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| Title
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Farming in the desert
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| Subtitle
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Analysis of the agricultural situation in Azraq Basin
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| Author
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Demilecamps, C.
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| Editor or Organisation
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GIZ
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| Year
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2010
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| Keywords
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water supply, water resource management, salinization, irrigation productivity, cultivation
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| Country
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Jordan, semi-desert
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| Type
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good practice
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| Language
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English
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| Table of Contents
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Introduction
Objectives of the study
Methodology and main assumptions
I. The Azraq Basin: heterogeneity of the physical,
hydrological and human characteristics
II. Historical evolution and dynamics of agricultural development
and water management in Azraq Basin
III. Awareness about water overexploitation:
progressive setting of a regulated water management framework
IV. Current agricultural setting in Azraq Basin
V. Typology: description of farming systems
VI. Expected impact of water management changes
VII. Project proposals for reducing agricultural water abstraction
in Azraq Basin
Annexes 1 to 4
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| Abstract
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| Permission
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Yes
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| Category
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Technologies, Good practice
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