Resources Tagged: Dryland Farming

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  1. Dryland Farming: Crops & Techniques for Arid Regions

    In every region of the world it is necessary to find or develop appropriate techniques for agriculture. A large part of the surface of the world is arid, characterized as too dry for conventional rain fed agriculture. Yet, millions of people live in such regions, and if current trends in...
    JCB Dryland Farming Arid Crops

  2. Introducing 100-Fold Gardens

    2019-07-24 Network member Lance Edwards works in Zimbabwe. He told us about using and promoting inexpensive, water-conserving planting beds that he calls 100-fold gardens. These are a type of “wicking bed”; they are lined with plastic so that water pools at the bottom in a reservoir. From there, water moves...
    Wick Irrigation Dryland Farming 100-Fold Gardens

  3. Pastoralist Managed Natural Regeneration

    2017-02-09 This session will demonstrate Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) as a low-cost, sustainable land-restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers in developing countries by increasing food, fodder and livelihood production, while enhancing...
    Subsistence Farming Sustainability Dryland Farming Natural Regeneration Soil Land Restoration Farmer Climate Pastoralist East Africa

  4. Mulch or trees in the Sahel

    1998-12-19 Trees can be an effective source of mulch in drylands.
    Dryland Farming Agroforestry Mulch

  5. Dry Land Gardens

    2014-03-20
    Dryland Farming East Africa

  6. Dry Land Moringa

    2012-12-20
    Dryland Farming Moringa

  7. Landslide Risk Reduction

    2017-05-23 As rainfed crops are particularly vulnerable to drought as well as heavy rain, farmers must prepare dryland farming solutions for resilient and sustainable crop production.
    Dryland Farming Crop Production Drought Asia

  8. Techniques for Farming in Dry Areas

    1985-12-19 Randy Creswell heads a group in Mali called Cornerstone Enterprises. They are involved in both community agricultural development and research to enhance that work. Randy sent us a manuscript he prepared on this topic. So many of you work in regions that are dry for much of the year that I asked...
    Dryland Farming

  9. Carbon Management in Dryland Agricultural Systems: A Review

    Abstract,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 Dryland areas cover about 41% of the Earth’s surface and sustain over 2 billion inhabitants. Soil carbon (C) in dryland areas is of crucial importance to maintain soil quality and productivity and a range of ecosystem services. Soil...
    Dryland Farming Carbon Sequestration

  10. How Seeds from ECHO Grew in a Dry-Season Garden in Uganda

    2020-10-16 Below is a summary of a seed trial report ECHO received in 2013 from Peace Corps Volunteer Chris Peterson, working in Uganda (Nalugala, Wakiso District). Sharing the results of Peterson’s efforts serves as an example of what to expect from a seed trial. Trying new crops can be very challenging,...
    Dryland Farming Field Experiments Screening Trial