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Farming in Arid and Semiarid Lands
January 1979 - May 1994
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Forests and climate change : 1979-May 1994.
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1 NAL Call. No.: SD387.M8A3
Acacia albida and other multipurpose trees on the Fur
farmlands in the Jebel Marra highlands, Western Darfur, Sudan.
Miehe, S.
Dordrecht : Martinus Nijhoff/W. Junk; 1986.
Agroforestry systems v. 4 (2): p. 89-119. ill., maps; 1986.
Includes 36 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sudan; Arid zones; Highlands; Tropics; Acacia
albida; Cordia; Ziziphus spina-christi; Agroforestry; Farming
systems; Traditional farming; Land use; Shifting cultivation
2 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
Adaptation of extra short duration pigeonpea to rainfed semi-
arid environments.
Chauhan, Y.S.; Johansen, C.; Singh, L.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1993 Apr.
Experimental agriculture v. 29 (2): p. 233-243; 1993 Apr.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Andhra pradesh; Cajanus cajan; Genotypes; Crop
yield; Drought resistance; Growth rate; Plant density; Sowing
date; Vertisols; Alfisols; Dry farming; Semiarid zones
3 NAL Call. No.: HC1055.Z7N67
Adapting to drought farmers, famines, and desertification in
West Africa. Mortimore, M. J.,
Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,;
1989. xxii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nigeria, Northern; Rural conditions; Famines;
Nigeria, Northern; Agriculture; Economic aspects; Nigeria,
Northern; Droughts; Nigeria, Northern; Desertification;
Nigeria, Northern; Arid regions farming; Nigeria, Northern
4 NAL Call. No.: S3.A343
Advances in the design of planting tools for use in developing
countries. Elnadief, S.A.
Surrey : Agraria Press; 1987 Jan.
Agriculture international v. 39 (1): p. 14-15. ill; 1987 Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: Developing countries; Cropping systems; Semiarid
zones; Hand tools; Irrigation systems; Rain-fed farming;
Planting methods; Sowing methods; Design
5 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
After 1,000 years: Agave farming is back.
Ketchum, L.G.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1986. Arizona land & people v. 36 (4): p. 3-5. ill; 1986.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Deserts; Agave; Drought tolerance; Fiber
content; Alternative farming; Experimental plots
6 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Agricultural disturbance and rodents: three farming systems in
the Sonoran Desert.
Mellink, E.
London : Academic Press; 1985 May.
Journal of arid environments v. 8 (3): p. 207-222. maps; 1985
May. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Mexico; Deserts; Farming systems;
Environmental impact reporting; Rodents; Ecosystems; Diversity
7 NAL Call. No.: HD9018.D44A47
Agricultural markets and intersectoral resource transfers:
cases from the semi-arid tropics of southeast India.
Harriss, B.
Patancheru, India : International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics; 1985.
Agricultural markets in the semi-arid tropics : proceed.
Internatl Workshop, ICRISAT Center, India, 24-28 Oct 1983 /
cospon. Osmania Univ., Internatl Geograph. Union, Internatl
Crops Research Inst. fo. p. 279-301. maps; 1985. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Semiarid zones; Rural development;
Intersectoral planning; Profitability; Commercial farming;
Economic resources; Competition
8 NAL Call. No.: 100 W99 (1) no.367
Agricultural problems in arid and semiarid environments.
Beetle, Alan A.
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado-Wyoming
Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division
Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, Agricultural Experiment
Station,; 1960. 64 p. ; 24 cm. (Bulletin / University of
Wyoming, Agricultural Experiment Station ; 367). A symposium
held before the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the
Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and the thirtieth
annual meeting of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science, May
6-7, 1959. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. Includes
bibliographies.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Irrigation; Wyoming; Arid regions agriculture;
West (U.S.); Dry farming; West (U.S.)
9 NAL Call. No.: QH540.E288 v.34
Agriculture in semi-arid environments.
Hall, Anthony E.,; 1940-; Cannell, Glen H.,; 1919-; Lawton,
Harry W.,; 1927-Berlin New York Springer-Verlag; 1979.
xvi, 340 p. : ill.. (Ecological studies ; v. 34). Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Language: ENGLISH
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
10 NAL Call. No.: S590.2.S64
Agroforestry and fragile ecosystems.
King, K.F.S.
Nairobi, Kenya : The Council; 1979.
Soils research in agroforestry : proceedings of an expert
consultation held at International Council for Research in
Agroforestry in Nairobi, Mar 26-30, 1979 / eds. H.O. Mongi and
P.A. Huxley ; tech. p. xxi-xxix; 1979. Includes 15
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Tropics; Developing countries; Forests; Arid
zones; Agroforestry; Resource conservation; Ecosystems;
Farming systems; Soils; Agricultural development
11 NAL Call. No.: GB611.A3
Agroforestry as a desert farming system; biomass production
and feeding quality of Acacia saligna.
El-Lakany, M.H.; Mahmoud, S.
Chur, Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers; 1991.
Advances in desert and arid land technology and development v.
5: p. 423-433; 1991. In series analytic: Desert Development,
Part 1: Desert Agriculture, Ecology and Biology / edited by A.
Bishay and H. Dregne. Proceedings of the Second International
Desert Development Conference, held Jan 25-31, 1987, Cairo,
Egypt. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Acacia saligna; Agroforestry; Deserts;
Biomass production
12 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Agronomic performance of winter versus spring wheat.
Entz, M.H.; Fowler, D.B.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1991 May.
Agronomy journal v. 83 (3): p. 527-532; 1991 May. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Saskatchewan; Triticum aestivum; Winter wheat;
Comparisons; Cultivars; Variety trials; Dry farming; Semiarid
zones; Humid zones; Prairie soils; Crop yield; Grain; Protein
content; Harvest index; Dry matter accumulation; Growth rate;
Evapotranspiration; Water use efficiency; Maturation period;
Agronomic characteristics
Abstract: Recent advances in crop management have enabled the
production of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in most of
the Canadian prairies. The agronomic performance of dominant
hard red winter and high-quality hard red spring wheat
cultivars was compared in semiarid and dry subhumid regions of
Saskatchewan. In 15 trials, winter wheat (WW) outyielded
spring wheat (SW) by an average 36%, and in three trials,
'Norstar' WW yielded 26% higher than the high-yielding
semidwarf SW, 'RY 320.' Protein yield was higher for WW in two
of 15 trials and protein concentration was always higher for
SW. Higher grain yield of WW was attributed mainly to the
production of a higher kernel number per square meter (KNO).
Crop development rate, aerial dry matter production,
evapotranspiration (ET), and water use efficiency (WUE), were
measured for Norstar WW and 'Katepwa' SW in six trials grown
between 1986 and 1988. The period between Zadoks growth stage
(ZGS) 21 and 65 was 4 to 14 d longer for Norstar than for
Katepwa. Average daily air temperature between ZGS 21 and 65
was 2.6 degrees C higher for Katepwa, and daily air
temperature during this period was negatively correlated with
KNO in both cultivars. Early season dry matter production was
highest for Norstar. These early season cultivar differences
gradually disappeared and, with the exception of two trials,
total dry matter was similar by crop maturity. Harvest index
was significantly higher for Norstar in five of six trials.
Seasonal ET patterns were similar for Norstar and Katepwa,
except in three of six trials where ET in early May was
significantly higher for the WW cultivar. The WUE for dry
matter production, grain yield and grain protein yield was
consistently higher for Norstar.
13 NAL Call. No.: 275.29 W27PN
Agronomic zones for the dryland Pacific Northwest.
Douglas, C.L. Jr; Wysocki, D.J.; Zuzel, J.F.; Rickman, R.W.;
Klepper, B.L. Corvallis, Or. : The Service; 1990 Sep.
PNW - Pacific Northwest Extension Publication, Washington,
Oregon, and Idaho State Universities, Cooperative Extension
Service (354): p. 8; 1990 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: Oregon; Washington; Idaho; Dry farming; Arid
lands
14 NAL Call. No.: S539.5.J68
Agronomy of dryland corn production at the northern fringe of
the Great Plains.
Major, D.J.; Morrison, R.J.; Blackshaw, R.E.; Roth, B.T.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1991 Oct.
Journal of production agriculture v. 4 (4): p. 606-613; 1991
Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Alberta; Zea mays; Hybrids; Genotypes;
Evaluation; Semiarid climate; Fallow; Rotations; Continuous
cropping; Dry farming; Irrigation; Performance; Crop yield;
Grain; Moisture content; Seed weight; Drought; Water stress;
Stand density; Row spacing; Stress; Weed control; Atrazine;
2,4-d; Genotype environment interaction; Diversification
15 NAL Call. No.: S612.55.A4P4
Algeria - United States of America, a cooperative agricultural
research effort to improve food productivity report of joint
activities, 5/8/84 to 5/25/84.. A cooperative agricultural
research effort to improve desert food productivity Phene, C.
J.; McCreight, J. D.; Carpenter, J. B.
S.l. : s.n., 1984?; 1984.
[3], 70 leaves ; 28 cm. Bibliography: leaf 70.
Language: English
Descriptors: Algeria; Arid regions agriculture; Algeria; Arid
regions; Research; Algeria; Irrigation farming; Algeria
16 NAL Call. No.: aZ733.N3A54
ALIC and NAL: a history of cooperation.
Apsey, S.; Summers, K.; Hutchinson, B.
Beltsville, Md. : The Library; 1986 Sep.
Agricultural libraries information notes - National
Agricultural Library (U.S.), Science and Education
Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture v. 12 (9): p.
6-7. ill; 1986 Sep.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Arid soils; Dry farming; Desert
plants; Arid climate; Databases; Information centers;
Cooperation
17 NAL Call. No.: SB160.N38 1988
Alternate crops for dryland production systems in northern
Idaho. Kephart, K.D.; Murray, G.A.; Auld, D.L.
Portland, Or. Timber Press; 1988.
Advances in new crops : proceedings of the First National
Symposium NEW CROPS, Research, Development, Economics,
Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct 23-26, 1988 edited by Jules Janick,
J.E. Simon. p. 62-67; 1988. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Idaho; Grain crops; Dry farming; Arid regions;
Production possibilities; Technology transfer
18 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4P73
Ancient and contemporary desertification in Iraq.
Mrost, A.Y.
New York, N.Y. : Allerton Press; 1984.
Problems of desert development (2): p. 11-19; 1984. Includes
17 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iraq; Deserts; Desertification; Environmental
degradation; Irrigated farming; Soil salinization; Human
activity; History; Overgrazing; Erosion
19 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4P73
Ancient anthropogenic landscapes of the Sarykamysh delta of
the Amu Darya. Kopekov, C.B.
New York, N.Y. : Allerton Press; 1984.
Problems of desert development (2): p. 36-42; 1984. Includes
12 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.S.R.far east; Deltas; Deserts; Oases; Takyrs;
Landscape; Irrigated farming; Soil types (anthropogenic);
Archaeology; History
20 NAL Call. No.: 472 N42
Ancient lessons from arid lands.
Pearce, F.
London, Eng. : New Science Publications; 1991 Dec07.
New scientist v. 132 (1798): p. 42-43, 46-48; 1991 Dec07.
Language: English
Descriptors: Israel; Arizona; Developing countries; Arid
regions; Water harvesting; Dry farming; Irrigation channels
21 NAL Call. No.: S616.B3W5 1984
Ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to
modern problems. Willcocks, William,
Delhi : B.R. Pub. Corp. ; New Delhi : Distributed by D.K.
Publishers' Distributors,; 1930, reprinted 1984.
128 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 22 cm. "First
reprint 1930" - verso t.p.
Language: English
Descriptors: Irrigation; Bangladesh; History; Irrigation
farming; Bangladesh; Arid regions agriculture; Bangladesh
22 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Annual forage crops for the dry lands.
Vinall, H.N.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1913 Jul.
Agronomy journal v. 5 (3): p. 176-181; 1913 Jul. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Sorghum; Setaria italica; Panicum
miliaceum; Legumes; Arid lands; Dry farming; Choice of
species; Selection criteria; Crop yield
23 NAL Call. No.: S616.I4C4
Annual report.
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (India)
Santoshnagar, Hyderabad : Central Research Institute for
Dryland Agriculture,; 198?-9999.
v. ; 25 cm. Description based on: 1986.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Research; India;
Periodicals; Dry farming; Research; India; Periodicals;
Agriculture; Research; India; Periodicals
24 NAL Call. No.: FICHE S-72
Application of kinematic wave theory for land surface
configuration and plot shape design.
Sachan, R.C.; Murty, V.V.N.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1986.
American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Microfiche
collection) (fiche no. 86-2503): 23 p.; 1986. Paper presented
at the 1986 Winter Meeting of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers. Available for purchase from: The
American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Order Dept., 2950
Niles Road, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085. Telephone the Order
Dept. at (616) 429-0300 for information and prices. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Semiarid zones; Tropics; Rain-fed farming;
Runoff water; Experimental plots; Surface roughness;
Mathematics
25 NAL Call. No.: S616.M8D78
Applied agronomic research program for dryland farming in
200-400 mm. rainfall zone of Morocco directed to the small
farmer : a report.
Midamerica International Agriculture Consortium. Dryland
Farming Team Nebraska? : The Team?,; 1977.
xiv, 187 leaves : ill., maps ; 28 cm. January, 1977.
Contract no. AID/NE-C-1284 (University of Nebraska); prepared
for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Bibliography: leaves 181-182.
Language: English
Descriptors: Agriculture; Research; Morocco; Arid regions
agriculture; Research; Morocco; Dry farming; Research; Morocco
26 NAL Call. No.: HD1.A3
An approach to assessing the economic risk of different
drought management tactics on a South Australian pastoral
sheep station.
Smith, M.S.; Foran, B.
Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers; 1992.
Agricultural systems v. 39 (1): p. 83-105; 1992. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South australia; Wool; Sheep farming; Drought;
Semiarid climate; Rangelands; Stocking density; Pastoralism;
Agricultural regions; Market prices; Weather data; Simulation
models
27 NAL Call. No.: GB611.A3
Appropriate machinery for mechanizing small farms in the
desert. Engstrom, R.
Chur, Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers; 1991.
Advances in desert and arid land technology and development v.
5: p. 187-195; 1991. In series analytic: Desert Development,
Part 1: Desert Agriculture, Ecology and Biology / edited by A.
Bishay and H. Dregne. Proceedings of the Second International
Desert Development Conference, held Jan 25-31, 1987, Cairo,
Egypt. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Mechanization; Appropriate technology;
Deserts; Farming; Reclamation
28 NAL Call. No.: SB107.K49 1984
The arid environment.
Grove, A.T.
London : Allen & Unwin; 1985.
Plants for arid lands : proceedings, Kew Internatl Conference
on Economic Plants for Arid Lands, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 23-27 July 1984 / editors, G.E.
Wickens, J.R.. p. 9-18; 1985. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Aridity; Cultivation methods;
Irrigated farming; Adaptability; Dry farming
29 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Arid lands--problems and management.
Singh, P.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 98-107. maps;
1984. Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU
Working Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March
1983, at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Includes 8 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Semiarid zones; Land management;
Desert soils; Dry farming; Cereals; Oilseeds; Pulses
30 NAL Call. No.: S602.5.R3B
Aspects of the farming systems of southeast St. Elizabeth,
Jamaica. Daisley, L.E.A.; Johnson, E.D.; Francis, R.L.
Morrilton, Ark. : Winrock International, 1982? :.; 1982.
Case studies for a workshop : Research on Crop-Animal Systems,
April 4-7, 1982, Turrialba, Costa Rica / Centro Agronomico
Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza, Caribbean Agricultural
Research and Dev. p. 134-158. maps; 1982. Includes 5
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Jamaica; Semiarid zones; Farming systems; Small
farms; Cropping systems; Sheep management; Goat keeping;
Planning of research; Development plans
31 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
A backward step: from irrigation to dry farming in the Nevada
desert. Bowen, M.E.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1989.
Agricultural history v. 63 (2): p. 231-242. maps; 1989.
Special symposium issue on Climate, Agriculture, and History /
edited by D.C. Smith. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nevada; Dry farming; Farm closures; Farming
systems; History; Irrigation; Deserts
32 NAL Call. No.: S618.D8
Les bases de l'irrigation [Basis of irrigation].
Ducrocq, Michel
Paris : Lavoisier ; Beyrouth, Liban : Editions scientifiques
universitaires,; 1987.
117 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (Techniques agricoles mediterraneennes
Techniques et documentation). Bibliography: p. 117.
Language: French
Descriptors: Irrigation farming; Crops and water; Arid regions
agriculture
33 NAL Call. No.: Z5074.D8B54 1980
Bibliography of dryland agriculture., 3rd ed.
Riehl, S.
United States, Agency for International Development.
Corvallis Dryland Agricultural Technical Committee, Oregon
State University; 1980.
2 v. ; 28 cm. Sponsored by U.S. Agency for International
Development through a 211 (d) grant, no. AID/ta-G-1221.
Descriptors: Dry farming; Bibliography; Arid regions
agriculture; Bibliography
34 NAL Call. No.: 26 AG86
Bilans mineraux des systemes de cultures pluviales en zones
arides et semi-arides [Mineral balances of rainfed farming
systems in the arid and semi-arid zones].
Pieri, C.
Paris : Institut de recherches agronomiques tropicales et des
cultures vivrieres; 1985 Jan.
L'Agronomie tropicale v. 40 (1): p. 1-20. ill; 1985 Jan.
Includes references.
Language: French
Descriptors: Arid zones; Semiarid zones; Farming systems;
Mineral fertilizers; Field crops; Mineralization; Soil
fertility
35 NAL Call. No.: HD1.A3
A bio-economic model of small-ruminant production in the semi-
arid tropics of the northeast region of Brazil. 2. Linear
programming applications and results.
Gutierrez-Aleman, N.; De Boer, A.J.; Kehrberg, E.W.
Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers; 1986.
Agricultural systems v. 19 (3): p. 159-187; 1986. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Brazil; Semiarid zones; Tropics; Sheep; Goats;
Cattle; Ruminants; Animal production; Mixed farming; Cost
analysis; Econometric models; Linear programming; Computer
software; Farm surveys; Farm income
36 NAL Call. No.: TD172.E55
Biosaline research activities in Kuwait (Irrigation with
saline water, poultry farming in hot arid regions, fisheries
management).
Salman, A.J.; Hamdan, I.Y.; Hussain, N.M.
New York, Plenum Press; 1982.
Environmental science research v. 23: p. 99-114 ill., map;
1982. Includes 10 ref.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kuwait
37 NAL Call. No.: S601.A34
Bird communities associated with three traditional
agroecosystems in the San Luis Potosi Plateau, Mexico.
Mellink, E.
Amsterdam : Elsevier; 1991 Jun14.
Agriculture, ecosystems and environment v. 36 (1/2): p. 37-50;
1991 Jun14. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Mexico; Dry farming; Uncultivated ground;
Pastures; Savannas; Semiarid climate; Wild birds; Communities;
Censuses; Slope; Fields; Botanical composition; Grasses;
Shrubs; Cactaceae; Haplopappus; Mimosa biuncifera; Trees;
Crops; Ecosystems; Community ecology; Species diversity;
Foliage; Plant pests; Seasonal variation; Statistical
analysis; Crop residues
38 NAL Call. No.: SB110.L38
Bogarnoe zemledelie v Uzbekistane. W.A. economics program
progress report [Dry-farming in Uzbekistan].
Lavronov, G. A.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics Tashkent : Uzbekistan, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, West
Africa : International Crops Researach Institute for the Semi-
Arid Tropics,; 1979. 479 p. : ill. ; 23 cm v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. Description based on: 2
(published in June 1980); title from cover.
Language: Russian
Descriptors: Dry farming; Uzbek S.S.R; Arid regions
agriculture; Uzbek S.S.R; Arid regions agriculture; Africa,
West; Collected works; Arid regions agriculture; Economic
aspects; Africa, West; Collected works; Dry farming; Collected
works; Agriculture; Tropics; Collected works
39 NAL Call. No.: SB1.H6
Calcium deficiency of artichoke buds in relation to salinity.
Francois, L.E.; Donovan, T.J.; Maas, E.V.
Alexandria, Va. : American Society for Horticultural Science;
1991 May. HortScience v. 26 (5): p. 549-553; 1991 May.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Cynara scolymus; Buds; Calcium;
Mineral deficiencies; Irrigated farming; Deserts; Irrigation
water; Saline water; Sodium chloride; Calcium chloride; Soil
salinity; Crop damage; Botrytis; Erwinia; Incidence;
Infections; Susceptibility; Transpiration; Root pressure; Crop
yield; Yield losses
Abstract: Globe artichokes (Cynara scolymus L.) were grown
for 2 years in artificially salinized field plots in the
irrigated desert area near Brawley, Calif. Saline treatments
were imposed by irrigation with waters that contained equal
weights of NaCl and CaCl2. Increased incidence and severity of
Ca deficiency in the inner bracts of artichoke buds were
directly related to increased levels of salinity. The Ca-
deficient bracts were subject to infection by species of
Botrytis and Erwinia. The number of marketable artichokes was
reduced 20% or more when irrigation water salinity exceeded
2.0 dS.m-1, and up to 50% at 10 dS.m-1. Calcium deficiency in
the artichoke bud is believed to be the result of disparate Ca
distribution among the tissues, which is caused by high
transpiration rates in the desert environment and the
reduction in root pressure by soil salinity. Elemental
analysis of leaf tissues can not be used to predict Ca
deficiency within the artichoke buds.
40 NAL Call. No.: 100 C12S (2)
California desert agriculture.
McFarlane, N.L.; Ayers, R.S.; Winright, G.L.
Berkeley, Calif. : The Service; 1957 Nov.
Circular - University of California Agricultural Extension
Service (464): 66 p. ill., maps; 1957 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Field crops; Vegetables; Temperate
fruits; Nuts; Irrigation; Fertilization; Arid climate; Soil
types (textural); Salinity; Alkalinity; Drainage; Wind
protection; Livestock farming; Landscape gardening; Seed
production; Planting season
41 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Camels in the farming systems of the arid highlands of western
Pakistan: is management research a worthwhile investment?.
Keatinge, J.D.H.; Rodriguez, A.; Sabir, G.F.; Afzal, A.; Shah,
N.A. London : Academic Press; 1992 Sep.
Journal of arid environments v. 23 (3): p. 293-300; 1992 Sep.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Baluchistan; Camels; Draft animals; Farming
systems research; Farming systems; Arid regions; Highlands;
Agricultural economics
42 NAL Call. No.: 1 EX892EX
Catfish farming: New Mexico fish tale.
Coughlin, R.; Prow, T.M.
Washington, D.C. : The Administration; 1987.
Extension review - United States Department of Agriculture v.
58 (4): p. 22-23. ill; 1987.
Language: English
Descriptors: New Mexico; Siluroidea; Fish farming; Farming
systems; Marketing techniques; Deserts; Farm enterprises;
Extension activities
43 NAL Call. No.: HM206.A1H8
Cattle and pastoralism: survival and production in arid lands.
Western, D.; Finch, V.
New York : Plenum Press; 1986 Mar.
Human ecology v. 14 (1): p. 77-94; 1986 Mar. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Human ecology; Cattle; Herds; Pastoralism;
Arid lands; Rangelands; Subsistence farming; Grazing; Drought;
Animal physiology; Seasonality; Pasture management
44 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.A47
Cereal technology interventions for the West African semi-arid
tropics. Nagy, J.G.; Sanders, J.H.; Ohm, H.W.
