Sustainable use and management of scarce water and land resources

Focus: Enhance water and land productivity in key non- tropical dry area agro-ecologies (rainfed, irrigated, and agro-pastoral). Water resources are the most limiting component of agricultural production in dry areas. ICARDA will therefore continue to improve agricultural water productivity and, in collaboration with our sister center the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and others, develop its framework further for wider adoption. Core to the research effort of SRP5 is enhancing and restoring the provisioning, regulating, and supporting ecosystem services in dry areas. SRP5 will build upon past achievements, which range from rainwater harvesting using landscape modification to supplemental and deficit irrigation. We will take a more integrated approach to managing soil, land, and water resources across the extensive rangelands of non-tropical dry areas through links with the rangeland, livestock, and value chain expertise embedded in the Center. Further, with partner ARIs we will investigate alternative opportunities to diversify the livelihoods of the communities in rangelands, for example in renewable energy.
ICARDA Strategic Plan 2017 - 2026: https://dx.doi.org/20.500.11766/8237

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List of dams, water tanks and ponds under the responsability of the Jordan Valley Authority - WAJ database, Jordan, 2017 Nov 26, 2025 Authority of Jordan, Water; Zucca, Claudio; Bartolini, Pietro, 2017, "List of dams, water tanks and ponds under the responsability of the Jordan Valley Authority - WAJ database, Jordan, 2017", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/UNAB4K, MELDATA, V11 The dataset was provided by the Dam Department of the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ). The database was originally in Arab and was translated in english in order to be compared with other datasets. The database enlists 363 sites related to Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) interventi...
List of water ponds and earth dams built within the Badia Restoration Program until 2015 - CAP database, Jordan, 2016 - Data from: BRP. 2016. Cap projects, implementers and achievements. BRP Focal Point report Nov 26, 2025 Zucca, Claudio; Bartolini, Pietro, 2017, "List of water ponds and earth dams built within the Badia Restoration Program until 2015 - CAP database, Jordan, 2016 - Data from: BRP. 2016. Cap projects, implementers and achievements. BRP Focal Point report", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/AJQ0ML, MELDATA, V10 The dataset contains a list of 53 water harvesting interventions (water ponds and earth dams) implemented by the Badia Restoration Program (BRP) until 2015. The dataset includes also some notes form ICARDA-UNIFI, that tried to validate the data using satelite images during 2017.
Soil moisture data - Al-Khanasri restoration site Nov 18, 2025 Tharavanthedath Somadas, Anaswara; Haddad, Mira, 2025, "Soil moisture data - Al-Khanasri restoration site", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/7S3BIP, MELDATA, V5 The dataset contains high-frequency in-situ soil moisture records from the Al-Khanasri (KHR) restoration site in Jordan’s Badia, instrumented to evaluate mechanized micro-water harvesting via Vallerani pits (2022-2025). Acclima TR-315 probes log 30 min time series at four positio...
Genotype x Environment x Management for wheat in drylands Nov 12, 2025 Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari; Nangia, Vinay, 2021, "Genotype x Environment x Management for wheat in drylands", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/UVERUW, MELDATA, V9 The dataset contains genotype and crop management data for wheat yield for four different growing season. The experiment was carried out in ICARDA Research station in Merchouch, Morocco (Geo-location: 33°36′41′′N, 6°42′45′′W, 390 m.a.s.l.).
Farmer Profiling Data - Mali Nov 5, 2025 Savadogo, Patrice; Diakite, Adama, 2019, "Farmer Profiling Data - Mali", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/NREDEC, MELDATA, V8 In order to assess the impact of the Land Restoration Program, understanding what land restoration options work, where and for whom, there is need to identify the context-specific variables that may influence the performance of the restoration options as well as their uptake. In...
Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands Nov 5, 2025 Dutilly-Diane, Celine; Maatougui, Abdessalem; Bechchari, Abdelmajid; Acherkouk, Mohamed; El Koudrim, Mohamed; Bouayad, Abdallah; Tiedeman, James; Mahyou, H., 2004, "Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/7FCKJT, MELDATA, V12 Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands. The dataset contains data collected at rangeland level. NOTE: The original dataset was stored in SPSS Statistics file format, but it was not accessibl...
The Mountain Terraces Project in Yemen: Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen survey 2003 Nov 5, 2025 Mazid, Ahmed; Aw-Hassan, Aden A., 2003, "The Mountain Terraces Project in Yemen: Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen survey 2003", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/HG37TM, MELDATA, V10 Survey on Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen - Household survey 2003. The objective of the survey are: 1) To collect relevant socioeconomic data and determine the association between terrace degradation (investment) and the socioeconomic variables; 2) To e...
The Response of Grazed Vegetation in Relation to the Type of Landscape in the Mountain Rangelands, Tajikistan Nov 5, 2025 Louhaichi, Mounir; Moyo, Hloniphani; Hassan, Sawsan, 2019, "The Response of Grazed Vegetation in Relation to the Type of Landscape in the Mountain Rangelands, Tajikistan", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/AFAJPH, MELDATA, V11 The dataset reports on information collected to investigate the response of grazed vegetation in relation to landscape type in the mountain rangelands of Tajikistan over two seasons in 2016 (autumn and spring). Slopes facing the north and south, and grazed during different season...
Farmer Profiling Data - Kenya Nov 5, 2025 Winowiecki, Leigh; Magaju, Christine; Nyaga, John; Ochenje, Ibrahim; Makui, Parmutia; Kiura, Esther; Crossland, Mary; Kuria, Anne; Valencia, Ana Maria; Muthuri, Silas; Mutua, Francisca; Mbuvi, Caroline; Maithya, Stephen; Mwende, Mercy; Muendo, Sylvester; Sinclair, Fergus, 2019, "Farmer Profiling Data - Kenya", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/E4MRCZ, MELDATA, V6 In order to assess the impact of the Land Restoration Program, understanding what land restoration options work, where and for whom, there is need to identify the context-specific variables that may influence the performance of the restoration options as well as their uptake. In...
Farmer Profiling Data - Niger Nov 5, 2025 Bado, Vincent; Sanoussi Manzo, Maman Laminou; Amadou, Abdoulaye, 2020, "Farmer Profiling Data - Niger", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/O0RRZ1, MELDATA, V5 The dataset is a result of a survey conducted in Niger, inside the project "Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale". It includes socio-economical data about 1624 households....

