The increasing demand for food from limited available land, in light of declining soil fertility and future threats of climate variability and change have increased the need for more sustainable crop management systems. Conservation agriculture (CA)...
في الاردن هناك طلب مرتفع على المنتجات المصنعة من حليب الأغنام. ويشكل حليب الأغنام حوالي 24% من كامل إنتاج الحليب في المملكة. يشكل التصنيع على نطاق صغير جزءاً من سبل معيشة الأسر التي تعتمد على الأغنام والماعز. يعتبر الجميد المصنع من حليب الأغنام بشكل...
A comprehensive assessment of the Tunisian agricultural potential, production, natural resources
management and policies has been presented using SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)
analysis. Concerning the strengths of the...
Water harvesting has become an important priority for supporting
the increasing population in the low rainfall areas of Jordan. The specific
objectives of this paper are to assess the economic and environmental impacts
of different water-harvesting...
Imbalanced energy intake, coupled with low concentrations of
bioactive compounds in foods, has fueled the rising epidemic of obesity
and related non-communicable diseases. Currently, over 35% of
American adults are obese, including nearly 17% of...
Land degradation occurs in all continents and affects the livelihoods of millions of people, including a large proportion of
the poor in the drylands. Opuntiaficus-indica (L.) Mill. is a xerophytic cactus species, widely cultivated in arid and semi...
Southeast Asia experienced higher rates of deforestation than other continents in the 1990s and still was a hotspot of forest
change in the 2000s. Biodiversity conservation planning and accurate estimation of forest carbon fluxes and pools need
more...