Amsterdam : Elsevier; 1988 Nov.
Agricultural economics : the journal of the International
Association of Agricultural Economics v. 2 (3): p. 197-208;
1988 Nov. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: West Africa; Central Africa; Technology
transfers; Innovation adoption; Farm management; Regional
development; Farming systems; Climatic factors; Agricultural
policy; Feasibility studies; Tie ridging; Dikes; Fertilizers;
Semiarid zones; Tropics; Animal power
45 NAL Call. No.: 24 R34
The challenge of developing agriculture in the 400-600 mm
rainfall zone within the SADCC countries.
Norman, D.; Baker, D.; Siebert, J.
Salisbury : Ministry of Agriculture; 1984 Nov.
Zimbabwe agricultural journal v. 81 (6): p. 205-214. ill.,
maps; 1984 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Africa; Developing countries; Deserts;
Agricultural development; Rain; Zoning; Farming systems;
Improvement; Cooperation
46 NAL Call. No.: 56.8 AU7
Changes in surface soil properties of vertisols under dryland
cropping in a semi-arid environment.
Chan, K.Y.; Bellotti, W.D.; Roberts, W.P.
East Melbourne : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization; 1988.
Australian journal of soil research v. 26 (3): p. 509-518;
1988. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: New South Wales; Astrebla lappacea; Pastures;
Vertisols; Dry farming; Cropping systems; Surface layers;
Physico-chemical properties; Biological activity in soil;
Nitrogen fertilizers; Soil structure; Semiarid zones
47 NAL Call. No.: TP453.P7P557
Chemicals from arid/semiarid land plants: whole plant use of
milkweeds. Adams, R.P.
Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.
G.P.O.; 1983. Plants : the potentials for extracting protein,
medicines, and other useful chemicals : workshop proceedings /
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology
Assessment. p. 126-137, 24-28. ill; 1983. Includes 49
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Plains; Arid lands; Semiarid zones;
Desert plants; Dry farming; Asclepias; Chemical constituents
of plants; Crop production; New products
48 NAL Call. No.: SB110.C64 1987
Combined report of the U.S. dryland farming team and the
economics team visits to India, March/April and June 1987
under the auspices of the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on
Agriculture.
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Agriculture
New Delhi : The Subcommission, [1987?]; 1987.
vi, 95 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
49 NAL Call. No.: GB611.A3
Comparative economic analysis of desert farming systems in
Egypt. El-Kheshen, K.; Nasr, M.
Chur, Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers; 1991.
Advances in desert and arid land technology and development v.
5: p. 495-506; 1991. In series analytic: Desert development:
proceedings of the Second International Desert Development
Conference held on January 25-31, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt /
edited by A. Bishay and H. Dregne. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Farming systems; Deserts; Economic
analysis
50 NAL Call. No.: SB13.P8
A comparative evaluation of rootstocks for pineapple orange
(Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) under arid-irrigated conditions
of Punjab.
Mehrotra, N.K.; Jawanda, J.S.; Vij, V.K.
Patiala : Punjab State Co-operative Fruit Development
Federation; 1983 Jan. The Punjab horticultural journal v. 23
(1/2): p. 12-16; 1983 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Indian punjab; Arid regions; Citrus sinensis x
poncirus trifolia; Citrus jambhiri; Citrus ka RNA; Rootstocks;
Irrigated farming; Nutrient contents of plants; Fruit
analysis; Growth analysis
51 NAL Call. No.: S612.I49
Comparative productivity potential of rapeseed-mustard against
chickpea in dryland.
Singh, B.P.; Singh, J.P.
Jodhpur : The Society; 1988.
Transactions of Indian Society of Desert Technology and
University Centre of Desert Studies v. 13: p. 17-22; 1988.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Haryana; Brassica; Brassica juncea; Cicer
arietinum; Varieties; Production potential; Arid soils;
Yields; Rain-fed farming; Arid zones; Water stress;
Performance testing
52 NAL Call. No.: SB191.W5N49
A comparison of chemical and mechanical fallow as methods for
dryland wheat production.
Nicholls, Qrville L.
1958; 1958.
vi, 46 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Extension Repository
Collection. Typescript (carbon copy). Bibliography: leaves
(45)-46.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wheat; Western states; Arid regions farming;
Western states; Dry farming; Western states
53 NAL Call. No.: S622.L26
A comparison of soil degradation under smallholder farming and
large-scale irrigation land use in Kano State, northern
Nigeria.
Essiet, E.U.
Chichester, West Sussex, England : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd;
1990 Jul. Land degradation & rehabilitation v. 2 (3): p.
209-214; 1990 Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nigeria; Soil degradation; Semiarid zones; Silty
soils; Impeded drainage; Farming systems; Sustainability;
Comparisons; Small farms; Large farms; Irrigated farming; Soil
analysis; Particle size distribution; Soil ph; Exchangeable
cations; Cation exchange; Capacity; Carbon; Nitrogen;
Phosphorus; Potassium; Nutrient content; Nutrient
availability; Erosion; Soil conservation; Fertilizers; Long
term experiments
54 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Conclusions of the Colloquium and recommendations (to science
and agriculture).
Laudelout, H.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 393-394; 1983.
Language: English
Descriptors: Developing countries; Arid regions; Semiarid
zones; Dry farming; Irrigated farming; Rain-fed farming;
Fertilizers; Nutrient availability; Water management;
Conferences
55 NAL Call. No.: GB1005.V728
Consequences of irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid
areas on groundwater.
Agarwal, M.C.; Goel, A.C.; Malik, R.K.
Hanover : Heise; 1986.
Impact of agricultural activities on ground water / J. Vrba,
E. Romijn. p. 233-242; 1986. (International contributions to
hydrogeology ; v. 5). Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Haryana; Irrigated farming; Arid regions;
Semiarid zones; Drainage systems; Water table; Groundwater;
Water composition and quality
56 NAL Call. No.: SB317.L43S96 1982
Constraints and opportunities of pulse production in semi-arid
regions of India.
Sharma, D.; Jodha, N.S.
New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Publishing Co; 1982.
Pulse production, constraints and opportunities : proceedings
of Symposium on Increasing Pulse Production in India --
Constraints and Opportunities, October 1982, New Delhi, India
/ edited by H.C. Sri. p. 241-265; 1982. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Semiarid zones; Pulses; Production; Rain-
fed farming; Climatic factors; Cropping systems
57 NAL Call. No.: 8 P832J
Constraints to pigeon pea production under semi-arid
conditions in Puerto Rico.
Hepperly, P.R.; Rodriguez, R.
Mayaguez : University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment
Station; 1986 Jan.
The Journal of agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico v.
70 (1): p. 25-35; 1986 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Puerto Rico; Semiarid zones; Cajanus cajan; Crop
production; Plant protection; Varieties; Yields; Rain-fed
farming
58 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Co-ordinator's Report on the 1st Session: Yield potentials in
arid and semi-arid areas.
Cooke, G.W.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 99-104; 1983.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Cropping systems;
Rain-fed farming; Production possibilities; Crop management;
Fertilizers
59 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Coordinator's Report on the 3rd Session: Rainfed farming
systems. Jelenic, D.B.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 279-280; 1983.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Rain-fed farming;
Cropping systems; Arid soils; Soil fertility
60 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Co-ordinator's Report on the 4th Session: Irrigated farming
systems. Garcia-Olmedo, F.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 387-389; 1983.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Irrigated farming
61 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Crop response to nitrogen and phosphorus in rainfed
agriculture. Harmsen, K.; Shepherd, K.D.; Allan, A.Y.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 223-248; 1983. Includes 20 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Syria; Mediterranean countries; Arid regions;
Semiarid zones; Hordeum vulgare; Trials; Climate; Rain-fed
farming; Nitrogen fertilizers; Phosphorus fertilizers; Yield
factors
62 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Crop responses to the variations in moisture and thermal
regimes of sandy soil of western Rajasthan.
Gupta, J.P.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 88-97; 1984.
Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU Working
Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March 1983,
at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Includes 10
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Arid regions; Pennisetum Americanum;
Vigna radiata; Sandy soils; Soil water regimes; Soil
temperature; Rain-fed farming; Growth; Yields
63 NAL Call. No.: S1.U7 no.100
Crop yield models adapted to irrigation scheduling programs
Appendix F, CRPSM user manual and sample input and output.
Hill, Robert Wimmer,; Keller, Andrew A.; Boman, Brian J.
Logan, Utah: Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Utah State
University, [1985?]; 1985.
v, 94 p. : ill., charts ; 28 cm. (Research report / Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station ; 100). Final report Phase:
I, 1980; II, 1981; and III, 1982. Bibliography: p. 35-36.
Language: English
Descriptors: Irrigation farming; Mathematical models; Crops
and water; Mathematical models; Crop yields; Mathematical
models; Arid regions agriculture; Mathematical models;
Agricultural estimating and reporting
64 NAL Call. No.: S602.5.N37 1985
Cropping systems for rainfed situations with particular
reference to ICRISAT experience.
Reddy, M.S.; Natarajan, M.; Rao, M.R.; Willey, R.W.; Ong, C.K.
New Delhi : Indian Society of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute; 1986.
Proceedings of the National Symposium on Cropping Systems (3-5
April, 1985) held at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,
Karnal (Haryana) 3-5 April, 1985 / edited by Mahendra Pal. p.
235-252; 1986. Literature review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Sorghum; Cajanus cajan; Arachis hypogaea;
Cropping systems; Semiarid zones; Rain-fed farming; Applied
research
65 NAL Call. No.: SB110.D43
A Decade of dryland agricultural research, 1970-71 to 1980-81
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture
(I.C.A.R.). All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland
Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Varanasi : Dept. of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural
Sciences, Banaras Hindu University : Indian Council of
Agricultural Research, [1981?]; 1981. iv, 47 p. ; 30 cm. For
official use only.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; India; Arid regions;
Research; India; Dry farming; India; Dry farming; Research;
India; Agriculture; Research; India
66 NAL Call. No.: SB110.P37
A decade of research achievements and practical
recommendations in rainfed farming, 1971-1980.
Patel, R. R.; Maliwal, G. L.
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture
Sardar Krushinagar (Dantiwada), Gujarat [India] : Gujarat
Agricultural University,; 1982.
88 p. : ill., 1 map ; 26 cm. (Technical bulletin). All India
Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture. For
official use. Bibliography: p. 84-86.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; India; Gujarat
67 NAL Call. No.: SB191.R5R534
The decline in paddy cultivation in a dry zone village of Sri
Lanka. Bryde, J.A.
London : Curzon Press; 1986.
Rice societies : Asian problems and prospects / edited by
Irene Norlund, Sven Cederroth, Ingela Gerdin. p. 81-116. ill.,
maps; 1986. (Studies on Asian topics, 0142-6028 ; no. 10).
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sri lanka; Arid regions; Villages; Oryza sativa;
Cultivation; Economics; Irrigated farming; Crop yield; Land
ownership; Varieties; Risks
68 NAL Call. No.: QC980.C55
Desertification processes and impacts in rainfed agricultural
regions. Sanders, D.W.
Dordrecht : D. Reidel Pub. Co; 1986 Aug.
Climatic change v. 9 (1/2): p. 33-42; 1986 Aug. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Desertification; Soil degradation; Rain-fed
farming; Agricultural land; Arid zones; Semiarid zones;
Erosion; Soil degradation; Soil salinization
69 NAL Call. No.: aSD11.A42
Design and operation of a water-harvesting agrisystem.
Karpiscak, M.M.; Foster, K.F.; Rawles, R.L.
Fort Collins, Colo. : The Station; 1987 Dec.
General technical report RM - Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (150): p. 221-224, 250; 1987 Dec. Paper presented at
the "Symposium on Strategies for Classification and Management
of Native Vegetation for Food Production in Arid Zones," Oct
12-16, 1987, Tucson, Arizona. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid lands; Water harvesting; Soil
cultivation; Choice of species
70 NAL Call. No.: QH301.A35
Development of new breeds of farm animals adapted to extreme
nature-climatic condition of Kazakhstan
Bekzhanov, S.; Dvorianov, V.N.; Dosekeev, Kh.S.; Rysakov, D.;
Daurenbekov, N.J.; Perdeshev, N.
Alma-Ata : "Nauka"; 1986.
Trudy Instituta Eksperimental'noi Biologii - Akademiia nauk
Kazakhskoi SSR v. 18: p. 10-23; 1986.
Language: Russian
Descriptors: Kazakh ssr; Sheep farming; Breeding aims;
Adaptation; Arid climate; Cold resistance; Wind resistance;
Fine wool; Sheep breeds; Breeding methods; Crossing
71 NAL Call. No.: S612.2.A37 1986
Development of rainfed agriculture under arid and semi-arid
conditions: the evironment--assessing the problems.
Rijks, D.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank; 1986.
Development of rainfed agriculture under arid and semiarid
conditions : proceedings of the Sixth Agriculture Sector
Symposium / Ted J. Davis, editor. p. 133-152; 1986. Paper
presented at the Symposium on "Development of Rainfed
Agriculture Under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions," January
6-10, 1986, Washington, D.C. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Africa south of sahara; Arid regions; Semiarid
zones; Rain-fed farming; Agricultural meteorology
72 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Direct and residual effects of nitrogen sources dryland on
sorghum in black soil.
Das, S.K.; Rao, A.C.
Jodhpur : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1986 Mar.
Annals of arid zone v. 25 (1): p. 81-83; 1986 Mar. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Sorghum; Nitrogen fertilizers; Rain-fed
farming; Clay soils; Residual effects; Physico-chemical
properties of soil; Crop yield; Ammonium fixation; Arid zones
73 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Distribution and management of drylands in the People's
Republic of China. Li, S.X.; Xiao, L.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1992.
Advances in soil sciences v. 18: p. 147-302; 1992. Literature
review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: China; Land resources; Arid lands; Arid climate;
Semiarid climate; Arid soils; Semiarid soils; Dry farming;
Soil management; Erosion control; Crop management; Literature
reviews
74 NAL Call. No.: QE1.G38
Drought in Australia: still a problem of perception?.
Heathcote, R.L.
Dordrecht : D. Reidel Publishing Company; 1988 Jun.
GeoJournal v. 16 (4): p. 387-397. maps; 1988 Jun. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Australia; Commercial farming; Arid climate;
Semiarid climates; Drought; Weather patterns; Forecasting;
Perception; Farmers' attitudes; Losses; Economic impact; Farm
management
75 NAL Call. No.: SB110.L5
Dryland agriculture.
Liao, T. R.
United States, Library of Congress, Science and Technology
Division, Reference Section.
Washington Library of Congress, Science and Technology
Division, Reference Section; 1978.
10 p. ; 27 cm. (LC science tracer bullet ; TB 78-4).
Language: ENGLISH
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Bibliography; Dry
farming; Bibliography
76 NAL Call. No.: S616.I4D78 1987
Dryland agriculture in India., 1st ed..
Shafi, Mohammad,_1924-; Raza, Mehdi,
Jaipur : Rawat Publications,; 1987.
x, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographies and
index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; India; Congresses; Dry
farming; India; Congresses
Abstract: Contributed papers of a seminar.
77 NAL Call. No.: 100 UT1F
Dryland conservation tillage systems.
Rasmussen, V.P.; Newhall, R.L.; Cartee, R.L.
Logan : The Station; 1986.
Utah Science - Utah Agricultural Experiment Station v. 47 (2):
p. 46-51. ill; 1986. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Utah; Arid zones; Soil and water conservation;
Tillage; Minimum tillage systems; Dry farming; Soil moisture;
Technology
78 NAL Call. No.: SB110.D75 1983
Dryland cropping in the submontane Punjab, 1971-81., 1st ed..
Singh, Ranjodh; Singh, Achal
Ludhiana [India] : Communication Centre, Punjab Agricultural
University,; 1983.
47, iii p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm. Includes
bibliographical references (p. i-iii).
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Cropping systems; Arid regions
agriculture; Irrigation farming; Agriculture
79 NAL Call. No.: aZ5071.N3
Dryland farming 1981-1986.
Gilbert, H.
Beltsville, Md. : The Library; 1987 Jan.
Quick bibliography series - National Agricultural Library
(U.S.). (87-07): 28 p.; 1987 Jan. Bibliography.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Farming systems; Arid zones
80 NAL Call. No.: SB110.D792 1991
Dryland farming, a systems approach an analysis of dryland
agriculture in Australia.
Squires, Victor; Tow, P. G.
Melbourne, Australia : Sydney University Press,; 1991.
xi, 306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
81 NAL Call. No.: SB110.D793 1993
Dryland farming in Africa.
Rowland, J. R. J.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede,
Netherlands) London : Macmillan ; Wageningen, the Netherlands
: CTA,; 1993. xii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes
bibliographical references (p. 299-327) and index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
84 NAL Call. No.: aZ5071.N3
Dryland farming, January 1983-April 1990.
Gilbert, H.
Beltsville, Md. : The Library; 1990 Jun.
Quick bibliography series - U.S. Department of Agriculure,
National Agricultural Library (U.S.). (90-61): 25 p.; 1990
Jun. Updates QB 88-65. Bibliography.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions; Bibliographies
82 NAL Call. No.: SB110.S52 1991
Dryland farming perspectives & prospects.
Sharma, B. L.
Delhi : Daya Pub. House,; 1991.
179 p. : maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references
(p. [171]-176) and index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
83 NAL Call. No.: S379.L5L5
Dryland wheat production in the western part of Libya. I.
Response to deep tillage and N-P fertilizers.
Chaudhry, M.; Sherif, S.M.
Tripoli : Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alfateh; 1982
Dec. The Libyan journal of agriculture v. 11: p. 15-22; 1982
Dec. Includes 23 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Libya; Arid zones; Wheat; Deep cultivation;
Nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers; Dry farming; Yields
84 NAL Call. No.: S379.L5L5
Dryland wheat production in the western part of Libya. II.
Subsoiling and its residual effects.
Sherif, S.M.; Chaudhry, M.S.; Khan, S.
Tripoli : Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alfateh; 1982
Dec. The Libyan journal of agriculture v. 11: p. 23-30; 1982
Dec. Includes 14 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Libya; Semiarid zones; Wheat; Dry farming;
Subsoiling; Sandy soils; Residual effects; Yields
85 NAL Call. No.: 30.98 AG8
The ebb and flow of wheat farming in the Big Bend, Washington.
Macinko, G.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press; 1985 Apr.
Agricultural history v. 59 (2): p. 215-228. maps; 1985 Apr.
Paper presented at the "History of Soil and Water Conservation
Symposium," May 23-26, 1984, Columbia, Missouri. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Washington; Semiarid zones; History; Triticum
aestivum; Wind erosion; Cultivation methods
86 NAL Call. No.: QK1.P53
Ecology and risk-spreading in the small-holding agriculture of
the semi-arid puna in Bolivia.
Hanagarth, W.
Tubingen, W. Ger. : Institute for Scientific Co-operation;
1989. Plant research and development v. 30: p. 76-103. maps;
1989. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Bolivia; Agricultural production; Traditional
farming; Plant ecology; Semiarid climate; Habitats; Mountain
areas; Environmental factors
87 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
An economic analysis of farm management practices and improved
technologies in the Sahel.
Day, J.C.; Butcher, W.R.; Hughes, D.W.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 311-322. maps; 1990. In
the series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sahel; Farm management; Technology; Erosion; Arid
lands; Soil moisture; Crop yield; Land use; Farming systems
88 NAL Call. No.: HD1714.S3
An economic analysis of irrigated farming with diminishing
ground water reserves.
Sanghi, Ajay K.; (Ajay Kumar); Klepper, Robert
Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.), Center for the Biology
of Natural Systems.
St. Louis, Mo. Washington University, Center for the Biology
of Natural Systems; 1976.
50 p. ; 28 cm. CBNS-AE-8; NSF/RA-760085. Supported by the
National Science Foundation Program of Research Applied to
National Needs. Bibliography: p. 48-50.
Language: English
Descriptors: Irrigation farming; Economic aspects; Arid
regions agriculture; Agriculture; Economic aspects
89 NAL Call. No.: S612.I49
Effect of cultivation methods on water-use efficiency of some
dryland summer crops.
Oswal, M.C.; Malik, R.K.; Bakshi, R.K.
Jodhpur : The Society; 1984 Jan.
Transactions of Indian Society of Desert Technology and
University Centre of Desert Studies v. 9 (1): p. 70-71; 1984
Jan.
Language: English
Descriptors: Haryana; Semiarid zones; Crops; Dry farming;
Summer; Cultivation methods; Water use efficiency
90 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Effect of interculture on performance of pearl millet under
rainfed conditions.
Malik, A.S.; Faroda, A.S.; Singh, J.
Jodhpur : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1986 Sep.
Annals of arid zone v. 25 (3): p. 239-241; 1986 Sep. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Haryana; Pennisetum Americanum; Weeding;
Implements; Crop yield; Cultural weed control; Mechanical weed
control; Rain-fed farming; Arid zones
91 NAL Call. No.: 307.8 J82
Effect of irrigation on jojoba production under arid chaco
conditions. II. Seed yields and wax quality.
Ayerza, R.
Champaign, IL : AOCS Press; 1993 Dec.
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society v. 70 (12): p.
1225-1228; 1993 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Argentina; Cabt; Simmondsia chinensis; Jojoba;
Seeds; Crop yield; Waxes; Irrigation; Dry farming; Arid
regions
92 NAL Call. No.: 10 J822
Effect of preceding season cultural practices on mustard
(Brassica juncea czern) under semi-arid rainfed conditions of
north-west India. Giri, G.; Saran, G.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1985 Aug.
The Journal of agricultural science v. 105 (pt. 1): p. 91-95;
1985 Aug. Includes 1 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Delhi; Semiarid zones; Brassica juncea; Cultural
methods; Double cropping; Plowing; Tillage; Yields; Yield
components; Rain-fed farming
93 NAL Call. No.: GB1001.2.S68 1985
The effects of depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and
accompanying impact on economic and agricultural production in
the Southern High Plains Region of the United States.
Lehe, J.M.
Worthington, Ohio : National Water Well Association; 1986.
Proceedings of the Association of Ground Water Scientists and
Engineers : Southern Regional Ground Water Conference,
September 18-19, 1985, San Antonio, Texas / sponsor,
Association of Ground Water Scientists & Engineers. p.
410-426; 1986. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Kansas; Nebraska; New Mexico; Groundwater;
Irrigated farming; Water depletion; Aquifers; Agricultural
production; Economic impact; Semiarid zones; Land evaluation
94 NAL Call. No.: 56.8 AU7
The effects of dispersants, stabilizer and slope length on
runoff and water-harvesting farming.
Ben-Hur, M.
East Melbourne : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization; 1991.
Australian journal of soil research v. 29 (4): p. 553-563;
1991. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Israel; Water harvesting; Clay loam soils; Arid
regions; Agricultural development; Runoff; Runoff water;
Metaphosphates; Sodium tripolyphosphate; Phosphogypsum; Slope;
Length; Water use efficiency; Runoff farming; Artificial
precipitation; Rain; Infiltration; Surface layers; Soil pore
system; Seasonal variation; Winter; Available water; Water
distribution; Soil stabilization; Clay fraction; Aggregates;
Triticum aestivum; Crop yield; Catchment hydrology
95 NAL Call. No.: aSD11.A42
Effects of dryland farming on Navajo riparian lands.
