ; Salinity ; Aquifers ; Water pollution ; Pumps ; Recharge ; Water harvesting / South Asia / West Asia / India / China
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G000 SHA Record No: H07107)
Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses many—and daunting—challenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the ultimate analysis, these cannot work without appropriate demand-side interventions. The water vision of a world that future generations will inherit will have to be the one in which groundwater plays its full developmental, productive and environmental role but in a sustainable manner; and the framework of action to realize this vision will mean eschewing the current free-for-all in groundwater appropriation and use, and promoting a more responsible management of this precious resource that is easy to deplete or ruin—through depletion, salinization and pollution
20 Oweis, T.; Prinz, D.; Hachum, A. 2001. Water harvesting: Indigenous knowledge for the future of the drier environments. Aleppo, Syria: ICARDA. iv, 36p.
Water harvesting ; Design ; Rain ; Arid lands ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Operations ; Maintenance ; Planning ; GIS ; Supplementary irrigation ; Surface runoff ; Catchment areas ; Bunds / West Asia / North Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 OWE Record No: H030543)
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