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	ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - http://www.icrisat.org/ Activities and details of an organisation working on sustainable ecological farming in Africa and India.
	Direct Seeding: The Natural Solution for Revegetating Arid Lands - http://www.eden-foundation.org/project/aridland.html Information from the Eden Foundation on using perennials to provide a permanent vegetative cover into which annuals can be seeded.
	Semiarid Agriculture - http://www.syngentafoundation.org/index.cfm?pageID=45 Information from the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture on land use and degradation in low rainfall areas.
	Climate Friendly Farming: Dryland Component - http://cff.wsu.edu/Project/dryland.html Provides information on a project designed to establish field-scale experimental and demonstration sites for novel agroecosystems in dryland situations.
	Dryland Farming Organisation in West Asia and North Africa - http://www.drylandfarming.org/ Provides information on a number of innovative ideas such as the use of medic pastures, with case studies in development and a small farmer centre.

	Transformation of Desertified Land in the Grazing-Farming Interlaced Belt of Northern China - http://www.rala.is/rade/ralareport/Xinmin.pdf China is suffering from large scale and severe desertification. This article discusses the causes of the problem and examines possible solutions.
	Agrodiversity as a Means of Sustaining Small Scale Dryland Farming Systems in Tanzania - http://www.unu.edu/africa/papers/agrodiv-tanzania.pdf Describes the benefits of using diverse and sustainable farming methods in the region.
	Irrigation of Date Palms with Saline Water and Effluent - http://mop.textstore.co.il Describes research in Israel into the stress caused by using effluent water which is saline and high in boron for the irrigation of date palms.
	Meru Dryland Farming Project - http://www.odi.org.uk/tropics/projects/2408.htm Information on this project in Kenya which aims to help settlers in the semi-arid zone adopt appropriate farming methods and improve their livelihoods without damaging the natural resource base.
	Dryland Farming in Palestine - http://www.arij.org/images/pub/publications1992-1994/dryland_farming/Dryland%20Farming%20in%20Palestine.pdf Online book describing the crops, practices and history of cultivation in the area, with statistics.

	Rainwater Harvesting for Dry Land Agriculture - http://lada.virtualcentre.org/eims/download.asp?pub_id=93866&app=0 Describes a pilot project in Syria where it was possible to identify areas suitable for water harvesting, using satellite imagery and data sets on topography, soil, vegetation, hydrology and meteorology.
	Water Harvesting - http://www.fao.org/docrep/U3160E/U3160E00.htm On-line manual for the design and construction of water harvesting schemes for agricultural production.
	International Arid Lands Consortium - http://ialcworld.org/ Information on sustainable agriculture for arid and semi arid regions. Includes maps, links and details of projects.

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