Jayne, J.A.B.
Fort Collins, Colo. : The Station; 1985.
General technical report RM - Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Experiment Station, United States, Forest Service (120): p.
479-481; 1985. Paper presented at the "Conference on Riparian
Ecosystems and their Management: Reconciling Conflicting
Uses," April 16-18, 1985, Tucson, Arizona. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid zones; Arizona; New Mexico; Utah; Dry
farming; Resource management; Water resource management;
Riparian vegetation; Development projects
96 NAL Call. No.: S590.2.S64
Effects of land use on soil characteristics in the Sudan. El
Houri Ahmed, A.
Nairobi, Kenya : The Council; 1979.
Soils research in agroforestry : proceedings of an expert
consultation held at International Council for Research in
Agroforestry in Nairobi, Mar 26-30, 1979 / eds. H.O. Mongi and
P.A. Huxley ; tech. p. 1-13, 588-589; 1979. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sudan; Arid lands; Land use; Farming systems;
Soil properties; Soil fertility; Interactions
97 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Effects of moisture stress on nitrogen fertilizer response in
dryland wheat. Korentajer, L.; Berliner, P.R.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1988 Nov.
Agronomy journal v. 80 (6): p. 977-981; 1988 Nov. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Africa; Triticum aestivum; Semiarid zones;
Dry farming; Water stress; Indexes; Seasonal fluctuations;
Evapotranspiration; Soil moisture; Soil water balance;
Nitrogen fertilizers; Nutrient removal by plants; Crop yield;
Yield response functions; Mathematical models; Rain;
Prediction
Abstract: Long-term N fertilizer trials with dryland wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.) are frequently confounded by large
year-to-year variability in yields resulting from moisture
stress fluctuations. To account for this variability, an N
fertilizer study was conducted in which the magnitude of
moisture stress was monitored. The experiment was carried out
during 1983 and 1984 (389 and 136 mm of seasonal rainfall,
respectively) on a Plinthustalf loamy fine sand soil, with
wheat (cv. Betta), using a completely randomized block design
with four replicates and five levels (N) of N fertilizer: 0,
30, 60, 90, and 120 kg N ha-1. The seasonal moisture stress
index, S, was estimated from a weighted product of ET/ET(p)
ratios (actual to potential evapotranspiration) obtained for
the different phenological wheat growing periods. The ET was
estimated from soil moisture (monitored by means of a neutron
moisture meter), whereas ET(p) was calculated from
meterological measurements using Penman's equation. The
response to N in both years was significant; the mean yields
were 3.18 and 1.7 Mg ha-1, for the 1983 and 1984 seasons,
respectively. The data were statistically analyzed by means of
a postulated multiple regression model, with N and S levels as
the explanatory variables. The model was validated using yield
and meterological data from several other 2-yr N response
studies. A good correlation (R(2) = 0.63, standard error of
the estimate = 0.27 Mg ha-1) was obtained between the
predicted and the observed yields. The results of the study
highlight the need for moisture stress measurements to be
included in fertilizer trials conducted in areas of large
seasonal rainfall variability.
98 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.R8 no.30
Effet des brise-vent sur la vitesse du vent, sur
l'evapotranspiration et sur le rendement des cultures
irriguees en zone aride Sidi Bouzid, Tunisie Centrale [Effect
of windbreaks on wind speed, evapotranspiration and irrigated
farming yield in arid zones].
Messing, Ingmar; Noureddine, Akrimi
Uppsala : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
International Rural Development Centre,; 1991.
40 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. (Rural development studies (Uppsala,
Sweden) ; no. 30.). Text in French with an English summary.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37).
Language: French; French
Descriptors: Windbreaks, shelterbelts, etc;
Evapotranspiration; Agricultural innovations; Irrigation
farming
99 NAL Call. No.: 22 AG83I
Efficacy of mulches in the reduction of irrigation requirement
of groundnut. Mandal, B.K.; Ghosh, T.K.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1984 May.
The Indian journal of agricultural sciences v. 54 (5): p.
446-449; 1984 May. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: West bengal; Arid zones; Arachis hypogaea; Rice
husks; Mulches; Water use efficiency; Irrigation scheduling;
Dry farming
100 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Efficient resource management systems for drylands of India.
Venkateswarlu, J.
New York : Springer-Verlag; 1987.
Advances in soil sciences v. 7: p. 165-221; 1987. Literature
review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Dry conditions; Dry farming; Arid soils;
Soil management
101 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN283
Efficient use of fertilisers in drylands.
Umrani, N.K.; Narkhede, P.L.; Patil, C.B.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1984 Apr.
Indian farming v. 34 (1): p. 35-36; 1984 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Sorghum; Fertilizers; Dry farming;
Efficiency
102 NAL Call. No.: FICHE 290.9 AM32P
Efficient utilization of energy with an improved farming
system for selected SAT regions.
Bansal, R.K.; Kshirsagar, K.G.; Sangle, R.D.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1985.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Microfiche
collection) (fiche no. 85-1021): 18 p.; 1985. Paper presented
at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers. Available for purchase from: The
American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Order Dept., 2950
Niles Road,.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Tropics; Semiarid zones; Erosion control;
Runoff control; Cropping systems; Cultivation methods;
Implements
103 NAL Call. No.: A00061
Egypt plows desert into farmland.
Gaugh, S.
Boston, Mass. : Christian Science Pub. Society; 1991 Jan16.
The Christian Science monitor. p. 12-13; 1991 Jan16.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Arid zones; Dry farming; Irrigation
systems; Imports; Economic impact
104 NAL Call. No.: G1.G4
Egypt's farmer priests.
Taylor, W.H.
London : IPC Magazines; 1984 Aug.
The Geographical magazine v. 56 (8): p. 398, 401-403. ill.,
maps; 1984 Aug.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Deserts; Dry farming; Farming systems
105 NAL Call. No.: S613.A55
Ekspluatatsionnaia planirovka oroshaemykh zemel' v aridnoi
zone [Operational plan for irrigated lands in the arid zone].
Akhmedzhanov, M. A.
Moskva : Kolos,; 1982.
143 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language: Russian
Descriptors: Irrigation farming; Irrigation; Equipment and
supplies; Arid regions agriculture; Cotton; Irrigation
106 NAL Call. No.: TJ810.I49 1982
Energy farming in coastal deserts using intensive marine
cultures (Biomass production, algae).
Wagener, K.
Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1982; 1982.
Energy conservation and use of renewable energies in the bio-
industries 2 : proceedings, Second International Seminar, held
at Trinity College, Oxford, 6-10 September 1982 / editor F.
Vogt. p. 678-688. ill; 1982. Includes references.
Language: English
107 NAL Call. No.: QC925.2.A1R3
Evaluation of materials for inducing runoff and use of these
materials in runoff farming (Soil stabilizer, residual wax,
antistripping agent). Fink, D.H.; Ehrler, W.L.
Farnham Royal, England : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau,
c1981; 1981. Rainfall collection for agriculture in arid and
semiarid regions: proc. workshop / hosted by Univ. Arizona,
USA; Chapingo Postgraduate College, Mexico ; (edited by G.R.
Dutt, C.F. Hutchinson, M. Anaya Garduno). p. 9-16. ill; 1981.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Deserts
108 NAL Call. No.: SD387.M8A3
An evaluation of the Acacia albida-based agroforestry
practices in the Hararghe highlands of Eastern Ethiopia.
Poschen, P.
Dordrecht : Martinus Nijhoff/W. Junk; 1986.
Agroforestry systems v. 4 (2): p. 129-143. ill., maps; 1986.
Includes 16 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ethiopia; Highlands; Arid zones; Acacia albida;
Agroforestry; Farming systems; Zea mays; Sorghum bicolor; Crop
yield; Catha edulis; Seed weight; Soil fertility; Fuelwood;
Fodder crops; Farmers' attitudes
109 NAL Call. No.: S671.J62
An evaluation of traditional small reservoir irrigation
systems in semi-arid India.
Sharma, P.N.; Helweg, O.J.
New Delhi : Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1983
Sep. Journal of agricultural engineering v. 20 (3/4): p.
101-110; 1983 Sep. Includes 9 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Semiarid zones; Traditional farming;
Irrigation systems; Water reservoirs; Small farms
110 NAL Call. No.: 281.8 AU74
An experiment in multiattribute utility theory.
Deforce, R.J.; Hardaker, J.B.
Armidale : Australian Agricultural Economics Society; 1985
Dec. The Australian journal of agricultural economics v. 29
(3): p. 179-198. ill; 1985 Dec. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South austrailia; Multiple land use; Grazing
lands; Livestock farming; Pastoralism; Tourism policy; Utility
functions; Decision making; Arid zones; Economic theories
111 NAL Call. No.: SB299.J6J6
Experiment using water harvesting techniques.
Stryker, R.G.
Phoenix, Ariz. : John S. Turner Public Relations; 1991 Mar.
Jojoba happenings v. 19 (2): p. 4-6 (continued); 1991 Mar.
Paper continued in volume 19, number 3 (June-July 1991).
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Simmondsia chinensis; Dry farming;
Deserts; Water harvesting; Crop establishment
112 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Experimental bases of dry farming techniques in arid and semi-
arid zones. Manichon, H.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 211-222; 1983. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Algeria; Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Triticum;
Dry farming; Crop management; Yield factors
113 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Farming on the desert fringe--a case study of state farms in
Xinjiang, China. Squires, V.R.
London : Academic Press; 1989 Mar.
Journal of arid environments v. 16 (2): p. 229-233. ill.,
maps; 1989 Mar. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Xinjiang; Deserts; Marginal land; Farming
systems; State farms; Irrigated farming; Program evaluation;
Farm surveys
114 NAL Call. No.: S391.W413
Farming systems in South Australia dry land farming in a semi-
arid climate. Webber, Glyn D.; Cocks, Philip Stanley,_1939-;
Jefferies, Brian C. South Australia, Dept. of Agriculture and
Fisheries
Adelaide, S. Aust. : Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries, and
Trade and Development Division, Premier's Dept.,; 1976.
104 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Agricultural systems; Australia; South Australia;
Agriculture; Australia; South Australia
115 NAL Call. No.: S602.5.R3B
Farming systems of small farms in the Leeward Islands of the
eastern Caribbean--selected case studies.
Singh, L.; Archibald, K.A.E.; Hammerton, J.
Morrilton, Ark. : Winrock International, 1982? :.; 1982.
Case studies for a workshop : Research on Crop-Animal Systems,
April 4-7, 1982, Turrialba, Costa Rica / Centro Agronomico
Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza, Caribbean Agricultural
Research and Dev. p. 105-133; 1982. Includes food import
statistics. Includes 1 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Leeward Islands; Tropics; Semiarid zones;
Developing countries; Farming systems; Small farms; Cropping
systems; Animal husbandry; Input output analysis; Constraints;
Farm income; Planning of research
116 NAL Call. No.: S590.2.S632
Fate of nitrogen-tagged urea applied to wheat in the arid
Mediterranean region.
Abdelmoneum, M.A.S.; Harmsen, K.; Lindsay, W.L.; Vlek, P.G.
Aleppo, Syria : International Center for Agricultural Research
in the Dry Areas; 1988.
Soil test calibration in West Asia and North Africa :
proceedings of the second regional workshop, Ankara, Turkey,
1-6 September 1987 / editors, Abdallah Matar, P.N. Soltanpour,
Amy Chouinard. p. 103-110; 1988. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Syria; Triticum; Dry farming; Urea fertilizers;
Isotope labeling; Arid regions; Soil test values; Nitrogen
recovery
117 NAL Call. No.: TD172.E5
Feasibility of growing second crop in winter after rainy
season crop at rainfed condition in semi-arid region of West
Bengal.
Zaman, A.; Mallick, S.
Kalyani, West Bengal : Dept. of Zoology, Kalyani University
for MKK Publications; 1987 Jun.
Environment & ecology v. 5 (2): p. 239-243; 1987 Jun.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: West bengal; Intercropping; Intercrops; Winter;
Rain-fed farming; Semiarid zones; Feasibility studies; Crop
yield; Varieties
118 NAL Call. No.: 107.6 T643
Field investigation on the agricultural development of arid
region in Iran. II. Comparison of drip and furrow irrigation
methods in a forced culture of tomatoes.
Yamamoto, T.; Cho, T.
Tottori : The Faculty; 1985 Jan.
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University v.
20: p. 75-85. ill; 1985 Jan. Includes 8 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Iran; Arid regions; Lycopersicon esculentum;
Irrigated farming; Trickle irrigation; Furrow irrigation; Soil
water relations; Water flow resistance
119 NAL Call. No.: 6 AR44
Fish may provide a second income.
Shannon, M.
Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona Farmer-Stockman; 1987 May.
Arizona farmer-stockman v. 66 (5): p. 5-7. ill; 1987 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Fish farming; Aquaculture; Farm income;
Diversification; Deserts
120 NAL Call. No.: aSD11.A42
The florescence of arid lands in Mesopotamia, Elam, and
Central Asia: an historical perspective.
Zauderer, J.
Fort Collins, Colo. : The Station; 1985.
General technical report RM - Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Experiment Station, United States, Forest Service (120): p.
463-466. maps; 1985. Paper presented at the "Conference on
Riparian Ecosystems and their Management: Reconciling
Conflicting Uses," April 16-18, 1985, Tucson, Arizona.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Land development; Irrigated farming;
Cereals; Cultivars; Developmental history
121 NAL Call. No.: SB323.C63
Food from dryland gardens an ecological, nutritional, and
social approach to small-scale household food production.
Cleveland, David A.; Soleri, Daniela
Center for People, Food, and Environment
Tucson, Arizona, USA : Center for People, Food, and
Environment,; 1991. xiii, 387 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-372) and index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Vegetable gardening; Truck farming; Food crops;
Arid regions agriculture; Sustainable agriculture; Nutrition
122 NAL Call. No.: S542.A8A34
Food legumes in farming systems in the tropics and subtropics.
Wood, I.M.; Myers, R.J.K.
Canberra : Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research; 1987. ACIAR proceedings series (18): p. 34-45; 1987.
In the series analytic: Food legume improvement for Asian
farming systems / edited by E.S. Wallis and D.E. Byth.
Proceedings of international workshop held on September 1-5,
1986, Khon Kaen, Thailand. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Tropical asia; Developing countries; Leguminosae;
Pulses; Subtropics; Tropics; Semiarid zones; Agronomic
characteristics; Crop yield; Food preferences; Farmers'
attitudes; Farming systems
123 NAL Call. No.: 80 AM371
Garden to participate in economic botany program.
Chicago, Ill. : American Nurseryman Publishing Co; 1986.
American nurseryman v. 164 (11): p. 9-10; 1986.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Mexico; Desert plants; Arid lands; Dry
farming; Ethnobotany; Resource conservation; Development aid;
International cooperation; Research projects; Botanical
gardens
124 NAL Call. No.: SB123.3.G46
Geographic variation for spike and grain characteristics in
durum wheat germplasm adapted to dryland conditions.
Pecetti, L.; Damania, A.B.; Kashour, G.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers,
c1992-; 1992. Genetic resources and crop evolution v. 39 (2):
p. 97-105; 1992. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ethiopia; Cabt; Egypt; Cabt; Greece; Cabt;
U.S.S.R.; Cabt; Morocco; Cabt; Turkey; Cabt; Tunisia; Cabt;
Jordan; Cabt; Iran; Cabt; Triticum durum; Germplasm;
Provenance; Genetic resources; Adaptation; Arid regions; Dry
farming; Drought resistance; Phenotypes; Kernels; Seed weight;
Spikes; Density; Grain; Agronomic characteristics; Genetic
variation
125 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN283
Goat farming under north indian conditions.
Rana, Z.S.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1984 Jul.
Indian farming v. 34 (4): p. 23, 25-26. ill; 1984 Jul.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Arid zones; Goat keeping; Beetal;
Environmental factors
126 NAL Call. No.: SF380.I52
Goats or scapegoats--the overgrazing controversy in Piura,
Peru. Perevolotsky, A.
New York : Elsevier; 1991 Dec.
Small ruminant research v. 6 (3): p. 199-215; 1991 Dec.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Peru; Goats; Extensive livestock farming;
Overgrazing; Savannas; Semiarid zones; Arid zones; Farming;
Drought; Biomass production; Stocking rate; Deforestation;
Prosopis juliflora; Social classes; Ministries of agriculture
127 NAL Call. No.: 56.9 SO3
Growth characteristics of legume cover crops in a semiarid
environment. Power, J.F.
Madison, Wis. : The Society; 1991 Nov.
Soil Science Society of America journal v. 55 (6): p.
1659-1663; 1991 Nov. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: North Dakota; Legumes; Cover crops; Green
manures; Semiarid climate; Seasonal growth; Planting date;
Temporal variation; Stand characteristics; Growth rate; Dry
matter accumulation; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen; Nutrient
uptake; Water use efficiency; Nitrogen content; Climatic
factors; Precipitation; Dry farming
Abstract: To select the best legume cover crop to grow for a
given cropping situation, the producer needs knowledge of
relative growth rates, N2-fixation and N-uptake rates, and
water use for various potential planting dates. Such an
experiment was conducted for 2 yr at Mandan, ND, in which 10
legume species were planted on or shortly after the first day
of May, June, July, and August each year. Soil and plant
samples were collected periodically after each planting date
to evaluate rates of dry-matter production, N accumulation,
and water use. Potential N2-fixation rate was measured in one
season only. For the first 40 to 90 d after planting, large-
seeded annuals such as faba bean (Vicia faba L.) field pea
(Pisum sativum L.), and soybean (Glycine max [L] Merr.)
generally exhibited most rapid growth, N accumulation, and
water use (these three parameters were generally closely
related for all samplings). With more than 90 d growth,
species such as Korean lespedeza (Lespedeza stipulacea
Maxim.), yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officianalis L.), and
alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) also began to exhibit rapid
growth. One surprising result was the outstanding growth of
May-planted subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) in
one (ample moisture) of the two seasons. For the shorter
growth periods, faba bean exhibited good growth
characteristics at all planting dates, and field pea was
satisfactory at most. July and August planting of slower
growing species generally resulted in relatively little growth
by the end of the season. In most instances, water-use
efficiency was greatest for the May planting, and highest
values were often recorded for field pea, faba bean, and
subterranean clover. These results identify those legume
species best adapted for a given planting date and duration of
growth under the climatic conditions of this experiment.
128 NAL Call. No.: 292.8 W295
A helicopter-borne electromagnetic survey to delineate
groundwater recharge rates.
Cook, P.G.; Kilty, S.
Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union; 1992 Nov.
Water resources research v. 28 (11): p. 2953-2961; 1992 Nov.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South australia; Groundwater recharge;
Agricultural land; Dry farming; Electrical conductivity;
Electromagnetic radiation; Aerial surveys; Mapping; Spatial
variation; Semiarid zones
Abstract: Groundwater recharge is one of the most difficult
components of the water balance to measure. For this reason,
electromagnetic methods have been used to infer its
variability from measurements of apparent electrical
conductivity. In this study, groundwater recharge was
estimated at 20 sites using unsaturated zone chloride methods.
Interpolation between drill sites was accomplished with the
aid of a helicopter-borne electromagnetic survey (DIGHEM(IV)).
Correlations between recharge and apparent electrical
conductivity were only significant (R2 = 65%) at the highest
frequency (56,000 Hz). Using these single-frequency data,
variations in recharge were mapped over an area of 32 km2.
Recharge, as inferred from the electromagnetic data, appears
to be lognormally distributed, and varies from less than 1 to
more than 50 mm yr-1. Within the study region, spatially
averaged recharge can be estimated from the electromagnetic
data, with an accuracy of approximately -60%, +140% (90%
probability). This is comparable to the estimation accuracy
when surface electromagnetic methods are used. Aerial
electromagnetic methods appear very useful for identifying
areas of high and low recharge over large regions.
129 NAL Call. No.: S3.A32
Herd management on a Maasai group ranch in relation to
traditional organisation and livestock development.
Peacock, C.P.
Barking, Essex : Elsevier Applied Science; 1987.
Agricultural administration and extension v. 27 (2): p. 61-74.
maps; 1987. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Traditional society; Herds; Livestock
groups; Land use; Animal husbandry; Grazing systems; Extensive
livestock farming; Livestock; Resource management; Semiarid
zones; Range management; Land tenure
130 NAL Call. No.: 22.5 N928
Historical experiences of dry-farming in North China
Ming, Z.D.
Beijing : Nung yeh ch'u pan she; 1984 Oct20.
Chung-kuo nung yeh k'o hsueh; Scientia agricultura sinica (5):
p. 89-94; 1984 Oct20. Includes 9 references.
Language: Chinese
Descriptors: China; Dry farming; Arid soils; Drought
resistance; Water requirements; History
131 NAL Call. No.: S612.I23
ICARDA.
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry
Areas Aleppo, Syria : International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas,; 19??-9999.
v. : ill. ; 23-30 cm. Description based on: 111, published in
1987; title from cover.
Language: English; English; French; Arabic
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Dry farming
132 NAL Call. No.: S612.I482
ICARDA research highlights.
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry
Areas Aleppo, Syria : The Center,; 1981-9999.
v. : ill. ; 23 cm. Title from cover.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Periodicals; Dry
farming; Periodicals
134 NAL Call. No.: S604.37.I25
ICRISAT farming systems research a special report.. Farming
systems research : a special report
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics Patancheru, A.P., India : International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,; 1983.
68 p. ; 28 cm. July 1983. Bibliography: p. 65-66.
Language: English
Descriptors: Agriculture; Research; India; Agricultural
systems; Tropics; Agricultural systems; India; Farm
management; India; Arid regions agriculture; India
135 NAL Call. No.: SB110.I3
ICRISAT research highlights.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid
Tropics Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,; 19uu.
v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Description based on: 1979.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Dry farming;
Underdeveloped areas; Agriculture, Cooperative
136 NAL Call. No.: S542.A8A34
ILCA's research on crop-livestock interactions in the subhumid
zone of Nigeria.
Powell, J.M.
Canberra : Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research; 1985. ACIAR proceedings series (4): p. 92-96; 1985.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Nigeria; Meat and livestock industry; Crop
enterprises; Farming systems; Semiarid zones; International
cooperation; Research projects
137 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Impact of agrodesert on a desert ecosystem.
Faragalla, A.A.
London : Academic Press; 1988 Jul.
Journal of arid environments v. 15 (1): p. 99-102; 1988 Jul.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Saudi arabia; Deserts; Ecosystems; Farming
systems; Environmental impact reporting; Irrigation; Insect
pests; Habitat selection; Oases; Hosts of plant pests
138 NAL Call. No.: HD1.A3
The impact of foodcrop production on sustained livestock
production in semi-arid regions of Kenya.
Mukhebi, A.W.; Knipscheer, H.C.; Sullivan, G.
Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers; 1991.
Agricultural systems v. 35 (3): p. 339-351; 1991. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Mixed farming; Agropastoral systems;
Drought; Semiarid zones; Livestock; Animal production; Crop
production
139 NAL Call. No.: S622.2.S65
Improved rainfed farming for semiarid tropics--implications
for soil and water conservation.
