An Agroecological Exploration of the Arabian Peninsula
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Publisher : ICARDA
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
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ISBN : 9291271195
Author :
Publisher : ICARDA
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
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ISBN : 9291271195
Author : Howard Bowen-Jones
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Page : 190 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Agriculture
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Publisher : ICARDA
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 1998
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ISBN : 9291270814
Author : Henrietta M. Holm
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 1955
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Norman L. Cigar
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030732452
This book presents advanced knowledge and techniques to improve food quality, such as organic farming, fertilization using waste, reducing arsenic in food, soil restoration, forage production in arid regions and weed control. Agriculture is actually facing two major challenges, feeding an ever-growing population and providing safe food in the context of pollution, climate change and the future circular economy.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9251341915
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic union of Arab states, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Unites Arab Emirates. The GCC was formed in 1981 to strengthen the members’ economic, social and political ties by harmonizing regulations in various fields including economy, finance, trade and customs. The region extends over a territory of 2 673 108 km2 and is home to about 50 million people. The common denominators of the GCC countries are limited natural fertile land, scarce water resources and harsh climate. Depending on the country, the agriculture sector may use as much as 75 percent of the national available water resources. This has enormous environmental costs and significantly affects the sustainability of overall development in the Arabian Peninsula.According to Al-Rashed and Sherif (2000), the lack of renewable water resources is one of the critical constraints to sustainable development in the GCC countries. Rainfall in the Arabian Peninsula is scarce and infrequent. Over-exploitation of fossil groundwater resources, mostly to meet irrigation demands and create greenery lands, has already affected the productivity of aquifers, both quantitatively and qualitatively, despite the fact that much of the freshwater demand in the GCC countries is already covered using desalinated water. Reducing water consumption and increasing water efficiency are essential to enhancing agriculture and moving towards increased self-sufficiency with the production of high-quality, safe and diversified foods in the GCC countries. Exploiting the full potential of protected agriculture should save significant amounts of water, which can be used not only for agriculture but for other needs as well.
Author : S.A. Ghazanfar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401736375
The inspiration for this book came from our ten years of journeys and wanderings through the varied landscapes of Arabia, and in particular through those of its hospitable southeastern corner, Oman. We owe a particular debt to Sultan Qaboos University, which during this time has provided us with both a stimulating working environment and a home. Transliteration of Arabic place and other names into English script is a task fraught with difficulties. We have followed 'accepted' spellings wherever these were not contrary to our common sense, and in other cases we have rendered names into Roman English script using phonetic spellings. Our main task in this respect was to ensure conformity between the fIfteen contributing authors. Diacritical signs have mostly been avoided, since their use is neither widely followed nor readily understood. Arabic words which have been commonly taken into the English language, such as 'sabkha' for a salt flat and 'wadi' for a valley with a seasonal watercourse, are not italicised in usage. However, other Arabic terms which are occasionally used in English but not as widely known, such as harrah for a basaltic lava fIeld and hima for a traditional grazing reserve, are italicised throughout the text.
Author : Vijendra K. Boken
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 2005-04-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019516234X
Basic concepts and drought analysis. Remote sensing. NOAA/AVHRR satellite data-based indices for monitoring agricultural droughts. The Americas. Europe, Russia, and the near east. Asia and Australia. International efforts and climate change.
Author : Héla Miniaoui
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9811560587
This book delves into the economic development of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Since the 1960s, the GCC states have harnessed their potential to exploit the wealth accrued from the oil boom to build their infrastructure and grow their economies. However, the high level of dependency on oil as the primary source feeding their output made their economies volatile and vulnerable to fluctuations in the global oil prices. Moreover, the plunge in oil prices and the threat of depletion of this natural resource pose serious challenges to the GCC countries. Consequently, the GCC governments have realized the importance of diversifying their economies following the need to move away from reliance on hydrocarbon. This book contributes to the theoretical literature by enriching the debate on the transition of the GCC countries from rentier states to diversified economies. It helps students and scholars understand this transformation with an expansive comprehension of the contemporary challenges facing the region, as well as outlining prospects for the future.