Sustainable agricultural management of drylands
2008
Chafai Elalaoui, A., National School of Agriculture, Meknes (Morocco). Department of Agronomy
In the first part of this paper, the Concept of Sustainable Agriculture is presented and discussed. Then a holistic view of drylands is given, starting with the aridity definition, then the location of drylands around the world. Drylands climate, soils and population are also characterized. The second part of the paper gives theprinciples and fundamentals of Sustainable Agricultural Management of Drylands at the regional level and the farm level. The role of education and extension is presented, the relation between natural resources exploitation and aridity is discussed
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