Pathak, P.; Miranda, S.M.; El-Swaify, S.A.
Ankeny, Iowa : Soil Conservation Society of America; 1985.
Soil erosion and conservation / edited by S.A. El-Swaify, W.C.
Moldenhauer, and Andrew Lo. p. 338-354; 1985. Includes 6
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Semiarid zones; Tropics; Watersheds;
Agricultural land; Rain-fed farming; Alfisols; Vertisols; Crop
management; Soil and water conservation; Erosion control;
Runoff water; Soil management
140 NAL Call. No.: S612.A753
Improving agricultural production in West Africa.
Norvelle, M.E.
Tucson : Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona;
1987. Arid lands newsletter v. 25: p. 3-8. ill; 1987.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Mauritania; Senegal; Agricultural development;
Agricultural production; Environmental policy; Farming
systems; Rural development; River basins; Arid zones; Farm
surveys
141 NAL Call. No.: S583.2.V74 1982
Improving the effectiveness of crop farming under conditions
of arid climate (Application of fertilizers, crop rotations,
Stavropol Territory). Kalashnikov, A.I.
Moskva : Kolos, 1983; 1983.
Agrokhimiia na sluzhbe urozhaia : Seminara-soveshchaniia "Opyt
raboty Khar'kovskoi oblasti po povysheniiu plodorodiia pochv i
effektivnosti ispol'zovaniia sredstv khimizatssi",
sostoiavshegosia 18-20 avgusta 1982. p. 112-115; 1983. Papers
of the All-Union seminar-meeting "Experience of the work in
the Kharkov Region in increasing soil fertility and th
effectiveness of using means of chemicalization", August
18-20, 1982, Kharkov.
Language: Russian
Descriptors: USSR
142 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Improving the sustainability of dryland farming systems: a
global perspective. Parr, J.F.; Stewart, B.A.; Hornick, S.B.;
Singh, R.P.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 1-8. ill; 1990. In the
series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Farming; Dry conditions; Erosion;
Desertification
143 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
Improving water use efficiency of annual crops in the rainfed
farming systems of West Asia and North Africa.
Cooper, P.J.M.; Gregory, P.J.; Tully, D.; Harris, H.C.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1987 Apr.
Experimental agriculture v. 23 (2): p. 113-158. ill; 1987 Apr.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: West asia; North Africa; Syria; Rain-fed
farming; Cereals; Legumes; Water use efficiency; Farming
systems; Crop management; Livestock; Water management; Arid
zones
144 NAL Call. No.: HD1401.A47
Incorporating risk in the economic analysis of agronomic
trials: fertilizer use on barley in Syria.
Mazid, A.; Bailey, E.
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, c1986-; 1992 Jul.
Agricultural economics : the journal of the International
Association of Agricultural Economists v. 7 (2): p. 167-184;
1992 Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Syria; Cabt; Hordeum vulgare; Barley; Rain;
Nitrogen fertilizers; Phosphorus fertilizers; Risk; Yield
response functions; Economic analysis; Rotations; Fallow; Dry
farming; Arid lands
Abstract: In the drier areas of Syria yields of barley, the
principal crop, are low. Due to the variability in rainfall,
fertilizer use is perceived as risky. Barley-fertilizer trials
have been conducted on farmer's fields over a period of four
years to investigate whether the large yield response to
fertilizer observed on research sites could be achieved under
farmers' conditions. Data were pooled across years and sites
and response functions estimated. Simple optimization analysis
shows that economic optimum fertilizer rates vary considerably
with rainfall and relative prices. Historical rainfall data
are combined with the estimated response functions, and
stochastic dominance analysis is used to compare the riskiness
of fertilizer treatments in terms of net benefits and benefit-
cost ratios. Results show that, given the estimated expected
rainfall in barley producing areas, fertilizer use, especially
at low levels, may not be as risky as has been believed.
Extensions of the methodology to include other environmental
variables, or to target recommendations, are discussed.
145 NAL Call. No.: SF380.I5
Indigenous goats: productivity in traditional livestock
systems of semi-arid Africa.
Wilson, R.T.
Scottsdale : Dairy Goat Journal Pub. Co; 1984.
International goat and sheep research v. 2 (3): p. 243-251.
ill; 1984. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Africa; Mali; Sudan; Kenya; Semiarid zones; Goat
keeping; Reproduction; Growth; Viability; Native livestock;
Traditional farming
146 NAL Call. No.: 56.9 SO3
Infiltration of simulated rainfall: tillage system and crop
residue effects. Unger, P.W.
Madison, Wis. : The Society; 1992 Jan.
Soil Science Society of America journal v. 56 (1): p. 283-289;
1992 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Soil water movement; Infiltration;
Mollisols; Winter wheat; Sorghum; Crop residues; Plowing;
Discing; Tillage; No-tillage; Aggregates; Size; Stability;
Soil organic matter; Soil water content; Sediment; Losses from
soil systems; Surface layers; Coverage; Surface roughness;
Runoff; Water erosion; Semiarid zones; Dry farming; Water
conservation
Abstract: Low precipitation limits dryland crop yields in
semiarid regions. Irrigation can increase yields, but
declining water supplies, competition for water, and high
pumping costs have caused an increased emphasis on water
conservation in many regions. Water conservation, however,
often is hindered by soil surface conditions that cause
runoff, even from small rainstorms. The objective of this
study was to determine the effect of tillage system and crop
residue [winter wheat, Triticum aestivum L.; grain sorghum,
Sorghum bicolor L.) Moench] treatments on infiltration of
simulated rainfall on Pullman (fine mixed, thermic Torrertic
Paleustoll) soil at Bushland, TX. Treatments were moldboard
plowing plus disking, rotary tillage, sweep tillage with
residues removed, and no-tillage with residues left in place,
no-tillage with residues removed, and no-tillage with residues
left in place. Different tillage systems caused significant
differences in soil aggregate size, aggregate stability,
organic-matter concentration, initial water content, sediment
loss during the rainstorms, bulk density, surface residue
cover, and surface roughness. Compared with the no-tillage
treatments, moldboard plowing usually caused the greatest
differences in the soil conditions. There was no close
relationship, however, between any soil condition and
infiltration. With limited residues, soil-loosening tillage
increased infiltration.
147 NAL Call. No.: 10 J822
Influence of dates of sowing on Brassica species under semi-
arid rainfed conditions of north-west India.
Saran, G.; Giri, G.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1987 Jun.
The Journal of agricultural science v. 108 (pt.3): p. 561-566;
1987 Jun. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Brassica; Eruca sativa; Oil plants; Seed
production; Sowing date; Temperatures; Arid regions; Rain-fed
farming; Yield components
148 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
Influence of mode and time of chlormequat chloride (CCC)
application on groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) under semi-arid
rainfed conditions in North-west India.
Giri, G.; Gangasaran
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1987 Jan.
Experimental agriculture v. 23 (1): p. 87-91; 1987 Jan.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Delhi; Arachis hypogaea; Chlormequat; Drought
resistance; Seed treatment; Foliar application; Leaf water
content; Crop yield; Root nodulation; Semiarid zones; Rain-fed
farming
149 NAL Call. No.: S605.5.B5
The influence of rainfall deficits on the abundance of
Helicoverpa (=Heliothis) armigera in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Pimbert, M.P.; Srivastava, C.P.
Oxon : A B Academic Publishers; 1991.
Biological agriculture and horticulture : an international
journal v. 8 (2): p. 153-176; 1991. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Andhra pradesh; Helicoverpa armigera; Outbreaks;
Semiarid zones; Tropics; Rain; Drought; Wind; Air temperature;
Infestation; Hosts of plant pests; Crops; Weeds; Host
preferences; Temporal variation; Population dynamics; Long
term experiments; Larvae; Light traps; Counting; Natural
enemies; Parasites of insect pests; Parasitoids; Predators of
insect pests; Spatial distribution; Migration; Insecticide
resistance; Nutrient content; Plant analysis; Insect control;
Wet season; Dry season; Dry farming
150 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Influence of water availability on yield of cowpea under
rainfed conditions. Ramana Rao, B.V.; Ramakrishna, Y.S.;
Daulay, H.S.
Pungalpara : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1984
Mar. Annals of arid zone v. 23 (1): p. 63-66; 1984 Mar.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Arid lands; Cowpeas; Yields; Rain-fed
farming; Water availability; Soil water; Evapotranspiration
151 NAL Call. No.: TP453.P7P557
Insectides, insect repellants and attractants from
arid/semiarid-land plants. Jacobson, M.
Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.
G.P.O.; 1983. Plants : the potentials for extracting protein,
medicines, and other useful chemicals : workshop proceedings /
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology
Assessment. p. 138-146, 28-31; 1983. Includes 58 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Arid lands; Semiarid zones; Insecticidal
plants; Commercial farming; Chemical constituents of plants;
Economic evaluation
152 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4P73
Integrated UNESCO/UNEP project on the arid lands of northern
Kenya and principal results (report 2).
Neronov, V.M.; Kydoyarova, I.Ya
New York, N.Y. : Allerton Press; 1986.
Problems of desert development (4): p. 62-73; 1986.
Translated from Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn, (4), 1986, p.
57-64. (QK938.D4P7). Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Rangelands; Arid zones; Agricultural
development; Livestock farming; Plant communities; Unesco;
Unep; Reports; Development aid
153 NAL Call. No.: SB193.F59
Intensive grazing in arid regions.
Heitschmidt, R.K.
Lexington, Ky. : The Conference; 1988.
Proceedings of the Forage and Grassland Conference. p.
340-353. ill; 1988. Literature review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Grazing systems; Intensive farming; Pasture
management; Livestock; Ecosystems; Energy conservation; Arid
regions
154 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN235
Intercropping of mustard with chickpea, lentil and barley in
drylands. Gangasaran; Giri, G.
New Delhi : Indian Society of Agronomy; 1985 Jun.
Indian journal of agronomy v. 30 (2): p. 244-250; 1985 Jun.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Delhi; Arid lands; Cicer arietinum;
Intercropping; Brassica juncea; Hordeum vulgare; Lens
culinaris; Seed production; Yields; Yield components; Dry
farming; Rain
155 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
Intercropping sorghum with cowpea in dryland farming systems
in Botswana. I. Field experiments and relative advantages of
intercropping. Lightfoot, C.W.F.; Tayler, R.S.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1987 Oct.
Experimental agriculture v. 23 (4): p. 425-434; 1987 Oct.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Botswana; Sorghum bicolor; Vigna sinensis;
Intercropping; Subsistence farming; Experimental design; Crop
yield; Semiarid zones
156 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
Intercropping sorghum with cowpea in dryland farming systems
in Botswana. II. Comparative stability of alternative cropping
systems.
Lightfoot, C.W.F.; Dear, K.B.G.; Mead, R.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1987 Oct.
Experimental agriculture v. 23 (4): p. 435-442; 1987 Oct.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Botswana; Sorghum bicolor; Vigna sinensis;
Intercropping; Continuous cropping; Farm income; Stability;
Semiarid zones; Quantitative analysis; Regression analysis
157 NAL Call. No.: 99.8 P17
An international study of the arid-zone land use problems. II.
Ahmad, S.
Peshawar : Pakistan Forest Institute; 1959 Apr.
The Pakistan journal of forestry v. 9: p. 96-117. ill; 1959
Apr. Literature review.
Language: English
Descriptors: Land development; Land resources; Land
management; Arid zones; Semiarid zones; Dry farming;
Afforestation; Sand dune stabilization; Desertification;
Grazing effects
158 NAL Call. No.: SB111.I55 1974
International Workshop on Farming Systems, November 18-21,
1974. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics Hyderabad International Crops Research Institute for
the Semi-Arid Tropics; 1975.
viii, 548 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographies.
Language: ENGLISH
Descriptors: Agriculture; Tropics; Agriculture; Arid regions
159 NAL Call. No.: HD1755.A44
Irrigated agriculture and mineralized water.
Young, R.A.; Horner, G.L.
Washington, D.C. : National Center for Food and Agric Policy,
Resources for the Future; 1986.
Agriculture and the environment / Tim T. Phipps, Pierre R.
Crosson, and Kent A. Price, editors. p. 77-116. ill., maps;
1986. Paper presented at a conference on "Agriculture and the
Environment," April, 1986, Washington, D.C. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wyoming; Colorado; Utah; Nevada; Arizona; New
Mexico; California; Irrigated farming; Arid lands;
Environmental pollution; Water composition and quality;
Mineral content; Groundwater pollution; Soil salinity;
Waterlogging; Environmental degradation; Costs; Economic
impact; Environmental policy; Agricultural policy; Pollution
by agriculture
160 NAL Call. No.: HD1755.A44
Irrigated agriculture and mineralized water: comment and
discussion. Frederick, K.D.
Washington, D.C. : National Center for Food and Agric Policy,
Resources for the Future; 1986.
Agriculture and the environment / Tim T. Phipps, Pierre R.
Crosson, and Kent A. Price, editors. p. 117-122; 1986. Paper
presented at a conference on "Agriculture and the
Environment," April, 1986, Washington, D.C. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Great basin and pacific slope; Western states of
U.S.A.; California; Irrigated farming; Arid lands;
Environmental pollution; Water composition and quality;
Mineral content; Soil salinity; Cost benefit analysis;
Environmental policy; Pollution by agriculture
161 NAL Call. No.: S542.A8A34
Irrigated food legume production in northwestern Australia.
McNeil, D.L.; Eagleton, G.E.
Canberra : Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research; 1987. ACIAR proceedings series (18): p. 221; 1987.
In the series analytic: Food legume improvement for Asian
farming systems / edited by E.S. Wallis and D.E. Byth.
Proceedings of international workshop held on September 1-5,
1986, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Language: English
Descriptors: Western australia; Leguminosae; Pulses; Semiarid
zones; Irrigated farming; Feasibility studies; Market research
162 NAL Call. No.: S613.S3
Irrigation in arid lands.
Stanhill, G.
London : Royal Society; 1986.
Scientific aspects of irrigation schemes : a Royal Society
discussion / organized by H.L. Penman ... [et al.].. p. 69-81.
plates; 1986. Published in Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London, series A, 1986, volume 316 (no.
1537), pages 261-273. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Israel; Arid lands; Irrigated farming;
Irrigation requirements; Leaching requirement; Hydrological
factors
163 NAL Call. No.: 56.8 J822
Lagoon leveling to permit annual cropping in semiarid areas.
Mickelson, R.H.; Greb, B.W.
Ankeny, Iowa : Soil Conservation Society of America; 1970 Jan.
Journal of soil and water conservation v. 25 (1): p. 13-16;
1970 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Colorado; Lagoons; Levelling; Annual field crops;
Dry farming; Semiarid zones; Forage; Crop yield; Costs; Soil
water; Zea mays; Sorghum; Water impoundment; Runoff water
164 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN283
Lentil and ideal pulse crop for dryland farming.
Lal, S.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1985 Jul.
Indian farming v. 35 (4): p. 23-24; 1985 Jul.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Arid zones; Lens culinaris; Dry farming;
Drought tolerance; Varieties; Crop yield
165 NAL Call. No.: SF191.W6
Livestock production in central Mali: sheep husbandry in the
traditional sector.
Wilson, R.T.
Rome, Italy : FAO; 1984.
World animal review (53): p. 8-14. ill., maps; 1984. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Mali; Arid zones; Sheep breeds; Animal husbandry;
Sheep farming; Animal geography
166 NAL Call. No.: aZ733.N3A54
The Llano Estacado experience: utilization of the arid lands
of Texas. Mason, R.
Beltsville, Md. : The Library; 1986 Apr.
Agricultural libraries information notes - National
Agricultural Library (U.S.), Science and Education
Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture v. 12 (4): p.
1-4. ill; 1986 Apr.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Arid lands; Dry farming; Arid climate;
Irrigated farming; Ranching; Rangelands
167 NAL Call. No.: S616.A358W33 no.2
Local varieties, planting strategies, and early season farming
activities in two villages of central Upper Volta.
Matlon, Peter J.
Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, South Africa : International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics,; 1980.
53 p. ; 28 cm.. (Applied Anthropology Documentation Project ;
1070 W.A. economics program progress report ; 2). June 1980.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Farm management; Upper
Volta; Decision making
168 NAL Call. No.: 26 T754
Maize population densities and spacings in Botswana.
Jones, M.J.
Guildford : Butterworth Scientific; 1986 Jan.
Tropical agriculture v. 63 (1): p. 25-29; 1986 Jan. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Botswana; Semiarid zones; Zea mays; Plant
density; Row spacing; Rain-fed farming; Crop yield
169 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Making the most of precious little.
Klass, L.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1986. Arizona land & people v. 37 (3): p. 14-17. ill; 1986.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Water harvesting; Tribal societies;
Deserts; Arid zones; Traditional farming; Water storage
170 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Managing crop residues to optimize crop/livestock production
systems for dryland agriculture.
Papendick, R.I.; Parr, J.F.; Meyer, R.E.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 253-272. ill; 1990. In
the series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Crop residues; Livestock farming; Animal
husbandry; Water conservation; Crop yield; Erosion control;
Runoff control; Water composition and quality; Arid lands
171 NAL Call. No.: TP360.I5
Mariculture on land--a system for biofuel farming in coastal
deserts. Wagener, K.
London, Allied Science Publishers; 1980 (pub.1981).
Proceedings ... Energy from biomass 1981).: p. 685-690. ill;
1980 (pub.1981). Includes 2 ref.
Language: English
Descriptors: Deserts
172 NAL Call. No.: TP360.B57
Mariculture on land--a system for biofuel farming in coastal
deserts. Wagener, K.
Barking, Essex, England, Applied Science Publishers; Oct 1981.
Biomass v. 1 (2): p. 145-158. ill; Oct 1981. 35 ref.
Language: English
173 NAL Call. No.: 340.8 IN8
Mass cultures of marine algae for energy farming in coastal
deserts (Subtropical conditions of Calabria, Italy).
Wagener, K.; IJBMA
Lisse : Swets & Zeitlinger; Nov 1983.
International journal of biometeorology v. 27 (3): p. 227-233.
ill; Nov 1983. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Italy
174 NAL Call. No.: GB618.71.W6 1975
Measures of sand stabilisation and farming practices in
deserts of western Rajasthan (India).
Singh, R.; Mathur, O.P.; Bhargava, P.D.
Calcutta : Geological Survey of India, 1982; 1982.
Proceedings of the Workshop on the Problems of the Deserts in
India, held at Jaipur during September 16-18, 1975. p.
369-374; 1982.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Deserts
175 NAL Call. No.: 100 Ut1 (3) no.3
Memoranda of plans for arid farm investigations.
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Logan : Utah Agricultural Experiment Station,; 1905.
29 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (Circular (Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station) ; no. 3.). Cover title.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Dry farming
176 NAL Call. No.: 100 Ut1 (3) no.1
Memoranda of plans for arid farm investigations.
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Logan : Utah Agricultural Experiment Station,; 1904.
62 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (Circular (Utah Agricultural Experiment
Station) ; no. 1.). Cover title.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Dry farming
177 NAL Call. No.: S1.S44
The metamorphosis of the "Great American Desert".
Dregne, H.E.; Willis, W.O.; Adams, M.K.
Ames, Iowa : Council for Agricultural Science and Technology;
1988 Jan. Science of food and agriculture v. 6 (1): p. 2-7.
ill., maps; 1988 Jan. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Canada; North central states of U.S.A.; South
central states of U.S.A.; Semiarid zones; Dry farming; Fallow
systems; Water management
178 NAL Call. No.: HD1.A3
A model for estimating potential market offtake from
subsistence herds. Uys, P.W.; Hearne, J.W.; Colvin, P.M.
Essex : Elsevier Applied Science Publishers; 1985.
Agricultural systems v. 17 (4): p. 211-229. ill; 1985.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Africa; Semiarid zones; Beef herds;
Pastoralism; Subsistence farming; Production possibilities;
Dynamic models; Fodder crops
179 NAL Call. No.: SB112.I52 no. 6
Modeling crop responses to irrigation in relation to soils,
climate, and salinity.
Hanks, R. J.; (Ronald J.),; 1927-; Hill, Robert Wimmer,; 1942-
Bet Dagan IIIC New York distributed by Pergamon Press; 1980.
66 p. ; 25 cm.. (International Irrigation Information Center.
IIIC publication ; no. 6). Bibliography: p. 65-66.
Descriptors: Irrigation farming; Mathematical models; Crops
and water; Mathematical models; Crop yields; Mathematical
models; Arid regions agriculture; Mathematical models;
Agricultural estimating and reporting
180 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Moisture and nitrate relations in dry-land agriculture.
Buckman, H.O.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1910.
Agronomy journal v. 2: p. 121-138; 1910. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Montana; Field crops; Dry farming; Arid lands;
Organic matter in soil; Nitrates; Fallow; Moisture relations;
Continuous cropping; Crop yield
181 NAL Call. No.: QC993.7.D4
The Negev--a desert reclaimed (Water resources, dry farming).
Schechter, Y.; Galai, C.
Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press; 1980.
Desertification : associated case studies presented for the
United Nations Conference on Desertification, edited by
Margaret R. Biswas and Asit K. Biswas.United Nations
Conference on Desertification (1977 : Nairobi, Kenya). p.
255-308. ill., maps; 1980.
Descriptors: Israel; Deserts
182 NAL Call. No.: TD172.J6
Nitrate leaching under irrigation in the United States--a
review. Ritter, W.F.
New York, N.Y. : Marcel Dekker; 1989.
Journal of environmental science and health : Part A :
Environmental science and engineering v. 24 (4): p. 349-378;
1989. Literature review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Irrigated farming; Arid regions; Humid
zones; Nitrates; Leaching; Water management
183 NAL Call. No.: S590.R4
Nitrogen status in desert soils under dry farming. Effect of
fig litter and goat egesta (Egypt).
El-Ayouty, E.Y.; Khadr, M.S.; Ghabbour, S.I.; Zaki, A.
Paris, Gauthier-Villars; Oct 1980.
Revue d'ecologie et de biologie du sol v. 17 (4): p. 509-524;
Oct 1980. 17 ref.
Descriptors: Egypt; Deserts
184 NAL Call. No.: 49 W89
A note on intensive fattening of Sudan Desert lambs.
Khalafalla, A.M.; El Khidir, O.A.
Rome : International Publishing Enterprises; 1985 Jul.
World review of animal production v. 21 (3): p. 41-43. ill;
1985 Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sudan; Lamb fattening; Deserts; Intensive
livestock farming; Fattening performance; Feedlots; Carcass
composition
185 NAL Call. No.: 100 SO82 (1)
No-till guidelines for the arid and semi-arid prairies.
Beck, D.L.; Doerr, R.
Brookings, S.D. : The Station; 1992 Mar.
Bulletin - Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State
University (712): p. 1-26; 1992 Mar.
Language: English
Descriptors: South Dakota; No-tillage; Farming systems;
Prairies; Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Field crops
186 NAL Call. No.: S604.37.N6
No-tillage crop production in the Tropics : proceedings of a
symposium held August 6-7, 1981, at Monrovia, Liberia.
Akobundu, I. O.; Deutsch, A. E.
West African Weed Science Society, International Weed Science
Society, International Plant Protection Center.
Corvallis, Or. International Plant Protection Center, Oregon
State University; 1983.
