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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 Dec 2010

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 …


Badia Rangeland Rehabilitation: Community Participation, Raed Al-Tabini, H. Soub Sep 2004

Badia Rangeland Rehabilitation: Community Participation, Raed Al-Tabini, H. Soub

Raed Al-Tabini

No abstract provided.


Local Community Participation In Livelihoods Improvement And Sustainability “Anaqeed Al-Khair Project Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, I.A. Hawamdeh Mar 2004

Local Community Participation In Livelihoods Improvement And Sustainability “Anaqeed Al-Khair Project Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, I.A. Hawamdeh

Raed Al-Tabini

No abstract provided.


Rangeland Rehabilitation: Tal Rimah Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, H. Soub Aug 2003

Rangeland Rehabilitation: Tal Rimah Case Study, Raed Al-Tabini, H. Soub

Raed Al-Tabini

No abstract provided.