Welcome to the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
About ICBA
Infographic About ICBA
What are Marginal Environments & Why Should we Worry About Them?
Building Individual and Institutional Capacities in Marginal Environments
Acknowledgment
Course Syllabus and Learning Outcomes
Author's Bio
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Module 1: Learning Outcomes and Structure
1.1. What are Marginal and Arid Environments and Where and How do they Occur?
1.2. Biophysical Aspects of Arid Lands
1.3. Water Resources Management
1.4. Climate Change and Water Resources in the Middle East
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Extra reading: Marginal Lands Concept, Assessment and Management
Extra reading: Definition and Classification of Marginal Lands Suitable for Industrial Crops in Europe
Extra reading: Identification of Marginal Landscapes as Support for Sustainable Development
Extra reading: Impact of Climate Change on Arid Lands Agriculture
Extra reading: Climate Change 2021 - The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policymakers
Extra reading: Promising Water Management Strategies for Arid and Semiarid Environments
Extra reading: The Future of Semi-Arid Regions: A Weak Fabric Unravels
Extra reading: Trees, forests and land use in drylands The first global assessment
Extra reading: What makes up marginal lands and how can it be defined and classified?
Module 2: Learning Outcome and Structure
2.1.1. Soil Constituents and Soil Texture
2.1.2. Soil Water Crop Mechanisms
2.1.3. Soil Water Crop Movement
2.2.1. Calculate Water Requirements for Crops - ET0 calculation and needed factors
2.2.2. Calculate Water Requirements for Crops - Introduction to CWR and ET0
2.3.1. Overview of Crops that Most Tolerate Marginal Environments
2.4.1. Soil Analysis - Field Sampling
2.4.2. Soil Analysis - Lab and Field Soil Test
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Extra reading of Module 2.1: Basic Soil Properties
Extra reading of Module 2.1: Soil and Water Relationship
Extra reading of Module 2.1: Principles of Water and Nutrients Movement in Soil
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Crop Water Requirements
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Performance Analysis of On-demand
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Multiple Uses of Water Services in Large Irrigation Systems
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Irrigation Water Management: Irrigation Water Needs
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Crop Water Requirements and Irrigation Schedules for Some Major Crops in Southern Iraq
Extra reading of Module 2.2: Crop Evapotranspiration, Irrigation Water Requirement and Water Productivity of Maize from Meteorological Data under Semiarid Climate
Extra reading of Module 2.3: Plant Genetic Resources for Marginal Environments: Identification, Multiplication & Dissemination
Extra reading of Module 2.4: Soil Testing
Module 3: Learning Outcomes and Structure
3.1.1. Irrigation Systems - Drip and Subsurface Irrigation
3.1.2. Irrigation Systems - Surface and Sprinkler Irrigation
3.2.1. Increasing Water Productivity - Irrigation Scheduling
3.2.2. Increasing Water Productivity - Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation
3.2.3. Increasing Water Productivity - Smart Agriculture
3.3.1. Irrigation Techniques for Salinity Management - Irrigation Management
3.3.2. Irrigation Techniques for Salinity Management - Leaching
3.3.3. Irrigation Techniques for Salinity Management - Subsurface Drainage
3.4.1. Fertigation and Soil Amendments - Fertigation
3.4.2. Fertigation and Soil Amendments - Soil Amendments
3.5.1. Water Quality - Classification of Irrigation Water
3.5.2. Water Quality - Water Sampling Methods
3.5.3. Water Quality - Water Quality Effects on Plants and Crop Yield
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Extra reading for Module 3.2: Design and Development of Smart Irrigation and Water Management System for Conventional Farming
Extra reading for Module 3.2: Using Remote Sensing to Improve Crop Water Allocation in a Scarce Water Resources Environment
Extra reading for Module 3.2: Weather Station for Irrigation Control
Extra reading for Module 3.2: Deficit Irrigation for Reducing Agricultural Water Use
Extra reading for Module 3.2: Irrigation Scheduling
Extra reading for Module 3.2: Irrigation Scheduling
Extra reading for Module 3.3: Irrigation Management Strategies for Improved Salinity and Sodicity Control
Extra reading for Module 3.3: Subsurface Drainage System Design and Management in Irrigated Agriculture
Extra reading for Module 3.4: Water Balance and Fertigation for Crop Improvement in West Asia
Extra reading for Module 3.5: Irrigation Water Quality Sampling
Extra reading for Module 5.3: Effects of Water Quality on Soil and Crops
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