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27 Blum A (2009) Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under d ...
28 Ingman M, Santelmann MV, Tilt B (2015) Agricultural water conservation in China: plastic mulch and traditional irrigation. Ec ...
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32 Hyper-arid arid semi-arid Dry subhumid Fig. 1 Global distribution of drylands (Source: USAID ( 2014 )) Table 1 Major indicato ...
33 addition to water deficit, drylands are characterized by erratic distribution with common periodic droughts (Zurayk and Haida ...
34 Vachaud 1992 ; Hatibu et al. 2003 ), In arid and hyper-arid regions, absolute water scarcity is the prevalent limiting factor ...
35 increased episodes of drought (Rockström 2003 ; Peterson et al. 2006 ) and increased high-temperature events (Peterson et al. ...
36 Mediterranean region, soil erosion in some areas is so severe that some soils are close to being rendered unproductive. Erosi ...
37 2.5 Institutional Role Institutional challenges are a hurdle in the sustainable development of dryland agri- culture; there a ...
38 while others, such as mulching and drip irrigation, aim to increase water productiv- ity directly as a good crop canopy can h ...
39 Rainfall is the most important natural resource in drier environments. Low rain- fall, water scarcity and land degradation se ...
40 3.3 Conservation Agriculture Conservation agriculture (CA) —a suite of three key technologies viz. minimum soil disturbance, ...
41 linked in these systems (Powell et al. 2004 ). Maintaining a balance between the food and feed supply, nutrient inputs and ou ...
42 3.6 The Ecosystem Approach: Collaboration for Integration Dryland agriculture is considered as agro ecosystem, comprised of g ...
43 References Adnan S, Rashed M, Azmat HAK (2009) Water balance conditions of Potohar and Baluchistan Plateau from 1931 to 2008. ...
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