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Jessours sur les cours d'eau dans les zones montagneuses du sud tunisien
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Jessours sur les cours d'eau dans les zones … [Tunisia]

C’est une pratique très ancienne qui caractérise les zones montagneuses du Sud tunisien (les chaînes des Matmatas). Les jessour se localisent tout le long des thalwegs qui constituent les cours d’eau inter montagnes. Un jesser est formé par une digue en terre (katra ou tabla) consolidée en amont (sdar) et …

  • Compiler: UNCCD PRAIS
Sustainable pasture improvement in the arid and semiarid lands of Turkiye
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Sustainable pasture improvement in the arid and semiarid … [Türkiye]

Natural pastures have insufficient capacity to produce forage in the semi-arid rangelands of Central Anatolian Region. Therefore, a project has been initiated to plant forage shrubs which are drought and salinity tolerant in order to rehabilitate these pasturelands.

  • Compiler: Bilgi Sarihan
Minimum Water Use
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Minimum Water Use [Türkiye]

Instead of flow irrigation that requires high water consumption and causes excessive evaporation, water can be transported in pipes till crop's body and can be given slowly under controlled conditions. The approach is brought to farmers by state institutions as well as banks, and education for the scientific background, installation …

  • Compiler: Mehmet Zengin
Crop Production
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Crop Production [Türkiye]

Adopting of the strip cropping-fallow-strip cropping system by farmers, with support from local SWC specialists and state agricultural organisations.

  • Compiler: Mehmet Zengin
Traditional Cisterns
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Traditional Cisterns [Türkiye]

Cisterns are water collection structures which form part of a cultural heritage dating back some 2000 years. While cisterns are commonly used to store drinking water, in the sloping fields of Tarsus they serve as a form of water insurance structure for orchards during dry periods.

  • Compiler: Erhan Akca