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Use of wastewater for irrigation purposes.
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Use of wastewater for irrigation purposes. [Italy]

The practice consisted in the purification and innovative refinement of the urban wastewate for agriculture reuse. In the summer 2009, the purified and refined water was in fact distributed for free to farmers for irrigation purposes. The project for the application of the practice was drawn up on the initiative …

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Sustainable water resources management for irrigation  
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Sustainable water resources management for irrigation [Italy]

The Agrigento province area is affected by aridity and water scarcity. The availabe surface and underground waters are polluted or saline and therefore not suitable for irrigation purposes. Dam and artificial reservoires have been costructed in the past decades to meet the growing water demand of agriculture and civil uses. …

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Ecological restoration in Macalube d'Aragona
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Ecological restoration in Macalube d'Aragona [Italy]

The best practice was the ecological restoration of natural habitats from rainfed croplands in the protected area of the mud volcanos of Macalube d'Aragona (Sicily). The practice consisted of the plantation of authoctonous plant species that are very relevant for local biodiversity such as Lygeum spartum and the protection of …

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Reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret in Calabria
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Reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret in … [Italy]

In the 1950s the mountainous area of Calabria was characterized by subsistence farming. This activity use land often in slope that was affected by erosion and hydrogeological problems. Soil degradation was mitigated with wide reforestation with Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret. It's been used Pinus nigra subsp. laricio Poiret for …

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Public Consultation and Sensitization
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Public Consultation and Sensitization [Jamaica]

This is done islandwide (2.67 million people) with mixed land uses in a tropical maritime condition with significant elevated topography and steep slopes. Population is a lower middle income economy (UNDP-HDI) with a current GDP per capita of approx. US$3000.

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Cactus Fruit Plantation in Arid Dry Lands
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Cactus Fruit Plantation in Arid Dry Lands [Jordan]

This technology is based on the natural advantages and the multi-purpose usage of spineless cactus pear (Opuntia fiscus-indica), to cultivate marginal lands in Jordan, generating environmental and socio-economic benefits.

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Gully plug
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Gully plug [Jordan]

Gully plugs aim at rehabilitating active gullies in dryland watersheds, which are prone to erosion through concentrated surface runoff. Multiple gullies plugged in succession dissipate runoff energy, foster local water retention and infiltration, encourage sedimentation, assist in the stabilization of gully bed and side banks, and stimulate revegetation of flow …

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Mechanized micro water harvesting through ‘Vallerani’ tractor plough for central Jordanian Badia
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Mechanized micro water harvesting through ‘Vallerani’ tractor plough … [Jordan]

Mechanized micro water harvesting breaks up crusted and compacted soils, and fosters the capture and retention and the deep-infiltration of surface runoff generated during heavy rainfall events. The micro water harvesting pits store water and provide soil moisture to the out-planted shrub seedlings and the emerging seeds - and thus …

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