List of dams, water tanks and ponds under the responsability of the Jordan Valley Authority - WAJ database, Jordan, 2017

Nov 26, 2025

Authority of Jordan, Water; Zucca, Claudio; Bartolini, Pietro, 2017, "List of dams, water tanks and ponds under the responsability of the Jordan Valley Authority - WAJ database, Jordan, 2017", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/UNAB4K, MELDATA, V11

The dataset was provided by the Dam Department of the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ). The database was originally in Arab and was translated in english in order to be compared with other datasets. The database enlists 363 sites related to Jordan Valley Authority (JVA) interventi...

List of water ponds and earth dams built within the Badia Restoration Program until 2015 - CAP database, Jordan, 2016 - Data from: BRP. 2016. Cap projects, implementers and achievements. BRP Focal Point report

Nov 26, 2025

Zucca, Claudio; Bartolini, Pietro, 2017, "List of water ponds and earth dams built within the Badia Restoration Program until 2015 - CAP database, Jordan, 2016 - Data from: BRP. 2016. Cap projects, implementers and achievements. BRP Focal Point report", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/AJQ0ML, MELDATA, V10

The dataset contains a list of 53 water harvesting interventions (water ponds and earth dams) implemented by the Badia Restoration Program (BRP) until 2015. The dataset includes also some notes form ICARDA-UNIFI, that tried to validate the data using satelite images during 2017.

