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Nepal, Mauritania, Mali, China, Uzbekistan, India, Chad, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southern Asia
Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people. In this edition of New Agriculturist, a collection of articles explores some of the approaches and policies that can help to successfully rehabilitate degraded land.
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India, Pakistan, Thailand, Syrian Arab Republic, China, United States of America
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India, Libya, Syrian Arab Republic, Burkina Faso, Western Asia, Northern Africa
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.
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India, Mozambique, Southern Asia, Southern Africa, Africa, Asia
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India, Mozambique, Southern Asia, Africa, Asia, Southern Africa
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India, Asia, Southern Asia
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India, Mozambique, Africa, Asia, Southern Asia, Southern Africa
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India, Asia, Southern Asia
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India, Asia, Southern Asia
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