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Advances in Food-Producing Systems For Arid and Semiarid Lands Part A
Elsevier Science 1981; US$ 89.50Advances in Food-Producing Systems For Arid and Semiarid Lands Part A more...
Advances in Food-Producing Systems For Arid and Semiarid Lands Part B
Elsevier Science 1981; US$ 89.50Advances in Food-Producing Systems For Arid and Semiarid Lands Part B more...
Designing the Reclaimed Landscape
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 71.95The first practical yet in-depth exploration of how to reclaim the post-industrial landscape, this volume includes excellent case studies by practitioners and policy makers from around the US, giving first rate practical examples. The book addresses new thinking about landscape, which applies new techniques to the task of transforming outdated and... more...
Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment and Reclamation
Springer 2012; US$ 179.99The papers assembled here cover topics such as technological advances in soil salinity mapping and monitoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected soils, use of marginal quality water for crop production, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological interventions for marginal soils, opportunities... more...
Farm Irrigation
Elsevier Science 1998; US$ 48.95There is no doubt that irrigation makes a major contribution to agricultural production, making a whole range of crops viable in an otherwise unreliable climate and helping insure against drought. However irrigation does not automatically guarantee a profit and acclaim, it is a high cost exercise, using water from increasingly scarce supplies, and... more...
Micro-Irrigation System
ABD Publishers 2009; US$ 125.00Fast declining irrigation water potential and growing for water from different sections have necessitated efficient use of water resources. For increasing water use efficiency, especially in the use of surface irrigation water, one of the technical means is micro-irrigation system including drip and sprinkler irrigation. more...
Microirrigation for Crop Production
Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 225.00Microirrigation has become the fastest growing segment of the irrigation industry worldwide and has the potential to increase the quality of food supply through improved water fertilizer efficiency. This book is meant to update the text "Trickle Irrigation, Design, Operation and Management". This text offers the most current understanding of the management... more...
Modern and Traditional Irrigation Technologies in the Eastern Mediterranean
International Development Research Centre 2002; US$ 25.00A water crisis is threatening several regions of the world. In the Middle East and North Africa, the crisis is serious and getting worse. Contributing factors include mismanagement of water resources, population trends and explosive urban growth, structural imbalance between demand and available resources, and a dearth of water-related information.... more...
Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas
CRC Press 2012; US$ 99.95Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also 'natural leakage, - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How does water harvesting work? Which sites or areas... more...
The Reclamation of Former Coal Mines and Steelworks
Elsevier Science 1993; US$ 219.00This book, the result of studies undertaken on behalf of the European Commission, examines the current 'state of the art' techniques for the restoration of despoiled lands arising from the coal and steel industries. It provides technical guidance to aid the process of the regeneration of the coal and steel communities of Europe. The chapters are fully... more...