235 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.. (IPPC document (International Plant
Protection Center) ; 46-B-83.). Includes bibliographies.
Language: English
Descriptors: No-tillage; Tropics; Dry farming; Tropics; Arid
regions agriculture
187 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Nutrient balances in rainfed farming systems in arid and semi-
arid regions. Pieri, C.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 181-209. ill; 1983. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions; Semiarid zones; Field crops; Rain-
fed farming; Rotations; Soil fertility; Fertilizers; Nutrient
availability
188 NAL Call. No.: 10 EX72
On-farm experiments as a diagnostic method: constraints to
nitrogen fertilizer use on sorghum in semi-arid tropical
India.
Dvorak, K.A.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press; 1992 Apr.
Experimental agriculture v. 28 (2): p. 155-164; 1992 Apr.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Sorghum; Nitrogen fertilizers; Soil
fertility; Soil properties; Crop production; Farming systems;
Rain; Semiarid zones; Tropical climate
189 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Options for increasing pulse production in arid and semi-arid
areas. Acharya, S.S.
Jodhpur : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1986 Jun.
Annals of arid zone v. 25 (2): p. 151-156; 1986 Jun. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Pulses; Plant production; Yield
increases; Arid zones; Semiarid zones; Price support;
Marketing; Cooperative farming; Retail prices
190 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Organic matter changes in dry farming regions.
Sewell, M.C.; Gainey, P.L.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1932 Apr.
Journal of the American Society of Agronomy v. 24 (4): p.
275-283; 1932 Apr. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kansas; Triticum aestivum; Zea mays; Dry farming;
Soil organic matter; Arid regions; Soil analysis; Crop yield;
Carbon; Nitrogen; Manures; Straw; Continuous cropping;
Rotations; Sodic soils
Abstract: In a system of summer fallow once in 3 or 4 years
for the production of wheat, plowing for the fallow is done in
May or early June. At this time moisture conditions are
usually favorable for rapid decomposition of straw and the
whole summer period is allowed for it. Through the energy,
furnished by straw there may even be additions of nitrogen by
free fixation. But for the second or third crops after fallow,
it is essential that any turning under of stubble and straw be
done immediately after harvest and the soil packed order to
favor rapid decomposition.
191 NAL Call. No.: 22 AG83I
Organic recycling of su-babul for winter sorghum cultivated on
drylands. Narkhede, P.L.; Umrani, N.K.; Ghugare, R.V.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1984 May.
The Indian journal of agricultural sciences v. 54 (5): p.
444-446; 1984 May. Includes 2 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Maharashtra; Arid zones; Sorghum bicolor;
Leucaena leucocephala; Organic fertilizers; Recycling; Dry
farming; Soil amendments
192 NAL Call. No.: SB110.P3
Package versus graded technology.
Reddy, Y. V. R.
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (India)
Hyderabad, India : Central Research Institute for Dryland
Agriculture,; 1985. ii, 21 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (Research
bulletin (Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
(India)) ; no. 3.). Bibliography: p. 21.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; India; Arid regions agriculture;
India; Tillage; India
193 NAL Call. No.: SB950.3.E3E4
Persistence of some insecticides in semi-arid conditions in
Egypt. El Gamal, A. Amin
1984?; 1984.
37 leaves ; 28 cm. Cover title. Ministry of Health, Egypt ;
Dept. of Agriculture, U.S.A. October 1978 - September, 1984.
Grant no. FG-EG-162. Project no. EG-ARS-44. Bibliography:
leaves 36-37.
Language: English
Descriptors: Insecticides; Egypt; Arid regions agriculture;
Egypt; Irrigation farming; Egypt
194 NAL Call. No.: S3.A332
Pitcher farming (Irrigation technique in arid zones, India).
Rai, A.N.
Dacca : Agricultural Development Agencies in Bangladesh;
May/June 1982. ADAB news v. 9 (3): p. 24, 28; May/June 1982.
Language: English
Descriptors: India
195 NAL Call. No.: SB107.K49 1984
Plants for conservation of soil and water in arid ecosystems.
Morton, H.L.
London : Allen & Unwin; 1985.
Plants for arid lands : proceedings, Kew Internatl Conference
on Economic Plants for Arid Lands, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 23-27 July 1984 / editors, G.E.
Wickens, J.R.. p. 203-214; 1985. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Desert plants; Soil and water
conservation; Dry farming; Ecosystems; Drought resistance;
Resource utilization
196 NAL Call. No.: 26 T751
Potential for conservation farming in the dry zone of Sri
Lanka. Ferando, G.W.E.
Colombo : Ceylon, Dept. of Agriculture; 1981.
Tropical agriculturist v. 137: p. 137-145; 1981. Includes 8
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sri lanka; Arid zones; Soil conservation; Erosion
control; Mulching; Tillage
197 NAL Call. No.: SB107.K49 1984
The potential for the commercial utilisation of indigenous
plants in Botswana. Taylor, F.W.
London : Allen & Unwin; 1985.
Plants for arid lands : proceedings, Kew Internatl Conference
on Economic Plants for Arid Lands, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, 23-27 July 1984 / editors, G.E.
Wickens, J.R.. p. 231-242; 1985. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Botswana; Arid lands; Plant resources; Economic
development; Resource utilization; Commercial farming;
Anacardiaceae; Rubiaceae; Grewia; Citrullus lanatus
198 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Potentials of water harvesting in the dry regions.
Sing, S.D.
Pungalpara : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1985
Mar. Annals of arid zone v. 24 (1): p. 9-20. ill; 1985 Mar.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Arid zones; Water harvesting; Runoff
farming; Dry conditions; Crop yield; Production potential
199 NAL Call. No.: SB203.3.A43P6
A preliminary evaluation of legume ley farming in the
Australian semi-arid tropics.
McCown, R.L.; Winter, W.H.; Andrew, M.H.; Jones, R.K.; Peake,
D.C.I. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : International Livestock Centre
for Africa; 1986 Nov. Potentials of forage legumes in farming
systems of Sub-Saharan Africa : proceedings of a workshop held
at ILCA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16-19 September 1985 / edited
by I. Haque, S. Jutzi, P.J.H. Neate. p. 397-419; 1986 Nov.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Australian northern territory; Semiarid zones;
Tropics; Sown pastures; Rotations; Forage legumes; Mixed
cropping; Stylosanthes hamata; Alysicarpus vaginalis;
Centrosema pascuorum; Grazing trials; Liveweight gains; Soil
chemistry; Crop yield; Nitrogen content
200 NAL Call. No.: S472.N4P7
Present livestock situation in the Near East and the
possibility of developing integrated crop-livestock farming
systems.
Arid Lands Agricultural Development Program.
Beirut, Lebanon The Program; 1973.
14 leaves ; 28 cm.
Descriptors: Agriculture; Near East; Livestock; Near East
201 NAL Call. No.: SB110.B73
Principles and practices of dryland farming.
Brengle, K. G.
Boulder Colorado Associated University Press; 1982.
xii, 178 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 155-167.
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture
202 NAL Call. No.: 26 AG86
Problemes agro-pedologiques poses par la mise en valeur hydro-
agricole des sols des zones mediterraneennes semi-arides.
Example de la Basse-Moulouya, Maroc oriental [Agro-
pedological problems associated with land development through
irrigated farming in the semi-arid Mediterranean zones. A case
study: the lower Moulouya, eastern Morocco (Water management,
drainage, irrigation, salinity, tillage).].
Mathieu, C.; ATNMA
Paris : Institut de recherches agronomiques tropicales et des
cultures vivrieres; Jan/Mar 1982.
Agronomie tropicale v. 37 (1): p. 30-55. ill., maps; Jan/Mar
1982. Includes references.
Language: French; English; Spanish
Descriptors: Morocco; Semi-arid Zone
203 NAL Call. No.: GB611.P7
Problems and challenges of Egyptian agriculture: contemporary
subtropical arid land agriculture in Egypt.
Wallace, A.
Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Littlefield; 1987.
Progress in desert research / edited by Louis Berkofsky and
Morton G. Wurtele. p. 15-32. maps; 1987. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Crop husbandry; Deserts; Plant production;
Crop yield; Farming systems; Irrigated farming; Farm size;
Constraints; Agricultural development; Production
possibilities; Land reclamation
204 NAL Call. No.: S616.S68G87
Problemy mekhanizatsii vodosnabzheniia pustynnogo ovtsevodstva
Turkmenistana [Problems of the mechanization of the water
supply of desert sheep farming of Turkmenistan].
Guseinov, R. G.; Muradov, K. N.
Ashkhabad : Ylym,; 1991.
246 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. At head of title: Turkmenskii ordena
"Znak Pocheta" sel'skokhoziaistvennyi institut im. M.I.
Kalinira. Akademiia nauk Turkmenskoi SSR. Includes
bibliographical references (p. 238-245).
Language: Russian
Descriptors: Farm mechanization; Deserts
205 NAL Call. No.: S671.3.I52 1989
Proceedings of the Silver Jubilee Convention, January 5-7,
1989 food security through agricultural engineering
technology.. Food security through agricultural engineering
technology
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Convention (1989 :
Udaipur, India); Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
New Delhi : India : Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers,;
1989. 4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. "The Silver Jubilee Convention of
the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers is being
organised at the College of Technology and Agricultural
Engineering (CTAE), Rajasthan Agricultural University,
Udaipur, on January 5-7, 1989"--v. 1, pref. In the Indian
context. Includes bibliographies.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Agricultural engineering; Congresses; Arid
regions agriculture; Congresses; Irrigation farming;
Congresses
206 NAL Call. No.: SB110.S95 1980
Proceedings of the Symposium on Rainwater and Dryland
Agriculture, New Delhi, 3 October 1980.. Rain water and dry
land agriculture. Symposium on rain water and dry land
agriculture
Symposium on Rainwater and Dryland Agriculture 1980 New Delhi.
New Delhi Indian National Science Academy; 1982.
186, (2) p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Cover title: Symposium on rain
water and dry land agriculture. Spine title: Rain water and
dry land agriculture. Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; India; Congresses; Arid regions
agriculture; India; Congresses; Rain-water (Water-supply);
Congresses
207 NAL Call. No.: S19.J68
Production potential of rabi crops on aridisols under dryland
conditions in Haryana.
Singh, B.P.; Sharma, H.C.
Hissar : Directorate of Publicatications, Haryana Agricultural
University; 1984 Dec.
Journal of research - Haryana Agricultural University v. 14
(4): p. 455-459; 1984 Dec. Includes 4 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Haryana; India; Arid lands; Dry farming; Crop
production; Production potential; Arid soils
208 NAL Call. No.: 56.8 J822
Productivity losses from soil erosion on dry cropland in the
intermountain area.
Massee, T.W.; Waggoner, H.O.
Ankeny, Iowa : Soil Conservation Society of America; 1985 Sep.
Journal of soil and water conservation v. 40 (5): p. 447-450;
1985 Sep. Includes 9 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Idaho; Semiarid zones; Erosion; Soil moisture;
Soil water regimes; Soil fertility; Triticum aestivum; Land
productivity; Topsoil; Dry farming; Fertilizers
209 NAL Call. No.: 26 T754
Productivity of traditionally managed small ruminants in an
agro-pastoral system in Northern Burkina Faso.
Wilson, R.T.
Guildford : Butterworth Scientific; 1987 Jul.
Tropical agriculture v. 64 (3): p. 163-169; 1987 Jul.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Upper volta; Sahel; Sheep; Goats; Pastoralism;
Traditional farming; Animal husbandry; Reproductive
performance; Productivity; Weight; Semiarid zones; Least
squares
210 NAL Call. No.: S612.2.A37 1986
Prospects for rainfed agriculture in arid and semi-arid areas
of West Africa. Lallement, D.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank; 1986.
Development of rainfed agriculture under arid and semiarid
conditions : proceedings of the Sixth Agriculture Sector
Symposium / Ted J. Davis, editor. p. 99-123; 1986. Paper
presented at the Symposium on "Development of Rainfed
Agriculture Under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions," January
6-10, 1986, Washington, D.C. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: West Africa; Rain-fed farming; Arid regions;
Semiarid zones; Agricultural situation; Climatic factors;
Demography
211 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Prospects for rainfed agriculture in gullied and ravine
catchments through soil and water conservation practices.
Bhushan, L.S.; Yadav, R.C.; Singh, B.L.; Tiwari, A.K.; Singh,
M.; Gaur, M.L.; Ram, B.
London : Academic Press; 1992 Nov.
Journal of arid environments v. 23 (4): p. 433-441; 1992 Nov.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Uttar pradesh; Dry farming; Watersheds; Water
conservation; Soil conservation; Gully erosion; Gullied land;
Watershed management; Semiarid zones
212 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Radiation balance of dryland grain sorghum as affected by
planting geometry. Steiner, J.L.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1987 Mar.
Agronomy journal v. 79 (2): p. 259-265; 1987 Mar. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Sorghum bicolor; Row orientation; Row
spacing; Solar radiation; Radiation balance; Temperatures;
Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Stomatal resistance; Water
availability; Soil water depletion; Semiarid zones; Dry
farming
213 NAL Call. No.: S616.I4H8
Rainfed agriculture in a semi-arid tropical climate aspects of
land and water management for red soils in India.
Huibers, F. P.
Wageningen : Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen,; 1985.
xi, 193 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Vita. Propositions inserted.
Bibliography: p. 181-190.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; India; Arid regions agriculture;
India; Soil erosion; India; Water; India; Management
214 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Range management: problems and prospects in Rajasthan Desert.
Paroda, R.S.; Jatasra, D.S.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 138-145; 1984.
Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU Working
Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March 1983,
at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Includes 6
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Deserts; Range management; Erosion
control; Cattle farming
215 NAL Call. No.: SF85.A1R32
Rangeland management and livestock production in northeastern
China. Gates, D.H.
Denver, Colo. : Society for Range Management; 1986 Oct.
Rangelands v. 8 (5): p. 229-233. ill., maps; 1986 Oct.
Language: English
Descriptors: China; Rangelands; Range management; Livestock
farming; Surveys; Semiarid zones; Grazing; Resource management
216 NAL Call. No.: GB611.D47
Reflections on desertification 1977-1987: problems and
prospects. Rapp, A.
Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme; 1987.
Desertification control bulletin (15): p. 27-33. maps; 1987.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Africa; Desertification; Climatology; Land use;
Climatic change; Dry farming; Arid zones; International
cooperation
217 NAL Call. No.: S616.M628R44 1956
Regional Irrigation Practices Leadership Seminar, Izmir,
Turkey. Forsberg, Carl M.
United States, International Cooperation Administration,
Turkey, Tarim Bakanligi
Regional Irrigation Practices Leadership Seminar 1st : 1956 :
Izmir, Turkey. Washington, D.C.? : United States of America
International Cooperation Administration, [1956?]; 1956.
91 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Cover title. The seminar was under the
joint sponsorship of the International Cooperation
Administration and the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture ...
Carl M. Forsberg, Seminar Leader. Seminar held September 3-8,
1956.
Language: English
Descriptors: Irrigation; Arid regions agriculture; Irrigation
farming; Agricultural extension work
218 NAL Call. No.: S441.M4
Replenishing desert agriculture with native plants and their
symbionts. Nabhan, G.P.
San Francisco : North Point Press; 1984.
Meeting the expectations of the land : essays in sustainable
agriculture and stewardship / edited by Wes Jackson, Wendell
Berry, Bruce Colman. p. 172-182; 1984. References p. 244-245.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: U.S.A.; Mexico; Deserts; Dry farming; Water
resource management; Traditional farming; Natural flora
219 NAL Call. No.: SF5.W6 1983
Reproductive performance of traditionally managed goats and
sheep in semi-arid Africa and practical ways of improving it.
Wilson, R.T.
Tokyo, Japan : Japanese Society of Zootechnical Science; 1983.
New strategies for improving animal production for human
welfare : proceedings / the Fifth World Conference on Animal
Production, August 14-19, 1983. v. 2 p. 149-150; 1983.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sudan; Mali; Kenya; Goat keeping; Sheep
management; Traditional farming; Semiarid zones; Reproductive
performance
220 NAL Call. No.: SB110.R4
Research bulletin.. Research bulletin (International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics. Andra Pradesh, India The Institute,; 19uu.
v. : ill. ; 28 cm. Description based on: No. 3 (Nov. 1980).
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Collected works; Dry
farming; Collected works; Agriculture; Tropics; Collected
works; Field crops; Collected works
221 NAL Call. No.: S612.R47
Research report.. Research report (MART/AZR Project)
MART/AZR Project, International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas, Arid Zone Research Institute
(Pakistan)
Quetta, Pakistan : Pakistan Agricultural Research Council,
Arid Zone Research Institute, [1987-; 1987-9999.
v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. At head of title: International
Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas. Title from
cover.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; Dry farming; Dry
farming
222 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
The response of rice varieties to applied fertilizer in the
semi-arid zone in West Africa with special reference to
Richard Toll (Senegal) and Mopti (Mali). Enyi, B.A.C.; Camara,
I.; Das Gupta, D.K.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 325-357. maps; 1983.
Language: English
Descriptors: Senegal; Mali; West Africa; Semiarid zones;
Oryza sativa; Cultivars; Irrigated farming; Fertilizers;
Trials; Vertisols; Hydromorphic soils; Yields
223 NAL Call. No.: G1.G4
A return to prairie.
Baird, J.
London : Geographical Press Ltd; 1985 Nov.
The Geographical magazine v. 57 (11): p. 582-583. ill; 1985
Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kansas; Semiarid zones; Prairies; Ecology;
Natural flora; Farming systems; Soil conservation
224 NAL Call. No.: S612.A753
Revival of water harvesting methods in the Indian desert.
Tewari, A.K.
Tucson, Ariz. : Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of
Arizona; 1988. Arid lands newsletter v. 26: p. 2-8. ill; 1988.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Dry farming; Deserts; Water
harvesting; Rain-fed farming; Catchment planning; Channels
225 NAL Call. No.: 56.8 L76
Risks of desertification in dry-farming areas (Water
management, Australia). Mabbutt, J.A.
Sydney : Conservation Society of New South Wales; Sept 1982.
The Living earth v. 23 (4): p. 7, 9, 11; Sept 1982.
Language: English
Descriptors: Australia; Deserts
226 NAL Call. No.: S671.3.I52 1987
Role of agricultural engineering in dryland agriculture
proceedings of the XXIII Annual Convention, March 9-11, 1987,
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, held at Jawaharlal
Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, M.P. Indian Society
of Agricultural Engineers. Convention 1987 : Jawaharlal Nehru
Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya); Indian Society of Agricultural
Engineers New Delhi : The Society, [1981?]; 1987.
273 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Errata included. Includes
bibliographies.
Language: English
Descriptors: Agricultural engineering; Congresses; Arid
regions agriculture; Congresses; Irrigation farming;
Congresses
227 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.A45K46 1980
The role of leguminous and non-leguminous fodder trees and
shrubs in arid and semi-arid environments in Kenya.
Chabeda, A.E.O.
Nairobi : International Council for Research in Agroforestry;
1981. Kenya National Seminar on Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya,
12-22 November 1980 / organized jointly by the University of
Nairobi and ICRAF ; editor, Louise Buck. p. 397-409; 1981.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Leguminosae; Woody plants; Arid regions;
Semiarid climates; Livestock; Development projects; Forage
crops; Farming systems
228 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
The role of soil biodiversity in sustainable dryland farming
systems. Potter, C.S.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 241-251; 1990. In the
series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Sustained yield management; Erosion;
Marginal land; Environmental degradation; Farming systems
229 NAL Call. No.: S539.5.J68
Row width and plant density effects of Texas High Plains
sorghum. Jones, O.R.; Johnson, G.L.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1991 Oct.
Journal of production agriculture v. 4 (4): p. 613-619; 1991
Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Sorghum bicolor; Semiarid climate; Clay
loam soils; Dry farming; Precipitation; Seasonal variation;
Row spacing; Width; Stand density; Water use; Water use
efficiency; Biomass; Growth; Leaf area index; Crop yield;
Grain; Dry matter accumulation; Heading; Tillering;
Evapotranspiration; Water stress; Water deficit; Soil water
content; Drought resistance
230 NAL Call. No.: SF85.A1R32
Runoff farming.
Fink, D.H.; Ehrier, W.L.
Denver, Colo. : Society for Range Management; 1986 Apr.
Rangelands v. 8 (2): p. 53-54. ill; 1986 Apr. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Arid zones; Cupressus arizonica; Pinus
eldarica; Runoff farming; Water harvesting; Crop
establishment; Silviculture; Terracing; Water stress;
Irrigation
231 NAL Call. No.: GB611.P7
Run-off farming management and climate.
Bruins, H.J.; Evenari, M.; Rogel, A.
Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Littlefield; 1987.
Progress in desert research / edited by Louis Berkofsky and
Morton G. Wurtele. p. 3-14; 1987. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Israel; Climatic factors; Deserts; Runoff
farming; Farm management; Economics
232 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4P7
Runoff farming: potentials for arid lands [Principles and
criteria for estimation of natural-meliorative environment of
arid zone for areas of irrigation farming (exemplified by
Uzbekistan deserts)].
Rafikov, A.; Fink, D.H.; Ehrler, W.L.
Ashkhabad, "Ylym" Madison, Wis., American Society of Agronomy;
1978. Problemy osvoeniia pustyn'. Problems of desert
development; Agronomy abstracts (5): p. 31-39. ill p. 202;
1978. 4 ref.
; 1979.
. ; 1979.
Language: ENGLISH
Descriptors: USSR
233 NAL Call. No.: GB611.A3
Sahara farming irrigation problems and remedy recommendations.
Mirreh, H.F.
International Conference on the Applications of Science and
Technology for Desert Development, Cairo.
Chur, Switzerland, Harwood Academic Publishers; 1979.
Advances in desert and arid land technology and development v.
1: p. 231-247; 1979. 14 ref.
Language: ENGLISH
Descriptors: Africa; Deserts
234 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4J6
Secular changes in wet season structure in central Sudan.
Hulme, M.
London : Academic Press; 1987 Jul.
Journal of arid environments v. 13 (1): p. 31-46. maps; 1987
Jul. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sudan; Wet season; Climatic change; Arid zones;
Rain; Distribution; Rain-fed farming
235 NAL Call. No.: 57.8 SO4
Selling year-round in southwest.
Van Buren, N.
Peoria, Ill. : Solutions Magazine; 1985 Feb.
Solutions v. 29 (2): p. 86, 88-89. ill; 1985 Feb.
Language: English
Descriptors: New Mexico; Fertilizer industry; Arid lands;
Agribusiness; Sales; Irrigated farming
236 NAL Call. No.: S612.2.A37 1986
A semi-mechanised system for rainfed agriculture in semi-arid
areas of East Africa.
Macpherson, A.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank; 1986.
Development of rainfed agriculture under arid and semiarid
conditions : proceedings of the Sixth Agriculture Sector
Symposium / Ted J. Davis, editor. p. 164-193; 1986. Paper
presented at the Symposium on "Development of Rainfed
Agriculture Under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions," January
6-10, 1986, Washington, D.C. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: East Africa; Rain-fed farming; Semiarid zones;
Subsistence farming; Appropriate technology
237 NAL Call. No.: S633.5.I4S42 1984
Seminar on Accelerating Fertiliser Consumption in Rainfed
Areas of Madhya Pradesh, held on February 10, 1984 at Vallabh
Bhavan, Bhopal [proceedings. Tikhe, E. G.; Bharambe, L. S.
