568
Integrated pest management (IPM), 144, 156,
160–176, 419, 435
Integrated weed management (IWM),
110, 315, 419–424, 436
Intensification, 244, 337, 339, 377–378, 383,
435, 436, 444, 449, 458, 459
Intensive Land Use Zone (ILZ), 321–330,
333, 334
Intercropping, 38, 127, 128, 133, 165, 339,
353, 377, 378, 453
International Centre for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 60, 259,
260, 265, 266, 271, 550–552, 554, 556,
558–559, 561–563
International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
260, 453
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
(IITA), 260
International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI), 271
Iran, 31, 70, 258, 272, 275–277, 366, 368,
535, 560
Iraq, 199, 260, 282, 551–554
Israel, 51, 472, 473
J
Jordan, 61, 260, 550, 551, 554, 556, 558–559,
561–563
K
Karnal bunt, 266
L
Landcare, 259, 261, 263, 265–267, 274,
280–282, 284, 304, 445, 536
Land degradation, 35, 36, 39, 41, 54, 85, 99,
215, 228, 251, 257, 330, 345, 367, 368,
382, 394, 409, 455, 456, 460, 470, 474,
480–481, 485, 562
Land tenure system, 461
Land use, 12, 72, 74, 165, 321, 322, 325, 326,
328, 338, 347, 352, 364, 374, 395, 407,
408, 449, 470, 481, 484, 492, 522
Livestock husbandry, 212, 408
Loess Plateau, 395, 396
M
Macrocatchment, 56, 67, 83
Malad Creek, 4
Maldives, 345–350, 353, 381
Malnutrition, 49, 239, 372, 382
Management technology, 162, 458, 562
Marker assisted selection (MAS), 273, 284
Mayans, 52
Mediterranean, 3, 31, 36, 63, 85, 99, 121, 145,
174, 215, 222, 259, 265, 324, 328, 335,
418, 474, 542
Mediterranean Regions, 99, 418, 542
Meskat, 51, 58, 63, 65
Mesquite, 357, 361, 473, 485
Mexico, 223, 415, 416, 436, 469, 472
Microbial community, 199, 200, 491–493,
498, 499, 501–503, 514
Microbiology, 491–514
Microcatchment, 56, 58–67, 74–85, 90
Middle East, 40, 51, 52, 84, 87, 194
Migration, 54, 80, 145, 155, 189, 190,
264, 373
Mineralization, 118, 129, 474, 475, 477, 481,
483, 494
Minimum tillage, 11, 13, 301, 353, 377
Modelling, 229, 240, 241, 244–249, 251–253,
309, 335, 339, 430–433, 435, 436
Mongolia, 31
Monocropping, 39, 116–117, 356, 502
Monocultures, 35, 144, 152, 156, 165, 202,
222, 225, 498, 502, 503
Morocco, 260, 558–559
Mouldboard plough, 474, 475
Mozambique, 15, 443–445, 448, 450–452,
457, 458, 461, 462
Mycorrhizal fungi, 200, 495, 497, 499, 510N
Native pasture, 323, 324, 327, 330, 331
Natural resource base, 302, 304, 365–369,
374, 495
Natural resource management (NRM), 214,
228, 274, 304–305, 351–357, 382,
384, 449
Natural resources, 37, 39, 50, 116, 214, 228,
274, 302, 304–305, 345, 347, 351–357,
365–369, 373, 382–384, 443, 449, 492,
495, 562
Neem, 361, 363, 485
Negarim, 58, 59, 84
Negev Desert, 51, 472
Nepal, 69, 89, 195, 260, 345–350, 353, 355,
359, 366–368, 371, 380
Nitrogen-fixing, 125, 127, 129, 145, 353, 473,
494, 503, 504, 508
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