Desert farming - Wikipedia
WEBDesert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where water is scarce is a challenge. However, desert farming has been practiced by humans for thousands of years.
Drying up: Can desert farms survive a changing climate?
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Drying up: Can desert farms survive a changing climate? As heat waves and water shortages threaten the future of agriculture in the U.S. Southwest, innovations in technology and plant breeding could help crops continue to bloom.
Desert Farming: Bolstering Food Security And Restoring ... - Forbes
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Breakthrough techniques, such as indoor vertical farming, hydroponics and aquaponics, zero input food forests and seawater farming are all opening the door to exciting new possibilities.
What should desert farmers grow? - Food and Environment …
WEBFor decades, leaders have sought a way to equitably share what’s left of the shrinking supply, but there has always been one stubborn sticking point: Farmers consume three-quarters of the region’s precious water, often to grow …
The Agricultural Goldmines of Deserts - ICARDA
WEBApr 21, 2021 · For many countries in these regions, desert farming is the only source of food production and employment in agri-food systems. Yet, the sustainability of vulnerable desert agriculture is gravely threatened by several factors that combined, form a perfect storm situation.
Desert Farming Initiative | University of Nevada, Reno
WEBThe Desert Farming Initiative is addressing the lack of local farms and farm workers by supporting a new generation of agricultural professionals through apprenticeships funded by the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station and the University of Nevada, Reno.
The innovation turning desert sand into farmland - BBC
WEBMay 16, 2018 · Increased drought, deforestation and intensive farming methods are turning an area half the size of Britain into desert each year. According to the United Nations, by 2030, 135 million people...
Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Program (IDFIP) - ICARDA
WEBApr 21, 2021 · IDFIP aims to accelerate agricultural innovations along field-to-fork value chains. The program leverages 40+ years of ICARDA's/CGIAR's established foundations in improved water management, climate-smart crops, integrated crop/livestock systems, and efforts to reduce desertification.
An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce …
WEBJul 29, 2020 · We define arid-adapted agriculture in Aridamerica as a low-input farming system dominated by desert-adapted perennial plants (including succulents) and their soil microbes that produce higher and more reliable crop yields with less water than can most conventional annual crops.
Desert Agriculture and Agroforestry | Mission 2014: Feeding the …
WEBDesert agriculture is the farming of crops well-suited for arid conditions, such as sorghum. Desert agroforestry is the growing of crops with the environmental support of trees in desert or arid areas.