Seminar on Accelerating Fertiliser Consumption in Rainfed
Areas of Madhya Pradesh 1984 : Bhopal, India.
Bombay : Fertiliser Association of India, Western Region,;
1984. iv, 139 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. June 1984. Includes
bibliographies.
Language: English
Descriptors: Fertilizers; India; Madhya Pradesh; Congresses;
Arid regions agriculture; India; Madhya Pradesh; Congresses;
Dry farming; India; Madhya Pradesh; Congresses; Agriculture;
Economic aspects; India; Madhya Pradesh; Congreses
238 NAL Call. No.: S612.2.A37 1986
Session IV: developing institutions to minimize risk at the
farm level institutional possibilities to minimize risk at
farm level. Dillon, J.L.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank; 1986.
Development of rainfed agriculture under arid and semiarid
conditions : proceedings of the Sixth Agriculture Sector
Symposium / Ted J. Davis, editor. p. 294-317; 1986. Paper
presented at the Symposium on "Development of Rainfed
Agriculture Under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions," January
6-10, 1986, Washington, D.C. Literature review. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rain-fed farming; Risks; Semiarid zones; Arid
regions; Agricultural insurance
239 NAL Call. No.: FICHE 290.9 AM32P
Shading the feed manager to increase dairy production.
Wiersma, F.; Armstrong, D.V.
St. Joseph, Mich. : The Society; 1985.
Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Microfiche
collection) (fiche no. 85-4027): 7 p. ill; 1985. Paper
presented at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers. Available for purchase from: The
American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Order Dept., 2950
Niles Road,.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Arid regions; Dairy farming; Feed
troughs; Shading; Milk production
240 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Sheep and goat in the development of the Indian Desert.
Acharya, R.M.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 163-168; 1984.
Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU Working
Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March 1983,
at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Deserts; Agricultural development; Sheep
farming; Goat keeping; Development projects
241 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Sheep development in Indian Desert.
Kalla, S.D.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 169-175; 1984.
Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU Working
Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March 1983,
at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Deserts; Agricultural development; Sheep
farming
242 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN283
'SiA-326' a high-yielding variety of setaria for rainfed
conditions. Gurunadha Rao, Y.
New Delhi : Indian Council of Agricultural Research; 1985 Jul.
Indian farming v. 35 (4): p. 9, 11. ill; 1985 Jul. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Andhra pradesh; Hill land; Arid zones; Setaria
(gramineae); Varieties; Yield increases; Rain-fed farming;
Drought tolerance; Early maturation
243 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4I58
Silvipastoral farming for amelioration and increased land
productivity of the arid and semi-arid regions (North West
India).
Deb Roy, R.; Patil, B.D.; Pathak, P.S.
Jodhpur, India, Scientific Publishers, 1980; 1980.
Arid zone research and development : proceedings and selected
papers / editor-in-chief H.S. Mann.International Symposium on
Arid Zone Research and Development (1978 : Central Arid Zone
Research Institute, Jodhpur). p. 345-350; 1980. Bibliography
p. 350.
244 NAL Call. No.: aSD11.A42
Sistemas de produccion en zonas aridas: experiencia en
Latinoamerica [Production systems in arid zones (Latin
American experience)]. Maldonado Aguirre, L.J.
Fort Collins, Colo. : The Station; 1987 Dec.
General technical report RM - Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (150): p. 169-175, 253. maps; 1987 Dec. Paper
presented at the "Symposium on Strategies for Classification
and Management of Native Vegetation for Food Production in
Arid Zones," Oct 12-16, 1987, Tucson, Arizona. Includes
references.
Language: Spanish
Descriptors: Latin America; Agroforestry; Farming systems;
Arid lands
245 NAL Call. No.: S622.L26
Slow progress with integrated rural development programmes in
Kenya's Arid and Semiarid Lands.
Adams, M.E.
Chichester, West Sussex, England : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd;
1990 Oct. Land degradation & rehabilitation v. 2 (4): p.
285-299; 1990 Oct. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Rural development; Arid lands; Semiarid
zones; Development projects; Program development; Local
authority areas; Poverty; Population growth; Food supply; Self
sufficiency; Dry farming; Sustainability; Agricultural
production; Environmental degradation; Natural resources;
Human resources; Resource development; Development agencies
246 NAL Call. No.: S542.A8A34
Smallholder farming in semi-arid eastern Kenya--basic issues
relating to the modelling of adoption.
Muhammad, L.W.; Parton, K.A.
Canberra : Australian Centre for International Agricultural
Research; 1992. ACIAR proceedings (41): p. 119-123; 1992. In
the series analytic: A search for strategies for sustainable
dryland cropping in semi-arid eastern Kenya / edited by M.E.
Probert. Paper presented at a symposium held Dec 10-11, 1990,
Nairobi, Kenya. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Farm management; Innovation adoption;
Semiarid zones
247 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Soil management for optimized productivity under rainfed
conditions in the semi-arid tropics.
El-Swaify, S.A.; Pathak, P.; Rego, T.J.; Singh, S.
New York : Springer-Verlag; 1985.
Advances in soil sciences v. 1: p. 1-64. ill., maps; 1985.
Literature review. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Semiarid zones; Tropics; Soil management;
Vertisols; Alfisols; Rain-fed farming; Land productivity
248 NAL Call. No.: GB611.D47
Some agricultural considerations in the planning of runoff
farming. Orev, Y.
Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme; 1988.
Desertification control bulletin (16): p. 13-16. ill; 1988.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Israel; Runoff farming; Arid zones; Catchment
planning; Economics; Energy requirements; Dikes
249 NAL Call. No.: SB111.A2P75 no.4
Some dimensions of traditional farming in semi-arid tropical
India. Jodha, N. S.
Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; 1979.
31 p. ; 29 cm.. (Progress report / International Crops
Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ; 4). Cover
title. Bibliography: p. 30-31.
Language: English
Descriptors: Agriculture; India; Cropping systems; India; Arid
regions agriculture; India
250 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Some like it hot.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 6-7. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Capsicum; Chillies; Small farms; Plant
production; Irrigated farming; Arid zones
251 NAL Call. No.: S619.S24C6
Some physiological aspects of salt tolerance in plants.
Raafat, A.
Davis : University of California, Davis?, 1981? :.; 1981. A
Conference on biosalinity : the problem of salinity in
agriculture : a joint conference of Egyptian, Israeli and
American scientists, Univ. of California, Davis, September
1-4, 1981 / organized and. p. 57-62; 1981. Includes 6
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Egypt; Arid regions; Triticum; Plant physiology;
Soil salinity; Stress conditions; Salt tolerance; Yields;
Irrigated farming
252 NAL Call. No.: S918.I4R47
Some problems and prospects in resource management in the
aridlands. Qureshi, S.
New Delhi : Rajesh Publications; 1984.
Resource management in drylands : the Rajasthan example /
edited by Horst G. Mensching, R.C. Sharma. p. 261-263; 1984.
Paper presented at the international meeting of IGU Working
Group on "Resource Management in Drylands," held March 1983,
at Jawaharal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Language: English
Descriptors: India; Deserts; Arid lands; Desert soils; Land
management; Dry farming
253 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4P73
Some results of study and improvement of desert pastures in
Turkmenistan and prospects for their development.
Mukhammedov, G.M.; Nikolaev, V.N.
New York, N.Y. : Allerton Press; 1984.
Problems of desert development (5): p. 50-57; 1984. Includes
15 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Turkmen ssr; Deserts; Pastures; Nutritive value;
Fodder crops; Pasture management; Livestock; Sheep farming
254 NAL Call. No.: 6 P9452
Somewhere in Cochise County.
Tucson, Ariz. : College of Agriculture, University of Arizona;
1989. Arizona land & people v. 39 (1): p. 18-20. ill; 1989.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Small farms; Vegetables; Honey; Organic
farming; Arid zones; Soil fertility
255 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.W3A3
Spatial variability of rainfall and yield of maize in a
semiarid region. Gurovich, L.A.; Ramos, R.
Amsterdam : Elsevier Scientific; 1985 May.
Agricultural water management v. 10 (1): p. 13-29; 1985 May.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Latin America; Semiarid zones; Zea mays; Crop
yield; Rain-fed farming; Irrigated farming;
Evapotranspiration; Water stress
256 NAL Call. No.: SB110.S727 1981
The status and challenge of dryland agriculture in developing
countries of the tropics and subtropics.
Sprague, Howard Bennett,
United States, Agency for International Development, Bureau
for Program and Policy Coordination, Rural Development
Division
Washington, D.C. : U.S.A.I.D.,; 1981.
vi, 119, 3 p. : maps ; 28 cm. "February 1981."--Cover.
Language: English; English
Descriptors: Dry farming; Arid regions agriculture;
Agriculture
257 NAL Call. No.: 280.8 J822
A stochastic dominance analysis of tillage and crop insurance
practices in a semiarid region.
Williams, J.R.
Ames, Iowa : American Agricultural Economics Association; 1988
Feb. American journal of agricultural economics v. 70 (1): p.
112-120; 1988 Feb. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Western states of U.S.A.; South central states of
U.S.A.; Wheat; Sorghum; Tillage; Crop insurance; Semiarid
zones; Stochastic processes; Risks; Soil and water
conservation; Soil moisture; Dry farming
258 NAL Call. No.: S599.5.A1A37 1991
Strategies for improving the sustainability of dryland/rainfed
farming systems.
Parr, J.F.; Papendick, R.I.; Hornick, S.B.; Meyer, R.E.
Cairo, Egypt : [Ain Shams University, Faculty of Agriculture];
1993. Second African Soil Science Society Conference on Soil
and Water Management for Sustainable Productivity :
proceedings of the conference at the Egyptian International
Center for Agriculture, Cairo, Egypt, November 4-10, 1991 /.
p. 31-43; 1993. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Soil conservation; Sustainability; Semiarid
zones; Alternative farming
259 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Strategies for increasing the productivity and stability of
dryland farming systems.
Whitman, C.E.; Meyer, R.E.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 347-358; 1990. In the
series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Farming systems; Plant production;
Yield increases; Germplasm
260 NAL Call. No.: 10 OU8
Strategies for sustainable crop production in semi-arid
Africa. McCown, R.L.; Keating, B.A.; Probert, M.E.; Jones,
R.K.
Oxon : C.A.B. International; 1992 Mar.
Outlook on agriculture v. 21 (1): p. 21-31; 1992 Mar.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Farming systems research; Mixed farming;
Sustainability; Crop production; Population growth; Semiarid
zones; Small farms
261 NAL Call. No.: QH541.5.D4A1
Studies on correlations and path coefficient analysis in
clusterbean under rainfed conditions.
Henry, A.; Mathur, B.K.
Jodhpur : Arid Zone Research Association of India; 1987 Sep.
Annals of arid zone v. 26 (3): p. 157-162; 1987 Sep. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Rajasthan; Cyamopsis tetragonoloba; Genotypes;
Grain; Seed production; Rain-fed farming; Yield response
functions; Correlation analysis; Path coefficients; Plant
height; Maturation; Rain; Environmental factors; Arid zones
262 NAL Call. No.: 22 IN235
Studies on cropping systems under semi-arid rainfed conditions
of North-West India.
Gajendra Giri; Gangasaran
New Delhi : Indian Society of Agronomy; 1984 Jun.
Indian journal of agronomy v. 29 (2): p. 162-169; 1984 Jun.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Delhi; Semiarid zones; Rain-fed farming; Cropping
systems
263 NAL Call. No.: S3.A32
Sustainable development of fragile lands: the case of
extensive livestock production in Africa.
Gow, D.D.
Barking, Essex : Elsevier Applied Science; 1987.
Agricultural administration and extension v. 24 (1): p. 3-32;
1987. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Africa; Developing countries; Extensive livestock
farming; Arid zones; Tropics; Environmental degradation;
Program effectiveness; Program development; Holistic approach;
Land tenure; Rural sociology; Institution building
264 NAL Call. No.: SB197.A1T7
Sustaining multiple production systems. 4. Ley pastures in
crop-livestock systems in the semi-arid tropics.
Jones, R.K.; Dalgliesh, N.P.; Dimes, J.P.; McCown, R.L.
St Lucia : Tropical Grassland Society of Australia; 1991 Jun.
Tropical grasslands v. 25 (2): p. 189-196; 1991 Jun. Paper
presented at the "Fourth Australian Conference on Tropical
Pastures," November, 1990, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Australia; Tropical grasslands; Leys; Pastures;
Ley farming; Agropastoral systems; Multiple land use;
Sustainability; Semiarid zones; Rotations; Plant residues;
Stand establishment; Soil fertility; Nitrogen content;
Nitrogen fixation; Leguminosae; Botanical composition;
Productivity; Animal production; Cattle; Liveweight gain;
Grassland management
265 NAL Call. No.: SB197.A1T7
Sustaining multiple production systems. 5. Sowing pastures for
marginal cropping lands in the subtropics.
Bellotti, W.D.; Bowman, A.; Silcock, R.G.
St Lucia : Tropical Grassland Society of Australia; 1991 Jun.
Tropical grasslands v. 25 (2): p. 197-204; 1991 Jun. Paper
presented at the "Fourth Australian Conference on Tropical
Pastures," November, 1990, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Queensland; New South Wales; Multiple land use;
Tropical grasslands; Sown grasslands; Agropastoral systems;
Sustainability; Subtropics; Soil fertility; Pastures;
Sequential cropping; Productivity; Persistence; Stand
establishment; Grassland management; Dry farming; Semiarid
zones; Pasture plants; Sowing date; Crop weed competition
266 NAL Call. No.: SB110.S95 1980
Symposium on Rainwater and Dryland Agriculture, New Delhi,
October 3, 1980 : summary & recommendations.. Summary on Rain
Water and Dry Land Agriculture Symposium on Rainwater and
Dryland Agriculture 1980 New Delhi Symposium on Rainwater and
Dryland Agriculture (1980 New Delhi.
New Delhi Indian National Science Academy; 1981.
26 p. ; 23 cm. Cover title: Symposium on Rain Water and Dry
Land Agriculture.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; India; Congresses; Arid regions
agriculture; India; Congresses; Rain-water (Water-supply);
Congresses
267 NAL Call. No.: S616.I4T4
Technical report.. Technical report (All India Coordinated
Research Project on Dryland Agriculture)
All India Coordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Varanasi, U.P. Indian Council of Agricultural Research,; 19uu.
v. ; 32 cm. Description based on: Vol. 23 (rabi 1981-82).
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; India; Collected works;
Dry farming; India; Collected works
268 NAL Call. No.: TD201.W92
Tigrayan test-bed.
Bennett, J.
London, Eng. : T. Telford Ltd; 1985 May.
World water v. 8 (4): p. 26-27. ill; 1985 May.
Language: English
Descriptors: Ethiopia; Arid zones; Drought; Irrigated farming;
Crop yield; Rain-fed farming
269 NAL Call. No.: S590.A48
Tillage systems and equipment for dryland farming.
Jones, O.R.; Allen, R.R.; Unger, P.W.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1990.
Advances in soil sciences v. 13: p. 89-130. ill; 1990. In the
series analytic: Dryland Agriculture: Strategies for
Sustainability / edited by R.P. Singh, J.F. Parr, and B.A.
Stewart. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid lands; Tillage; Climatic factors;
Conservation
270 NAL Call. No.: SB110.T7 1981
Training course on Dryland Technology, January 15-21, 1981,
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland
Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural
Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. All India Coordinated
Research Project for Dryland Agriculture, India, Dept. of
Rural Reconstruction
Training Course on Dryland Technology 1981 : Banaras Hindu
University. Varanasi : The Dept., [1981?]; 1981.
1 v. (various pagings) ; 29 cm. Cover title. Mimeographed.
Includes bibliographies.
Language: English
Descriptors: Dry farming; India; Congresses; Arid regions
agriculture; India; Congresses
271 NAL Call. No.: QH540.E288
Transitional climate zones and biome boundaries: a case study
from China. Fu, C.
New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag; 1992.
Ecological studies : analysis and synthesis v. 92: p. 394-402;
1992. In the series analytic: Landscape boundaries:
Consequences for biotic diversity and ecological flows /
edited by A. J. Hansen and F. di Castri. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: China; Plant ecology; Ecotones; Boundaries;
Landscape; Plant communities; Tropical climate; Semiarid
climate; Subtropics; Climatic zones; Climatic change; Animal
husbandry; Farming; History
272 NAL Call. No.: QK938.D4D4
Trichocereus as a potential nursery crop in southern Arizona,
with discussion of the Opuntia Borer (Cerambycidae: Moneilema
gigas) as a serious threat to its cultivation.
Crosswhite, C.D.; Crosswhite, F.S.
Superior : University of Arizona; 1986.
Desert plants v. 7 (4): p. 195-203. ill; 1986. Includes
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arizona; Deserts; Trichocereus spachianus;
Nurseries; Coleoptera; Plant damage; Insect control;
Ornamental plants; Commercial farming; Fungal diseases;
Bacterial diseases
273 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.A45P53
UNESCO's Integrated Project on Arid Land (IPAL): a
silvopastoral approach. Lamprey, H.F.
Nairobi, Kenya : International Council for Research in
Agroforestry; 1983. Plant research and agroforestry :
proceedings of a consultative meeting held in Nairobi, 8 to 15
April 1981 / edited by Peter A. Huxley. p. 129-136. ill; 1983.
Includes 8 references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Kenya; Africa; Arid zones; Forests; Deserts;
Agroforestry; Silviculture; Cattle farming; Grassland
management; Mixed farming; Agricultural development; Pilot
projects; Soil conservation
274 NAL Call. No.: S612.2.W3
The use of fertilizers under dry farming conditions of semi-
arid regions: conditioning factors (Spain).
Hernando, V.; Pardo, M.T.
Gottingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany : Centre International des
Engrais Chimiques, (1981); 1981.
Water and fertilizer use for food production in arid and
semiarid zones : 1979, November 26th-December 1st : Garyounis
University, Benghazi, Libya : proceedings / edited by E.
Welte. p. 241-253. ill; 1981. 2 p. ref.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid Zone; Semi-arid Zone
275 NAL Call. No.: S494.5.I5C33
Vers une transformation de l'agriculture dans les zones semi-
arides tunisiennes: dynamique des exploitations et des
familles agricoles dans la region de Zaghouan [Towards the
transformation of agriculture in semiarid areas in Tunisia:
dynamics of farms and farm families in the Zaghouan region].
Aubry, C.; Besse, T.; Elloumi, M.; Gana, A.; Gara, M.;
Sebillotte, M.; Soler, L.G.; Souki, K.
Montpellier : Recherche-Developpement for the Departement
Systemes Agraires, CIRAD; 1988 Dec.
Les Cahiers de la recherche developpement (20): p. 61-74.
maps; 1988 Dec. Includes references.
Language: French
Descriptors: Tunisia; Rural development; Constraints;
Employment; Farms; Farm management; Farming systems;
Agricultural situation; Semiarid zones
276 NAL Call. No.: S631.C63 1983
Water and fertilizer management for wheat in Pakistan.
Saleem, M.T.
Bern, Switzerland : The Institute; 1983.
Nutrient balances and the need for fertilizers in semi-arid
and arid regions : proceedings of the 17th Colloquium of the
International Potash Institute held in Rabat and Marrakech,
Morroco. p. 359-385. ill., maps; 1983. Includes 30
references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Pakistan; Semiarid zones; Triticum; Irrigated
farming; Rain-fed farming; Fertilizers; Water management;
Yield increases; Statistics
277 NAL Call. No.: S590.2.F88
Water management in semi-arid and sub-humid regions.
Stewart, B.A.
Madison, Wis., : Soil Science Society of America; 1987.
Future developments in soil science research : a collection of
SSSA golden anniversary contributions presented at the annual
meeting in New Orleans, LA, 30 Nov. -5 Dec. 1986 / editorial
committee, L.L. Boersma [et. al.].. p. 337-350. maps; 1987.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Water management; Dry farming; Fallow; Farm area;
Production possibilities; Semiarid zones; Soil water; Tillage;
Water conservation
278 NAL Call. No.: QK1.T37
Water management strategies for salinity control.
Van Schilfgaarde, J.
Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers; 1993.
Tasks for vegetation science (28): p. 371-377; 1993. In the
series analytic: Towards the rational use of high salinity
tolerant plants. 2. Agriculture and forestry under marginal
soil water conditions / edited by H. Lieth and A.A. Al Masoom.
Proceedings of the 1st ASWAS Conference held December 8-15,
1990, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Literature review.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Crop production; Irrigation; Irrigation water;
Saline water; Brackish water; Salinity; Water management; Arid
regions; Literature reviews; Irrigated farming
279 NAL Call. No.: 100 T31M
Water management with conservation tillage.
Unger, P.W.; Gerard, C.J.; Matocha, J.E.; Hons, F.M.;
Bordovsky, D.G.; Wendt, C.W.
College Station, Tex. : The Station; 1987 Jul.
Miscellaneous publication MP - Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station (1636): p. 16-22; 1987 Jul. Paper presented at the
Southern Region No-Tillage Conference on "Conservation
Tillage: Today and Tomorrow," July 1-2, 1987, College Station,
Texas. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Field crops; Water management; Tillage;
Crop residues; Semiarid zones; Fallow systems; Dry farming;
Irrigation systems
280 NAL Call. No.: QE1.G38
Water resource development and land settlement in southern
Peru: The Majes Project.
Maos, J.O.
Wiesbaden, W. Ger. : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft; 1985
Jul. GeoJournal v. 11 (1): p. 69-78. ill., maps; 1985 Jul.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Peru; Coastal areas; Deserts; Irrigated farming;
Agricultural development; Water storage; Hydroelectric
schemes; Rural settlement
281 NAL Call. No.: S616.U5W3
Water-related technologies for sustainable agriculture in
arid/semiarid lands : selected foreign experience.
United States, Congress, Office of Technology Assessment.
Washington, D.C. : Congress of the United States, Office of
Technology Assessment for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.
G.P.O.; 1983. viii, 82 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.. (OTA
background papers). "May 1983"--P. (4) of cover. "OTA-BP-
F-20"--P. (4) of cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; United States;
Agricultural innovations; United States; Arid regions;
Research; United States; Irrigation farming; United States
282 NAL Call. No.: S616.U5W32
Water-related technologies for sustainable agriculture in U.S.
arid/semiarid lands summary.
United States, Congress, Office of Technology Assessment
Washington, D.C. : Congress of the United States, Office of
Technology Assessment : for sale by Supt. of Docs.,; 1983.
27 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Cover title. October 1983. OTA-
F-213. Includes bibliographical references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Arid regions agriculture; West (U.S.); Irrigation
farming; West (U.S.); Water resources development; West
(U.S.); Water use; West (U.S.); Renewable natural resources;
West (U.S.)
283 NAL Call. No.: 100 C12CAG
Weed management on specialty farms.
Bell, C.E.; Durazo, A. III; Elmore, C.L.
Berkeley : The Station; 1985 Nov.
California agriculture - California Agricultural Experiment
Station v. 39 (11/12): p. 17-18. ill; 1985 Nov.
