Managing droughts in the low-rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa

Drought is a recurrent and often devastating threat to the welfare of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) where three-quarters of the arable land has less than 400 mm of annual rainfall, and the natural grazings, which support a majority of the 290 million ruminant livestock, have l...

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Main Authors: Hazell, Peter B. R., Oram, Peter, Chaherli, Nabil
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156181

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