Search results | Land Portal

Search results

Showing items 1 through 9 of 5.
  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2008
    Africa, Western Asia, Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    This chapter begins with a brief summary of economic growth and structural changes in the region since the 1950s and of agricultural and other economic policy developments as they affected the farm sector at the time of and in various stages after independence from colonial powers.

  2. Library Resource

    Impediments and Constraints (1974-2004)

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008
    Egypt, Western Asia, Northern Africa

    The paper focuses its analysis on the last three decades of the twentieth century. The basic assumption is that Egypt's economic performance during this period was less than satisfactory compared with the most successful examples in the far East and elsewhere. The paper also assumes that Egypt's initial conditions at midcentury compared favorably with the winners in the development race at the end of the century.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008
    Cyprus

    In this study, detailed soil information based on Soil Mapping Units (SMU) that were identified during the soil survey were digitized using ArcGIS and Arc-View GIS software in order to create the Soil Information System (SIS) for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. A total of 7881 mapping units belonging to 109 soil series were compiled into the database. For each SMU geo-referenced physical, chemical and biological attributes in total 20 characteristics were entered. The selection of the criteria is based on the Soil Geographical Database for Eurasia and The Mediterranean.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2008
    Turkey

    Two different soil maps prepared by different institutes at scales of 1:200 000 and 1:25 000 covering identical areas were compared to determine the accuracy of reconnaissance. These soil maps are widely used in land resources assessment studies in Turkey. They were digitized and then the map layers were compared by using GIS technology in order to assess soil properties and land characteristics. The reconnaissance soil map at the scale of 1:200 000 has the highest accuracy for the slope.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008
    Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Israel, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Thailand

    A FAO mission visited Uttar Pradesh India to carry out a MASSCOTE training workshop in Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh from 7th to 19 December 2007 as part of a collaborative program between the Government of Uttar Pradesh and FAO. This mission is the first MASSCOTE exercise organised by FAO for GOUP, other two studies are planned as part of the FAO-GOUP collaborative activities aiming at developing the capacity in modernization of irrigation management.

Land Library Search

Through our robust search engine, you can search for any item of the over 64,800 highly curated resources in the Land Library. 

If you would like to find an overview of what is possible, feel free to peruse the Search Guide


Share this page