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Efficient Water Conservation In Agriculture For Growing Urban Water Demands In Jordan, Raed Al-Tabini, A.R. Octavio, A,W. Frank, R. Phillips
Efficient Water Conservation In Agriculture For Growing Urban Water Demands In Jordan, Raed Al-Tabini, A.R. Octavio, A,W. Frank, R. Phillips
Raed Al-Tabini
A significant challenge worldwide is to increase food supply to accommodate a population growing to 10 billion in the face of climate change. Per capita water supply in Jordan is among the world’s lowest. Despite this scarcity, three quarters of Jordan’s water use is consumed by irrigated agriculture, while producing low economic values at the margin compared to urban uses. However, irrigated agriculture supports Jordan’s food security, so its policymakers continue to examine measures to produce more crop‐per‐drop in irrigated agriculture to permit scarce water to meet growing urban demands. This paper examines economically efficient measures to conserve water in …
Community-Based Projects In Jordan's Badia: The Anaqeed Al-Khair Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, B. Gorman, J. Libbin, R. Grassberger, I. Abuamoud, S. Aloun
Community-Based Projects In Jordan's Badia: The Anaqeed Al-Khair Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, B. Gorman, J. Libbin, R. Grassberger, I. Abuamoud, S. Aloun
Raed Al-Tabini
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