Conservation agriculture: Opportunities for intensified farming and environmental conservation in dry areas (Arabic)
Published Date
December 31, 2012
Type
Report
Authors:
Colin Piggin, Michael Devlin
This report is a synthesis of concepts, practices and interventions coming from ICARDA’s research with country partners on improving livelihoods, the performance of agricultural production systems and sustainable agriculture in the world’s dry areas. The core of the report comes for the research project Development of conservation cropping systems in the drylands of northern Iraq supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) 2008-2011.
Citation:
Peter Fredenburg, Colin Piggin, Michael Devlin. (31/12/2012). Conservation agriculture: Opportunities for intensified farming and environmental conservation in dry areas (Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC).
Keywords:
agricultural research in the dry areas
icarda
australian centre for international agricultural research
aciar
conservation agriculture
zero tillage
iraq
conservation tillage
syria
arid zones
development policies