Management of nutrients and water in rainfed arid and semi-arid areas for increasing crop production
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1 Project Code D Project Title Management of nutrients and water in rainfed arid and semi-arid areas for increasing crop production Country Title of Contract/Agreement Chief Investigator Name of Institute Research Contracts Argentina Improving water and nutrients management in the rainfed cropping system of Santiago del Estero, Argentina PRIETO, Daniel Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santiago del Estero Argentina Tel.: /4730 Fax: People s Republic of China Field study of water and nitrogen efficiencies under rainfed crops by the combined use of neutron moisture meter and 15 N labelled fertilizer CAI, Guixin Institute of Soil Science Academia Sinica Department of Soil-Plant Nutrition P.O. Box 821, 71 Beijing Road East Nanjing, Jiangsu Province People s Republic of China gxcai@issas.ac.cn caiguixin@hotmail.com Tel.: ; Management of nutrients (N and P) and water in rainfed sorghum-castor based cropping system of MAPARLA, Venkata Ramana Regional Agricultural Research Station
2 2 semi-arid tropical Southern Telangana Zone Palem, Mahabubnagar District Andhra Pradesh and Tel.: or Fax: The use of nuclear techniques to improve management practices and increase crop production in rainfed areas with limited water resources SACHDEV, Manbir Singh n Agricultural Research Institute Nuclear Research Laboratory New Delhi Tel Fax: mssachdev@iari.ernet.in mssachdev@excite.com Mobile: Jordan Enhancement of nitrogen and water use efficiency by optimising the combination of soil, crop and nitrogen management MOHAMMAD RUSAN, Munir Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) Agriculture Centre for Research and Production Faculty of Agriculture Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment P.O. Box 3030 Irbid Jordan mrusan@just.edu.jo Tel.: Fax:
3 3 Optimisation of water and nutrient use in rainfed semi-arid farming through integrated soil, water and nutrient management practices SIJALI, Isaya Vincent Agricultural Research Institute National Agricultural Research Laboratories Soil and Water Management P.O. Box Nairobi Tel.: / Fax: Morocco Impact of green manure and fertilizer on soil quality and profitability of wheat fallow system in semiarid Morocco using nuclear techniques EL MEJAHED, Khalil Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Centre Aridoculture B.P. 589 Settat Morocco elmejahed@hotmail.com and arido@iam.net.ma (attention El Mejahed) Tel.: /18 and Fax: / Niger Impact of organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil productivity of Western Niger (Sahel area). MAHAMAN, Issaka Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) B.P. 429 Niamey Niger sareli@intnet.ne Tel.:
4 4 Fax: Pakistan Increasing crop production in rainfed dry areas by improved water and nutrient management using nuclear techniques MOHAMMAD, Wisal Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Nuclear Agriculture Division P.O. Box 446, Tarnab Peshawar Pakistan Tel.: Fax: Senegal Improving and sustaining food crop production by reversing soil nutrient depletion and water loss SENE, Modou Institute Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) Route des Hydrocarbures Bel-Air, B.P Dakar Senegal and Tel.: Fax: Tunisia Management of nutrients and water in rainfed arid and semi-arid areas for stabilising and increasing cereal and forage crop production in Tunisia MECHERGUI, Mohamed Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie 43, Avenue Charles Nicolle 1082 Tunis Tunisia Tel.: Fax: +216 (1) mechergui.med@inat.agrinet.tn
5 5 Zimbabwe Research Agreements Management of nutrients and water in rainfed arid and semi-arid areas for sustainable crop production SITHOLE, Trust Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Water Development Chemistry and Soil Research Institute Soil Productivity Research Laboratory P. Bag 3757 Marondera Zimbabwe Tel: +263 (79) Fax: Australia Application of a crop model to examine the efficiency and sustainability of farming in areas of large climate variability ASSENG, Senthold CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Private Bag P.O. Wembley, WA 6014 Australia Senthold.Asseng@csiro.au Tel.: Fax: France Water and nitrogen uptake (measuring and modelling) of rainfed maize under conservation tillage in semi-arid Mexico MARAUX, Florent CIRAD/AMIS TA Avenue Agropolis Montpellier Cedex 5 France maraux@cirad.fr Tel.: Fax: Strategies for improved soil, water and nutrient management in dry savannah systems MYERS, Robert c/o ICRISAT Present address:
6 6 management in dry savannah systems 31 Woonalee Street Kenmore, Queensland 4069 Australia Tel.: Increasing land sustainability and productivity through soil fertility management in the west African Sudano-Sahelian zone BATIONO, Andre Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme UN Complex, Gigiri (Block B) P.O. Box Nairobi Tel.: / Fax: / Syrian Arab Republic Nutrient and water dynamics in long-term rotation trials RYAN, John Natural Resources Management Program International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) P.O. Box 5466 Aleppo Syrian Arab Republic Tel: (963-21) Fax: (963-21) or J.Ryan@cgiar.org
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