Language: English
Descriptors: California; Deserts; Specialized farming; Small
farms; Weed control; Plastic mulches; Herbicides
284 NAL Call. No.: GB611.A3
Wind erosion and rainfed agricultural systems in a semiarid
environment. Fryrear, D.W.
Chur, Switzerland : Harwood Academic Publishers; 1991.
Advances in desert and arid land technology and development v.
5: p. 325-337; 1991. In series analytic: Desert Development,
Part 1: Desert Agriculture, Ecology and Biology / edited by A.
Bishay and H. Dregne. Proceedings of the Second International
Desert Development Conference, held Jan 25-31, 1987, Cairo,
Egypt. Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Wind erosion; Erosion control; Rain; Dry farming;
Semiarid zones
285 NAL Call. No.: 4 AM34P
Wing-chisel plow for in-row conservation tillage.
Heilman, M.D.; Valco, T.D.
Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy; 1988 Nov.
Agronomy journal v. 80 (6): p. 1009-1011. ill; 1988 Nov.
Includes references.
Language: English
Descriptors: Texas; Chisel plows; Innovations; Minimum tillage
systems; Semiarid zones; Design criteria; Dry farming; Row
tillage; Plant residues; Soil properties
Abstract: Conservation tillage in the semiarid subtropical
region of South Texas should both maintain soil moisture and
reduce wind erosion. Farming in the area historically uses
seven to 10 tillage operations to prepare land for planting.
The newly developed wing-chisel has been effective in the
once-over desiccation of stubble from recently harvested
crops. Additional benefits have included deep tillage to break
any existing hardpan, controlled tractor traffic by using the
chisel as an in-row implement for a ridge-till planting
configuration, increased infilatration rates, and maintaining
plant residue on soil surface. The plow, which is simple in
design, when added to either disc or lister bedders becomes a
once-over tillage implement that accomplishes all necessary
soil preparation between harvest and planting. Winter weed
control between grain harvest and planting is accomplished by
the use of contact herbicides.
286 NAL Call. No.: S605.5.I45 1989
Zai: traditional techniques as a source of Sahelian soil
productivity increase.
Abdoulaye, O.
Witzenhausen? : Ekopan; 1990.
Agricultural alternatives and nutritional self-sufficiency :
for a sustainable agricultural system that respects man and
his environment : proc of the IFOAM Seventh Int Scientific
Conference, Ouagadougou, January 2-5, 1989. p. 97-101; 1990.
Language: English
Descriptors: Sahel; Burkina faso; Farming systems; Traditional
farming; Arid lands; Agricultural production; Projects;
Traditional technology; Soil fertility; Regeneration;
Sustainability; Seedbed preparation; Composts; Sowing; Erosion
control; Infiltration; Runoff; Desertification; Drought
Author Index
(Ajay Kumar) 89
(Ronald J.) 179
Abdelmoneum, M.A.S. 117
Abdoulaye, O. 286
Acharya, R.M. 240
Acharya, S.S. 189
Adams, M.E. 245
Adams, M.K. 177
Adams, R.P. 47
Afzal, A. 41
Agarwal, M.C. 55
Ahmad, S. 157
Akhmedzhanov, M. A. 106
Akobundu, I. O. 186
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture
66
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland
Agriculture, India, Dept. of Rural Reconstruction 270
All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland
Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research 65
All India Coordinated Research Project on Dryland Agriculture,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research. 267
Allan, A.Y. 61
Allen, R.R. 269
Andrew, M.H. 199
Apsey, S. 16
Archibald, K.A.E. 116
Arid Lands Agricultural Development Program. 200
Armstrong, D.V. 239
ATNMA 202
Aubry, C. 275
Auld, D.L. 17
Ayers, R.S. 40
Ayerza, R. 92
Bailey, E. 144
Baird, J. 223
Baker, D. 45
Bakshi, R.K. 90
Bansal, R.K. 103
Beck, D.L. 185
Beetle, Alan A. 8
Bekzhanov, S. 70
Bell, C.E. 283
Bellotti, W.D. 46, 265
Ben-Hur, M. 95
Bennett, J. 268
Berliner, P.R. 98
Besse, T. 275
Bharambe, L. S. 237
Bhargava, P.D. 174
Bhushan, L.S. 211
Blackshaw, R.E. 14
Boman, Brian J. 63
Bordovsky, D.G. 279
Bowen, M.E. 31
Bowman, A. 265
Brengle, K. G. 201
Bruins, H.J. 231
Bryde, J.A. 67
Buckman, H.O. 180
Butcher, W.R. 88
Camara, I. 222
Cannell, Glen H., 9
Carpenter, J. B. 15
Cartee, R.L. 77
Center for People, Food, and Environment 122
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (India) 23,
192
Chabeda, A.E.O. 227
Chan, K.Y. 46
Chaudhry, M. 84
Chaudhry, M.S. 85
Chauhan, Y.S. 2
Cho, T. 119
Cleveland, David A. 122
Cocks, Philip Stanley,_1939- 115
Colvin, P.M. 178
Cook, P.G. 129
Cooke, G.W. 58
Cooper, P.J.M. 143
Coughlin, R. 42
Crosswhite, C.D. 272
Crosswhite, F.S. 272
Daisley, L.E.A. 30
Dalgliesh, N.P. 264
Damania, A.B. 125
Das Gupta, D.K. 222
Das, S.K. 72
Daulay, H.S. 150
Daurenbekov, N.J. 70
Day, J.C. 88
De Boer, A.J. 35
Dear, K.B.G. 156
Deb Roy, R. 243
Deforce, R.J. 111
Deutsch, A. E. 186
Dillon, J.L. 238
Dimes, J.P. 264
Doerr, R. 185
Donovan, T.J. 39
Dosekeev, Kh.S. 70
Douglas, C.L. Jr 13
Dregne, H.E. 177
Ducrocq, Michel 32
Durazo, A. III 283
Dvorak, K.A. 188
Dvorianov, V.N. 70
Eagleton, G.E. 161
Ehrier, W.L. 230
Ehrler, W.L. 108, 232
El Gamal, A. Amin 193
El Houri Ahmed, A. 97
El Khidir, O.A. 184
El-Ayouty, E.Y. 183
El-Kheshen, K. 49
El-Lakany, M.H. 11
El-Swaify, S.A. 139, 247
Elloumi, M. 275
Elmore, C.L. 283
Elnadief, S.A. 4
Engstrom, R. 27
Entz, M.H. 12
Enyi, B.A.C. 222
Essiet, E.U. 53
Evenari, M. 231
Faragalla, A.A. 137
Faroda, A.S. 91
Ferando, G.W.E. 196
Finch, V. 43
Fink, D.H. 108, 230, 232
Foran, B. 26
Forsberg, Carl M. 217
Foster, K.F. 69
Fowler, D.B. 12
Francis, R.L. 30
Francois, L.E. 39
Frederick, K.D. 160
Fryrear, D.W. 284
Fu, C. 271
Gainey, P.L. 190
Gajendra Giri 262
Galai, C. 181
Gana, A. 275
Gangasaran 148, 154, 262
Gara, M. 275
Garcia-Olmedo, F. 60
Gates, D.H. 215
Gaugh, S. 104
Gaur, M.L. 211
Gerard, C.J. 279
Ghabbour, S.I. 183
Ghosh, T.K. 100
Ghugare, R.V. 191
Gilbert, H. 79, 82
Giri, G. 93, 147, 148, 154
Goel, A.C. 55
Gow, D.D. 263
Greb, B.W. 163
Gregory, P.J. 143
Grove, A.T. 28
Gupta, J.P. 62
Gurovich, L.A. 255
Gurunadha Rao, Y. 242
Guseinov, R. G. 204
Gutierrez-Aleman, N. 35
Hall, Anthony E., 9
Hamdan, I.Y. 36
Hammerton, J. 116
Hanagarth, W. 87
Hanks, R. J. 179
Hardaker, J.B. 111
Harmsen, K. 61, 117
Harris, H.C. 143
Harriss, B. 7
Hearne, J.W. 178
Heathcote, R.L. 74
Heilman, M.D. 285
Heitschmidt, R.K. 153
Helweg, O.J. 110
Henry, A. 261
Hepperly, P.R. 57
Hernando, V. 274
Hill, Robert Wimmer, 63, 179
Hons, F.M. 279
Horner, G.L. 159
Hornick, S.B. 142, 258
Hughes, D.W. 88
Huibers, F. P. 213
Hulme, M. 234
Hussain, N.M. 36
Hutchinson, B. 16
IJBMA 173
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers 205, 226
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Convention (1989 :
Udaipur, India) 205
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Convention 1987 :
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya) 226
Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Agriculture 48
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry
Areas 132, 133
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics 38, 134
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid
Tropics 135
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics 158, 38
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics. 220
Jacobson, M. 151
Jatasra, D.S. 214
Jawanda, J.S. 50
Jayne, J.A.B. 96
Jefferies, Brian C. 115
Jelenic, D.B. 59
Jodha, N. S. 249
Jodha, N.S. 56
Johansen, C. 2
Johnson, E.D. 30
Johnson, G.L. 229
Jones, M.J. 168
Jones, O.R. 229, 269
Jones, R.K. 199, 260, 264
Kalashnikov, A.I. 141
Kalla, S.D. 241
Karpiscak, M.M. 69
Kashour, G. 125
Keating, B.A. 260
Keatinge, J.D.H. 41
Kehrberg, E.W. 35
Keller, Andrew A. 63
Kephart, K.D. 17
Ketchum, L.G. 5
Khadr, M.S. 183
Khalafalla, A.M. 184
Khan, S. 85
Kilty, S. 129
King, K.F.S. 10
Klass, L. 169
Klepper, B.L. 13
Klepper, Robert 89
Knipscheer, H.C. 138
Kopekov, C.B. 19
Korentajer, L. 98
Kshirsagar, K.G. 103
Kydoyarova, I.Ya 152
Lal, S. 164
Lallement, D. 210
Lamprey, H.F. 273
Laudelout, H. 54
Lavronov, G. A. 38, 38
Lawton, Harry W., 9
Lehe, J.M. 94
Li, S.X. 73
Liao, T. R. 75
Lightfoot, C.W.F. 155, 156
Lindsay, W.L. 117
Maas, E.V. 39
Mabbutt, J.A. 225
Macinko, G. 86
Macpherson, A. 236
Mahmoud, S. 11
Major, D.J. 14
Maldonado Aguirre, L.J. 244
Malik, A.S. 91
Malik, R.K. 55, 90
Maliwal, G. L. 66
Mallick, S. 118
Mandal, B.K. 100
Manichon, H. 113
Maos, J.O. 280
MART/AZR Project, International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas, Arid Zone Research Institute
(Pakistan) 221
Mason, R. 166
Massee, T.W. 208
Mathieu, C. 202
Mathur, B.K. 261
Mathur, O.P. 174
Matlon, Peter J. 167
Matocha, J.E. 279
Mazid, A. 144
McCown, R.L. 199, 260, 264
McCreight, J. D. 15
McFarlane, N.L. 40
McNeil, D.L. 161
Mead, R. 156
Mehrotra, N.K. 50
Mellink, E. 6, 37
Messing, Ingmar 99
Meyer, R.E. 170, 258, 259
Mickelson, R.H. 163
Midamerica International Agriculture Consortium. Dryland
Farming Team 25
Miehe, S. 1
Ming, Z.D. 131
Miranda, S.M. 139
Mirreh, H.F. 233
Morrison, R.J. 14
Mortimore, M. J., 3
Morton, H.L. 195
Mrost, A.Y. 18
Muhammad, L.W. 246
Mukhammedov, G.M. 253
Mukhebi, A.W. 138
Muradov, K. N. 204
Murray, G.A. 17
Murty, V.V.N. 24
Myers, R.J.K. 123
Nabhan, G.P. 218
Nagy, J.G. 44
Narkhede, P.L. 102, 191
Nasr, M. 49
Natarajan, M. 64
Neronov, V.M. 152
Newhall, R.L. 77
Nicholls, Qrville L. 52
Nikolaev, V.N. 253
Norman, D. 45
Norvelle, M.E. 140
Noureddine, Akrimi 99
Ohm, H.W. 44
Ong, C.K. 64
Orev, Y. 248
Oswal, M.C. 90
Papendick, R.I. 170, 258
Pardo, M.T. 274
Paroda, R.S. 214
Parr, J.F. 142, 170, 258
Parton, K.A. 246
Patel, R. R. 66
Pathak, P. 139, 247
Pathak, P.S. 243
Patil, B.D. 243
Patil, C.B. 102
Peacock, C.P. 130
Peake, D.C.I. 199
Pearce, F. 20
Pecetti, L. 125
Perdeshev, N. 70
Perevolotsky, A. 127
Phene, C. J. 15
Pieri, C. 34, 187
Pimbert, M.P. 149
Poschen, P. 109
Potter, C.S. 228
Powell, J.M. 136
Power, J.F. 128
Probert, M.E. 260
Prow, T.M. 42
Qureshi, S. 252
Raafat, A. 251
Rafikov, A. 232
Rai, A.N. 194
Ram, B. 211
Ramakrishna, Y.S. 150
Ramana Rao, B.V. 150
Ramos, R. 255
Rana, Z.S. 126
Rao, A.C. 72
Rao, M.R. 64
Rapp, A. 216
Rasmussen, V.P. 77
Rawles, R.L. 69
Raza, Mehdi, 76
Reddy, M.S. 64
Reddy, Y. V. R. 192
Rego, T.J. 247
Rickman, R.W. 13
Riehl, S. 33
Rijks, D. 71
Ritter, W.F. 182
Roberts, W.P. 46
Rodriguez, A. 41
Rodriguez, R. 57
Rogel, A. 231
Roth, B.T. 14
Rowland, J. R. J. 81
Rysakov, D. 70
Sabir, G.F. 41
Sachan, R.C. 24
Saleem, M.T. 276
Salman, A.J. 36
Sanders, D.W. 68
Sanders, J.H. 44
Sanghi, Ajay K. 89
Sangle, R.D. 103
Saran, G. 93, 147
Schechter, Y. 181
Sebillotte, M. 275
Sewell, M.C. 190
Shafi, Mohammad,_1924- 76
Shah, N.A. 41
Shannon, M. 120
Sharma, B. L. 83
Sharma, D. 56
Sharma, H.C. 207
Sharma, P.N. 110
Shepherd, K.D. 61
Sherif, S.M. 84, 85
Siebert, J. 45
Silcock, R.G. 265
Sing, S.D. 198
Singh, Achal 78
Singh, B.L. 211
Singh, B.P. 51, 207
Singh, J. 91
Singh, J.P. 51
Singh, L. 2, 116
Singh, M. 211
Singh, P. 29
Singh, R. 174
Singh, R.P. 142
Singh, Ranjodh 78
Singh, S. 247
Smith, M.S. 26
Soler, L.G. 275
Soleri, Daniela 122
Souki, K. 275
South Australia, Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries 115
Sprague, Howard Bennett, 256
Squires, V.R. 114
Squires, Victor 80
Srivastava, C.P. 149
Stanhill, G. 162
Steiner, J.L. 212
Stewart, B.A. 142, 277
Stryker, R.G. 112
Sullivan, G. 138
Summers, K. 16
Tayler, R.S. 155
Taylor, F.W. 197
Taylor, W.H. 105
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede,
Netherlands) 81
Tewari, A.K. 224
Tikhe, E. G. 237
Tiwari, A.K. 211
Tow, P. G. 80
Tully, D. 143
Umrani, N.K. 102, 191
Unger, P.W. 146, 269, 279
United States, Agency for International Development, Bureau
for Program and Policy Coordination, Rural Development
Division 256
United States, Agency for International Development. 33
United States, Congress, Office of Technology Assessment 282
United States, Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 281
United States, International Cooperation Administration,
Turkey, Tarim Bakanligi 217
United States, Library of Congress, Science and Technology
Division, Reference Section. 75
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station 175, 176
Uys, P.W. 178
Valco, T.D. 285
Van Buren, N. 235
Van Schilfgaarde, J. 278
Venkateswarlu, J. 101
Vij, V.K. 50
Vinall, H.N. 22
Vlek, P.G. 117
Wagener, K. 107, 171, 172, 173
Waggoner, H.O. 208
Wallace, A. 203
Washington University (St. Louis, Mo.), Center for the Biology
of Natural Systems. 89
Webber, Glyn D. 115
Wendt, C.W. 279
West African Weed Science Society, International Weed Science
Society, International Plant Protection Center. 186
Western, D. 43
Whitman, C.E. 259
Wiersma, F. 239
Willcocks, William, 21
Willey, R.W. 64
Williams, J.R. 257
Willis, W.O. 177
Wilson, R.T. 145, 165, 209, 219
Winright, G.L. 40
Winter, W.H. 199
Wood, I.M. 123
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Colorado-Wyoming
Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division 8
Wysocki, D.J. 13
Xiao, L. 73
Yadav, R.C. 211
Yamamoto, T. 119
Young, R.A. 159
Zaki, A. 183
Zaman, A. 118
Zauderer, J. 121
Zuzel, J.F. 13
Subject Index
2,4-d 14
Acacia albida 1, 109
Acacia saligna 11
Adaptability 28
Adaptation 70, 125
Aerial surveys 129
Afforestation 157
Africa 145, 216, 233, 263, 273
Africa south of sahara 71
Africa, West 38, 38
Agave 5
Aggregates 95, 146
Agribusiness 235
Agricultural development 10, 45, 95, 140, 152, 203, 240, 241,
273, 280
Agricultural economics 41
Agricultural engineering 205, 226
Agricultural estimating and reporting 63, 179
Agricultural extension work 217
Agricultural innovations 99, 281
Agricultural insurance 238
Agricultural land 68, 129, 139
Agricultural meteorology 71
Agricultural policy 44, 159
Agricultural production 87, 94, 140, 245, 286
Agricultural regions 26
Agricultural situation 210, 275
Agricultural systems 115, 134, 134
Agriculture 3, 23, 25, 38, 65, 78, 89, 115, 134, 158, 158,
200, 220, 237, 249, 256
Agriculture, Cooperative 135
Agroforestry 1, 10, 11, 109, 244, 273
Agronomic characteristics 12, 123, 125
Agropastoral systems 138, 264, 265
Air temperature 149
Alberta 14
Alfisols 2, 139, 247
Algeria 15, 15, 15, 15, 113
Alkalinity 40
Alternative farming 5, 258
Alysicarpus vaginalis 199
Ammonium fixation 72
Anacardiaceae 197
Andhra pradesh 2, 149, 242
Animal geography 165
Animal husbandry 116, 130, 165, 170, 209, 271
Animal physiology 43
Animal power 44
Animal production 35, 138, 264
Annual field crops 163
Applied research 64
Appropriate technology 27, 236
Aquaculture 120
Aquifers 94
Arachis hypogaea 64, 100, 148
Archaeology 19
Argentina 92
Arid climate 16, 40, 70, 73, 74, 166
Arid lands 13, 16, 22, 28, 29, 43, 47, 69, 73, 88, 97, 102,
121, 124, 142, 144, 150, 151, 154, 159, 160, 162, 166, 170,
180, 195, 197, 207, 228, 235, 244, 245, 252, 259, 269, 286
Arid regions 15, 17, 20, 41, 50, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62,
65, 67, 71, 82, 92, 95, 113, 117, 119, 125, 147, 153, 158,
182, 185, 187, 190, 210, 227, 238, 239, 251, 278, 281
Arid regions agriculture 8, 9, 15, 21, 23, 25, 32, 33, 38, 38,
38, 48, 63, 65, 66, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 89, 106, 122, 132,
133, 134, 135, 167, 175, 176, 179, 186, 192, 193, 201, 205,
206, 213, 217, 220, 221, 226, 237, 249, 256, 266, 267, 270,
281, 282
Arid regions farming 3, 52
Arid soils 16, 51, 59, 73, 101, 131, 207
Arid Zone 274
Arid zones 1, 10, 34, 51, 68, 72, 77, 79, 84, 91, 96, 100,
104, 109, 111, 126, 127, 140, 143, 152, 157, 164, 165, 169,
189, 191, 196, 198, 216, 230, 234, 242, 248, 250, 254, 261,
263, 268, 273
Aridity 28
Arizona 5, 6, 20, 96, 108, 112, 120, 124, 159, 169, 230, 239,
250, 254, 272
Artificial precipitation 95
Asclepias 47
Astrebla lappacea 46
Atrazine 14
Australia 74, 115, 115, 225, 264
Australian northern territory 199
Available water 95
Bacterial diseases 272
Baluchistan 41
Bangladesh 21, 21, 21
Barley 144
Beef herds 178
Beetal 126
Bibliographies 82
Bibliography 33, 33, 75, 75
Biological activity in soil 46
Biomass 229
Biomass production 11, 127
Bolivia 87
Botanical composition 37, 264
Botanical gardens 124
Botrytis 39
Botswana 155, 156, 168, 197
Boundaries 271
Brackish water 278
Brassica 51, 147
Brassica juncea 51, 93, 154
Brazil 35
Breeding aims 70
Breeding methods 70
Buds 39
Burkina faso 286
Cabt 92, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 125, 144
Cactaceae 37
Cajanus cajan 2, 57, 64
Calcium 39
Calcium chloride 39
California 39, 40, 159, 160, 283
Camels 41
Canada 177
Capacity 53
Capsicum 250
Carbon 53, 190
Carcass composition 184
Catchment hydrology 95
Catchment planning 224, 248
Catha edulis 109
Cation exchange 53
Cattle 35, 43, 264
Cattle farming 214, 273
Censuses 37
Central Africa 44
Centrosema pascuorum 199
Cereals 29, 121, 143
Channels 224
Chemical constituents of plants 47, 151
Chillies 250
China 73, 131, 215, 271
Chisel plows 285
Chlormequat 148
Choice of species 22, 69
Cicer arietinum 51, 154
Citrullus lanatus 197
Citrus jambhiri 50
Citrus ka RNA 50
Citrus sinensis x poncirus trifolia 50
Clay fraction 95
Clay loam soils 95, 229
Clay soils 72
Climate 61
Climatic change 216, 234, 271
Climatic factors 44, 56, 128, 210, 231, 269
Climatic zones 271
Climatology 216
Coastal areas 280
Cold resistance 70
Coleoptera 272
Collected works 38, 38, 38, 38, 220, 220, 220, 220, 267, 267
Colorado 159, 163
Commercial farming 7, 74, 151, 197, 272
Communities 37
Community ecology 37
Comparisons 12, 53
Competition 7
Composts 286
Computer software 35
Conferences 54
Congreses 237
Congresses 76, 76, 205, 205, 205, 206, 206, 206, 226, 226,
226, 237, 237, 237, 266, 266, 266, 270, 270
Conservation 269
Constraints 116, 203, 275
Continuous cropping 14, 156, 180, 190
Cooperation 16, 45
Cooperative farming 189
Cordia 1
Correlation analysis 261
Cost analysis 35
Cost benefit analysis 160
Costs 159, 163
Cotton 106
Counting 149
Cover crops 128
Coverage 146
Cowpeas 150
Crop damage 39
Crop enterprises 136
Crop establishment 112, 230
Crop husbandry 203
Crop insurance 257
Crop management 58, 73, 113, 139, 143
Crop production 47, 57, 138, 188, 207, 260, 278
Crop residues 37, 146, 170, 279
Crop weed competition 265
Crop yield 2, 12, 14, 22, 39, 67, 72, 88, 91, 92, 95, 98, 109,
118, 123, 148, 155, 163, 164, 168, 170, 180, 190, 198, 199,
203, 229, 255, 268
Crop yields 63, 179
Cropping systems 4, 30, 46, 56, 58, 59, 64, 78, 103, 116, 249,
262
Crops 37, 90, 149
Crops and water 32, 63, 179
Crossing 70
Cultivars 12, 121, 222
Cultivation 67
Cultivation methods 28, 86, 90, 103
Cultural methods 93
Cultural weed control 91
Cupressus arizonica 230
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba 261
Cynara scolymus 39
Dairy farming 239
Databases 16
Decision making 111, 167
