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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    September, 2013
    China, Eastern Asia

    Implementation of land management policies influences land use and hence
    causes environmental change. Taking the Ordos rangelands in China as a case
    study, this paper explores the potential of remote sensing to assess in dryland
    areas the impacts of policies on the environment. Thirteen Landsat images of the
    period 1978 2010 were acquired and those corresponding to the starting dates of
    implementation of different policies were selected for land-cover change analysis;
    others were used to check the detected change and track the normalized

  2. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    November, 2013
    Global

    This laboratory manual of analytical methods has been compiled to be used primarily by research
    assistants, technicians and student trainees working in the laboratory. The methods have been
    selected from different sources and adapted for routine analyses in the WANA region. A detailed
    description of the methods can be found in the original publications listed in the references. As
    analytical techniques are developed and improving, this manual will be subject to continuous
    revision. Any helpful suggestion and feedback from users is most appreciated.

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    June, 2002
    Syrian Arab Republic, Western Asia

    The world is witnessing a period in its history when the increasing socio-political upheavals are taking the lives of thousands, and destroying the natural wealth of our planet. Poverty and food insecurity are two key forces driving this destruction. These ongoing problems compound those already being posed by an increasing shortage of water, scarcity of productive land, an expanding population, and the threat of global warming.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2003
    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia

    The year 2002 marked ICARDA's 25th anniversary, and coincided with several honors and awards for the center's excellence in research. Research on developing high-yielding kabuli chickpea varieties that thrive in cool, wet winter conditions earned the 2002 King Baudouin Award of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), jointly with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), which focuses on desi chickpea.

  5. Library Resource
    Training Resources & Tools
    May, 2017
    Tunisia, Northern Africa

    This presentation presented the concept and design of the GeOC tool. This presentation comes under the introductory session of the training "Sustainable Land Management Options by Context: Approach and Geospatial tool to support Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality”, held in Zaghouan on 16-17 March 2017.

  6. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2015
    Ethiopia, Eastern Africa

    The database consists of data on soil properties of both on station and 20 farmer fields, household characteristics of 301 households, woreda level crop production statistics for the past 5 years, land use maps and data and long-term historical climate data for Adamitullu in Oromia region, Ethiopia

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