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… land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas ”. The “Scientific and Traditional … management of natural resources in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas in Sahel - Sub Saharan Africa. The OSS … 65 ENHANCED ADAPTATION OF WINTER PULSES TO RAIN-FED FARMING SYSTEMS IN SOUTH ASIA SARKER, ASHUTOSH; AGRAWAL, SHIV …

… are forcing many upland peoples to adopt unsustainable farming and land-use practices such as excessive livestock … complaining: there is not enough water for crops in the dry season, and more floods when it rains. A model for … complaining: there is not enough water for crops in the dry season, and more floods when it rains. A model for …

… sources is therefore a crucially important part of their farming systems (Goote and Lefeber 2003). It allows them to … Many African farmers and herders intentionally set fire to dry savannah grasslands. Together with blazes touched off by … to health (UNEP 2004a). The storms originate in the dry regions of northern China and Mongolia and blow across …

… of 46.6%12. Poor development progress in the country’s dry pastoral areas compared to more favourable Figure 2: … to a steady supply of water that are transferred to crop farming communities, contributing to local hostilities. These … In Kazakhstan the abandonment of vast pastures of the dry-steppe and semi-desert zones coupled with a rapid decline …

… Development Agency MoI Ministry of Interior DM Dry Matter MoPIC Ministry of Planning and International … animal fodder purchase when replaced by natural forage (dry matter, DM) from the rangeland. An assessment made over a … grow naturally, that are not suitable for traditional farming due to lack of rain, low fertility, rough terrain and …

… people. It appears that about three tons per hectare of dry woody biomass can be harvested each year from a forest … plague in India in 1994 was at least partly due to hot, dry conditions which enabled disease-carrying fleas to … through their villages and rainforests to be cleared for farming. Unlike Shell's Camisea project which was limited to …

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … the total water supplies available during normal, single-dry, and multiple- dry years within a 20-year projection that will meet the …

… refers to products of agriculture biomass, by-products at farming level and industrial processing of raw material … greenhouse gas emissions through the use of no-tillage farming methods. In the case of agriculture and specifically … of renewable and alternative energy sources especially in dry land areas and address the problem of deforestation. …

… occur where there is a marked difference between wet and dry seasons; as water levels drop, the water flow may stop … starts flowing again. Such remnant pools may be important dry season refuges for aquatic life. Lakes, ponds Open water …

… of marginal lands and pollution run-off from farming. At the same time the sector is a key player in the …