Deep cultivation 84
Deforestation 127
Delhi 93, 148, 154, 262
Deltas 19
Demography 210
Density 125
Desert plants 16, 47, 124, 195
Desert soils 29, 252
Desertification 3, 18, 68, 142, 157, 216, 286
Deserts 5, 6, 11, 18, 19, 27, 31, 39, 42, 45, 49, 105, 108,
112, 114, 120, 137, 169, 171, 174, 181, 183, 184, 203, 204,
214, 218, 224, 225, 231, 233, 240, 241, 252, 253, 272, 273,
280, 283
Design 4
Design criteria 285
Developing countries 4, 10, 20, 45, 54, 116, 123, 263
Development agencies 245
Development aid 124, 152
Development plans 30
Development projects 96, 227, 240, 245
Developmental history 121
Dikes 44, 248
Discing 146
Distribution 234
Diversification 14, 120
Diversity 6
Double cropping 93
Draft animals 41
Drainage 40
Drainage systems 55
Drought 14, 26, 43, 74, 127, 138, 149, 268, 286
Drought resistance 2, 125, 131, 148, 195, 229
Drought tolerance 5, 164, 242
Droughts 3
Dry conditions 101, 142, 198
Dry farming 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28,
29, 31, 33, 37, 38, 38, 46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 65, 65, 69, 73,
75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 90, 92, 96, 98,
100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 112, 113, 117, 124, 125, 128, 129,
131, 132, 133, 135, 144, 146, 149, 154, 157, 163, 164, 166,
175, 176, 177, 180, 186, 190, 191, 192, 195, 201, 206, 207,
208, 211, 212, 213, 216, 218, 220, 221, 221, 224, 229, 237,
245, 252, 256, 257, 265, 266, 267, 270, 277, 279, 284, 285
Dry matter accumulation 12, 128, 229
Dry season 149
Dynamic models 178
Early maturation 242
East Africa 236
Ecology 223
Econometric models 35
Economic analysis 49, 144
Economic aspects 3, 38, 89, 89, 237
Economic development 197
Economic evaluation 151
Economic impact 74, 94, 104, 159
Economic resources 7
Economic theories 111
Economics 67, 231, 248
Ecosystems 6, 10, 37, 137, 153, 195
Ecotones 271
Efficiency 102
Egypt 11, 27, 49, 104, 105, 125, 162, 183, 193, 193, 193, 203,
251
Electrical conductivity 129
Electromagnetic radiation 129
Employment 275
Energy conservation 153
Energy requirements 248
Environmental degradation 18, 159, 228, 245, 263
Environmental factors 87, 126, 261
Environmental impact reporting 6, 137
Environmental policy 140, 159, 160
Environmental pollution 159, 160
Equipment and supplies 106
Erosion 18, 53, 68, 88, 142, 208, 228
Erosion control 73, 103, 139, 170, 196, 214, 284, 286
Eruca sativa 147
Erwinia 39
Ethiopia 109, 125, 268
Ethnobotany 124
Evaluation 14
Evapotranspiration 12, 98, 99, 150, 229, 255
Exchangeable cations 53
Experimental design 155
Experimental plots 5, 24
Extension activities 42
Extensive livestock farming 127, 130, 263
Fallow 14, 144, 180, 277
Fallow systems 177, 279
Famines 3
Farm area 277
Farm closures 31
Farm enterprises 42
Farm income 35, 116, 120, 156
Farm management 44, 74, 88, 134, 167, 231, 246, 275
Farm mechanization 204
Farm size 203
Farm surveys 35, 114, 140
Farmers' attitudes 74, 109, 123
Farming 27, 127, 142, 271
Farming systems 1, 6, 10, 30, 31, 34, 41, 42, 44, 45, 49, 53,
79, 88, 97, 105, 109, 114, 116, 123, 136, 137, 140, 143, 185,
188, 203, 223, 227, 228, 244, 259, 275, 286
Farming systems research 41, 260
Farms 275
Fattening performance 184
Feasibility studies 44, 118, 161
Feed troughs 239
Feedlots 184
Fertilization 40
Fertilizer industry 235
Fertilizers 44, 53, 54, 58, 102, 187, 208, 222, 237, 276
Fiber content 5
Field crops 34, 40, 180, 185, 187, 220, 279
Fields 37
Fine wool 70
Fish farming 42, 120
Fodder crops 109, 178, 253
Foliage 37
Foliar application 148
Food crops 122
Food preferences 123
Food supply 245
Forage 163
Forage crops 227
Forage legumes 199
Forecasting 74
Forests 10, 273
Fruit analysis 50
Fuelwood 109
Fungal diseases 272
Furrow irrigation 119
Genetic resources 125
Genetic variation 125
Genotype environment interaction 14
Genotypes 2, 14, 261
Germplasm 125, 259
Goat keeping 30, 126, 145, 219, 240
Goats 35, 127, 209
Grain 12, 14, 125, 229, 261
Grain crops 17
Grasses 37
Grassland management 264, 265, 273
Grazing 43, 215
Grazing effects 157
Grazing lands 111
Grazing systems 130, 153
Grazing trials 199
Great basin and pacific slope 160
Greece 125
Green manures 128
Grewia 197
Groundwater 55, 94
Groundwater pollution 159
Groundwater recharge 129
Growth 62, 145, 229
Growth analysis 50
Growth rate 2, 12, 128
Gujarat 66
Gullied land 211
Gully erosion 211
Habitat selection 137
Habitats 87
Hand tools 4
Haplopappus 37
Harvest index 12
Haryana 51, 55, 90, 91, 207
Heading 229
Helicoverpa armigera 149
Herbicides 283
Herds 43, 130
Highlands 1, 41, 109
Hill land 242
History 18, 19, 21, 31, 86, 131, 271
Holistic approach 263
Honey 254
Hordeum vulgare 61, 144, 154
Host preferences 149
Hosts of plant pests 137, 149
Human activity 18
Human ecology 43
Human resources 245
Humid zones 12, 182
Hybrids 14
Hydroelectric schemes 280
Hydrological factors 162
Hydromorphic soils 222
Idaho 13, 17, 208
Impeded drainage 53
Implements 91, 103
Imports 104
Improvement 45
Incidence 39
Indexes 98
India 7, 23, 23, 23, 24, 56, 64, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 66, 72,
76, 76, 101, 103, 110, 126, 134, 134, 134, 134, 139, 147, 164,
174, 188, 192, 192, 192, 194, 206, 206, 207, 213, 213, 213,
213, 237, 237, 237, 237, 240, 241, 249, 249, 249, 252, 266,
266, 267, 267, 270, 270
Indian punjab 50
Infections 39
Infestation 149
Infiltration 95, 146, 286
Information centers 16
Innovation adoption 44, 246
Innovations 285
Input output analysis 116
Insect control 149, 272
Insect pests 137
Insecticidal plants 151
Insecticide resistance 149
Insecticides 193
Institution building 263
Intensive farming 153
Intensive livestock farming 184
Interactions 97
Intercropping 118, 154, 155, 156
Intercrops 118
International cooperation 124, 136, 216
Intersectoral planning 7
Iran 119, 125
Iraq 18
Irrigated farming 18, 19, 28, 39, 50, 53, 54, 55, 60, 67, 94,
114, 119, 121, 159, 160, 161, 162, 166, 182, 203, 222, 235,
250, 251, 255, 268, 276, 278, 280
Irrigation 8, 14, 21, 31, 40, 92, 106, 106, 137, 217, 230, 278
Irrigation channels 20
Irrigation farming 15, 21, 32, 63, 78, 89, 99, 106, 179, 193,
205, 217, 226, 281, 282
Irrigation requirements 162
Irrigation scheduling 100
Irrigation systems 4, 104, 110, 279
Irrigation water 39, 278
Isotope labeling 117
Israel 20, 95, 162, 181, 231, 248
Italy 173
Jamaica 30
Jojoba 92
Jordan 125
Kansas 94, 190, 223
Kazakh ssr 70
Kenya 43, 130, 138, 145, 152, 219, 227, 245, 246, 260, 273
Kernels 125
Kuwait 36
Lagoons 163
Lamb fattening 184
Land development 121, 157
Land evaluation 94
Land management 29, 157, 252
Land ownership 67
Land productivity 208, 247
Land reclamation 203
Land resources 73, 157
Land tenure 130, 263
Land use 1, 88, 97, 130, 216
Landscape 19, 271
Landscape gardening 40
Large farms 53
Larvae 149
Latin America 244, 255
Leaching 182
Leaching requirement 162
Leaf area index 229
Leaf water content 148
Least squares 209
Leeward Islands 116
Legumes 22, 128, 143
Leguminosae 123, 161, 227, 264
Length 95
Lens culinaris 154, 164
Leucaena leucocephala 191
Levelling 163
Ley farming 264
Leys 264
Libya 84, 85
Light traps 149
Linear programming 35
Literature reviews 73, 278
Livestock 130, 138, 143, 153, 200, 227, 253
Livestock farming 40, 111, 152, 170, 215
Livestock groups 130
Liveweight gain 264
Liveweight gains 199
Local authority areas 245
Long term experiments 53, 149
Losses 74
Losses from soil systems 146
Lycopersicon esculentum 119
Madhya Pradesh 237, 237, 237, 237
Maharashtra 191
Mali 145, 165, 219, 222
Management 213
Manures 190
Mapping 129
Marginal land 114, 228
Market prices 26
Market research 161
Marketing 189
Marketing techniques 42
Mathematical models 63, 63, 63, 63, 98, 179, 179, 179, 179
Mathematics 24
Maturation 261
Maturation period 12
Mauritania 140
Meat and livestock industry 136
Mechanical weed control 91
Mechanization 27
Mediterranean countries 61
Metaphosphates 95
Mexico 6, 37, 124, 218
Migration 149
Milk production 239
Mimosa biuncifera 37
Mineral content 159, 160
Mineral deficiencies 39
Mineral fertilizers 34
Mineralization 34
Minimum tillage systems 77, 285
Ministries of agriculture 127
Mixed cropping 199
Mixed farming 35, 138, 260, 273
Moisture content 14
Moisture relations 180
Mollisols 146
Montana 180
Morocco 25, 25, 25, 125, 202
Mountain areas 87
Mulches 100
Mulching 196
Multiple land use 111, 264, 265
Native livestock 145
Natural enemies 149
Natural flora 218, 223
Natural resources 245
Near East 200, 200
Nebraska 94
Nevada 31, 159
New Mexico 42, 94, 96, 159, 235
New products 47
New South Wales 46, 265
Nigeria 53, 136
Nigeria, Northern 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Nitrates 180, 182
Nitrogen 53, 128, 190
Nitrogen content 128, 199, 264
Nitrogen fertilizers 46, 61, 72, 98, 144, 188
Nitrogen fixation 128, 264
Nitrogen recovery 117
Nitrogen-phosphorus fertilizers 84
No-tillage 146, 185, 186
North Africa 45, 143
North central states of U.S.A. 177
North Dakota 128
Nurseries 272
Nutrient availability 53, 54, 187
Nutrient content 53, 149
Nutrient contents of plants 50
Nutrient removal by plants 98
Nutrient uptake 128
Nutrition 122
Nutritive value 253
Nuts 40
Oases 19, 137
Oil plants 147
Oilseeds 29
Oregon 13
Organic farming 254
Organic fertilizers 191
Organic matter in soil 180
Ornamental plants 272
Oryza sativa 67, 222
Outbreaks 149
Overgrazing 18, 127
Pakistan 276
Panicum miliaceum 22
Parasites of insect pests 149
Parasitoids 149
Particle size distribution 53
Pastoralism 26, 43, 111, 178, 209
Pasture management 43, 153, 253
Pasture plants 265
Pastures 37, 46, 253, 264, 265
Path coefficients 261
Pennisetum Americanum 62, 91
Perception 74
Performance 14
Performance testing 51
Periodicals 23, 23, 23, 133, 133
Persistence 265
Peru 127, 280
Phenotypes 125
Phosphogypsum 95
Phosphorus 53
Phosphorus fertilizers 61, 144
Photosynthesis 212
Physico-chemical properties 46
Physico-chemical properties of soil 72
Pilot projects 273
Pinus eldarica 230
Plains 47
Planning of research 30, 116
Plant analysis 149
Plant communities 152, 271
Plant damage 272
Plant density 2, 168
Plant ecology 87, 271
Plant height 261
Plant pests 37
Plant physiology 251
Plant production 189, 203, 250, 259
Plant protection 57
Plant residues 264, 285
Plant resources 197
Planting date 128
Planting methods 4
Planting season 40
Plastic mulches 283
Plowing 93, 146
Pollution by agriculture 159, 160
Population dynamics 149
Population growth 245, 260
Potassium 53
Poverty 245
Prairie soils 12
Prairies 185, 223
Precipitation 128, 229
Predators of insect pests 149
Prediction 98
Price support 189
Production 56
Production possibilities 17, 58, 178, 203, 277
Production potential 51, 198, 207
Productivity 209, 264, 265
Profitability 7
Program development 245, 263
Program effectiveness 263
Program evaluation 114
Projects 286
Prosopis juliflora 127
Protein content 12
Provenance 125
Puerto Rico 57
Pulses 29, 56, 123, 161, 189
Quantitative analysis 156
Queensland 265
Radiation balance 212
Rain 45, 95, 98, 144, 149, 154, 188, 234, 261, 284
Rain-fed farming 4, 24, 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64,
68, 71, 72, 91, 93, 118, 139, 143, 147, 148, 150, 168, 187,
210, 224, 234, 236, 238, 242, 247, 255, 261, 262, 268, 276
Rain-water (Water-supply) 206, 266
Rajasthan 62, 150, 189, 198, 214, 224, 261
Ranching 166
Range management 130, 214, 215
Rangelands 26, 43, 152, 166, 215
Reclamation 27
Recycling 191
Regeneration 286
Regional development 44
Regression analysis 156
Renewable natural resources 282
Reports 152
Reproduction 145
Reproductive performance 209, 219
Research 15, 23, 23, 23, 25, 25, 25, 65, 65, 65, 134, 281
Research projects 124, 136
Residual effects 72, 85
Resource conservation 10, 124
Resource development 245
Resource management 96, 130, 215
Resource utilization 195, 197
Retail prices 189
Rice husks 100
Riparian vegetation 96
Risk 144
Risks 67, 238, 257
River basins 140
Rodents 6
Root nodulation 148
Root pressure 39
Rootstocks 50
Rotations 14, 144, 187, 190, 199, 264
Row orientation 212
Row spacing 14, 168, 212, 229
Row tillage 285
Rubiaceae 197
Ruminants 35
Runoff 95, 146, 286
Runoff control 103, 170
Runoff farming 95, 198, 230, 231, 248
Runoff water 24, 95, 139, 163
Rural conditions 3
Rural development 7, 140, 245, 275
Rural settlement 280
Rural sociology 263
Sahel 88, 209, 286
Sales 235
Saline water 39, 278
Salinity 40, 278
Salt tolerance 251
Sand dune stabilization 157
Sandy soils 62, 85
Saskatchewan 12
Saudi arabia 137
Savannas 37, 127
Seasonal fluctuations 98
Seasonal growth 128
Seasonal variation 37, 95, 229
Seasonality 43
Sediment 146
Seed production 40, 147, 154, 261
Seed treatment 148
Seed weight 14, 109, 125
Seedbed preparation 286
Seeds 92
Selection criteria 22
Self sufficiency 245
Semi-arid Zone 202, 274
Semiarid climate 14, 26, 37, 73, 87, 128, 229, 271
Semiarid climates 74, 227
Semiarid soils 73
Semiarid zones 2, 4, 7, 12, 24, 29, 30, 34, 35, 44, 46, 47,
53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 68, 71, 85, 86, 90,
93, 94, 98, 103, 110, 113, 116, 118, 123, 127, 129, 130, 136,
138, 139, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 155, 156, 157, 161, 163,
168, 177, 178, 185, 187, 188, 189, 199, 208, 209, 210, 211,
212, 215, 219, 222, 223, 236, 238, 245, 246, 247, 255, 257,
258, 260, 262, 264, 265, 275, 276, 277, 279, 284, 285
Senegal 140, 222
Sequential cropping 265
Setaria (gramineae) 242
Setaria italica 22
Shading 239
Sheep 35, 209
Sheep breeds 70, 165
Sheep farming 26, 70, 165, 240, 241, 253
Sheep management 30, 219
Shifting cultivation 1
Shrubs 37
Silty soils 53
Siluroidea 42
Silviculture 230, 273
Simmondsia chinensis 92, 112
Simulation models 26
Size 146
Slope 37, 95
Small farms 30, 53, 110, 116, 250, 254, 260, 283
Social classes 127
Sodic soils 190
Sodium chloride 39
Sodium tripolyphosphate 95
Soil amendments 191
Soil analysis 53, 190
Soil and water conservation 77, 139, 195, 257
Soil chemistry 199
Soil conservation 53, 196, 211, 223, 258, 273
Soil cultivation 69
Soil degradation 53, 68, 68
Soil erosion 213
Soil fertility 34, 59, 97, 109, 187, 188, 208, 254, 264, 265,
286
Soil management 73, 101, 139, 247
Soil moisture 77, 88, 98, 208, 257
Soil organic matter 146, 190
Soil ph 53
Soil pore system 95
Soil properties 97, 188, 285
Soil salinity 39, 159, 160, 251
Soil salinization 18, 68
Soil stabilization 95
Soil structure 46
Soil temperature 62
Soil test values 117
Soil types (anthropogenic) 19
Soil types (textural) 40
Soil water 150, 163, 277
Soil water balance 98
Soil water content 146, 229
Soil water depletion 212
Soil water movement 146
Soil water regimes 62, 208
Soil water relations 119
Soils 10
Solar radiation 212
Sorghum 22, 64, 72, 102, 146, 163, 188, 257
Sorghum bicolor 109, 155, 156, 191, 212, 229
South Africa 98, 178
South austrailia 111
South australia 26
South Australia 115, 115
South australia 129
South central states of U.S.A. 177, 257
South Dakota 185
Sowing 286
Sowing date 2, 147, 265
Sowing methods 4
Sown grasslands 265
Sown pastures 199
Spatial distribution 149
Spatial variation 129
Specialized farming 283
Species diversity 37
Spikes 125
Sri lanka 67, 196
Stability 146, 156
Stand characteristics 128
Stand density 14, 229
Stand establishment 264, 265
State farms 114
Statistical analysis 37
Statistics 276
Stochastic processes 257
Stocking density 26
Stocking rate 127
Stomatal resistance 212
Straw 190
Stress 14
Stress conditions 251
Stylosanthes hamata 199
Subsistence farming 43, 155, 178, 236
Subsoiling 85
Subtropics 123, 265, 271
Sudan 1, 97, 145, 184, 219, 234
Summer 90
Surface layers 46, 95, 146
Surface roughness 24, 146
Surveys 215
Susceptibility 39
Sustainability 53, 245, 258, 260, 264, 265, 286
Sustainable agriculture 122
Sustained yield management 228
Syria 61, 117, 143, 144
Takyrs 19
Technology 77, 88
Technology transfer 17
Technology transfers 44
Temperate fruits 40
Temperatures 147, 212
Temporal variation 128, 149
Terracing 230
Texas 94, 146, 166, 212, 229, 279, 285
Tie ridging 44
Tillage 77, 93, 146, 192, 196, 257, 269, 277, 279
Tillering 229
Topsoil 208
Tourism policy 111
Traditional farming 1, 87, 110, 145, 169, 209, 218, 219, 286
Traditional society 130
Traditional technology 286
Transpiration 39, 212
Trees 37
Trials 61, 222
Tribal societies 169
Trichocereus spachianus 272
Trickle irrigation 119
Triticum 113, 117, 251, 276
Triticum aestivum 12, 86, 95, 98, 190, 208
Triticum durum 125
Tropical asia 123
Tropical climate 188, 271
Tropical grasslands 264, 265
Tropics 1, 10, 24, 35, 38, 44, 103, 116, 123, 134, 139, 149,
158, 186, 186, 199, 220, 247, 263
Truck farming 122
Tunisia 125, 275
Turkey 125
Turkmen ssr 253
U.S.A. 22, 47, 151, 182, 218
U.S.S.R. 125
U.S.S.R.far east 19
Uncultivated ground 37
Underdeveloped areas 135
Unep 152
Unesco 152
United States 281, 281, 281, 281
Upper Volta 167
Upper volta 209
Urea fertilizers 117
USSR 141, 232
Utah 77, 96, 159
Utility functions 111
Uttar pradesh 211
Uzbek S.S.R 38, 38
Varieties 51, 57, 67, 118, 164, 242
Variety trials 12
Vegetable gardening 122
Vegetables 40, 254
Vertisols 2, 46, 139, 222, 247
Viability 145
Vigna radiata 62
Vigna sinensis 155, 156
Villages 67
Washington 13, 86
Water 213
Water availability 150, 212
Water composition and quality 55, 159, 160, 170
Water conservation 146, 170, 211, 277
Water deficit 229
Water depletion 94
Water distribution 95
Water erosion 146
Water flow resistance 119
Water harvesting 20, 69, 95, 112, 169, 198, 224, 230
Water impoundment 163
Water management 54, 143, 177, 182, 276, 277, 278, 279
Water requirements 131
Water reservoirs 110
Water resource management 96, 218
Water resources development 282
Water storage 169, 280
Water stress 14, 51, 98, 229, 230, 255
Water table 55
Water use 229, 282
Water use efficiency 12, 90, 95, 100, 128, 143, 229
Waterlogging 159
Watershed management 211
Watersheds 139, 211
Waxes 92
Weather data 26
Weather patterns 74
Weed control 14, 283
Weeding 91
Weeds 149
Weight 209
West Africa 44, 210, 222
West (U.S.) 8, 8, 282, 282, 282, 282, 282
West asia 143
West bengal 100, 118
Western australia 161
Western states 52, 52, 52
Western states of U.S.A. 160, 257
Wet season 149, 234
Wheat 52, 84, 85, 257
Width 229
Wild birds 37
Wind 149
Wind erosion 86, 284
Wind protection 40
Wind resistance 70
Windbreaks, shelterbelts, etc 99
Winter 95, 118
Winter wheat 12, 146
Woody plants 227
Wool 26
Wyoming 8, 159
Xinjiang 114
Yield components 93, 147, 154
Yield factors 61, 113
Yield increases 189, 242, 259, 276
Yield losses 39
Yield response functions 98, 144, 261
Yields 51, 57, 62, 84, 85, 93, 150, 154, 222, 251
Zea mays 14, 109, 163, 168, 190, 255
Ziziphus spina-christi 1
Zoning 45
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