Soil moisture data - Al-Khanasri restoration site

Nov 18, 2025

Tharavanthedath Somadas, Anaswara; Haddad, Mira, 2025, "Soil moisture data - Al-Khanasri restoration site", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/7S3BIP, MELDATA, V5

The dataset contains high-frequency in-situ soil moisture records from the Al-Khanasri (KHR) restoration site in Jordan’s Badia, instrumented to evaluate mechanized micro-water harvesting via Vallerani pits (2022-2025). Acclima TR-315 probes log 30 min time series at four positio...

Genotype x Environment x Management for wheat in drylands

Nov 12, 2025

Devkota Wasti, Mina Kumari; Nangia, Vinay, 2021, "Genotype x Environment x Management for wheat in drylands", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/UVERUW, MELDATA, V9

The dataset contains genotype and crop management data for wheat yield for four different growing season. The experiment was carried out in ICARDA Research station in Merchouch, Morocco (Geo-location: 33°36′41′′N, 6°42′45′′W, 390 m.a.s.l.).

Farmer Profiling Data - Mali

Nov 5, 2025

Savadogo, Patrice; Diakite, Adama, 2019, "Farmer Profiling Data - Mali", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/NREDEC, MELDATA, V8

In order to assess the impact of the Land Restoration Program, understanding what land restoration options work, where and for whom, there is need to identify the context-specific variables that may influence the performance of the restoration options as well as their uptake. In...

Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands

Nov 5, 2025

Dutilly-Diane, Celine; Maatougui, Abdessalem; Bechchari, Abdelmajid; Acherkouk, Mohamed; El Koudrim, Mohamed; Bouayad, Abdallah; Tiedeman, James; Mahyou, H., 2004, "Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/7FCKJT, MELDATA, V12

Multi-Level Survey Rangelands 2004: Datasets of Sustainable Management of Agropastoral Resources in Oujda (Morocco) - Rangelands. The dataset contains data collected at rangeland level. NOTE: The original dataset was stored in SPSS Statistics file format, but it was not accessibl...

The Mountain Terraces Project in Yemen: Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen survey 2003

Nov 5, 2025

Mazid, Ahmed; Aw-Hassan, Aden A., 2003, "The Mountain Terraces Project in Yemen: Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen survey 2003", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/HG37TM, MELDATA, V10

Survey on Rural Livelihood Assessment in the Mountain Areas of Yemen - Household survey 2003. The objective of the survey are: 1) To collect relevant socioeconomic data and determine the association between terrace degradation (investment) and the socioeconomic variables; 2) To e...

The Response of Grazed Vegetation in Relation to the Type of Landscape in the Mountain Rangelands, Tajikistan

Nov 5, 2025

Louhaichi, Mounir; Moyo, Hloniphani; Hassan, Sawsan, 2019, "The Response of Grazed Vegetation in Relation to the Type of Landscape in the Mountain Rangelands, Tajikistan", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/AFAJPH, MELDATA, V11

The dataset reports on information collected to investigate the response of grazed vegetation in relation to landscape type in the mountain rangelands of Tajikistan over two seasons in 2016 (autumn and spring). Slopes facing the north and south, and grazed during different season...

Farmer Profiling Data - Kenya

Nov 5, 2025

Winowiecki, Leigh; Magaju, Christine; Nyaga, John; Ochenje, Ibrahim; Makui, Parmutia; Kiura, Esther; Crossland, Mary; Kuria, Anne; Valencia, Ana Maria; Muthuri, Silas; Mutua, Francisca; Mbuvi, Caroline; Maithya, Stephen; Mwende, Mercy; Muendo, Sylvester; Sinclair, Fergus, 2019, "Farmer Profiling Data - Kenya", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/E4MRCZ, MELDATA, V6

Farmer Profiling Data - Niger

Nov 5, 2025

Bado, Vincent; Sanoussi Manzo, Maman Laminou; Amadou, Abdoulaye, 2020, "Farmer Profiling Data - Niger", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/O0RRZ1, MELDATA, V5

The dataset is a result of a survey conducted in Niger, inside the project "Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale". It includes socio-economical data about 1624 households....

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