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Unlocking the potential of protected agriculture in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council - Saving water and improving nutrition
Creators
- ABDELAZIZ HIRICH1
- ABDUL MOHSEN IBRAHIM BINSULAIMAN2
- AHMED MOUSTAFA3
- ALAA N. A. JUMA4
- ALI EL KHARBOTLY5
- ARASH NEJATIAN3
- AYMAN ABOU HADID6
- AZAIEZ OULED BELGACEM3
- DANAH FADEL AL ALI7
- ISAM MUSTAFA ABDULRAZAK8
- KHALIL AMMAR9
- MARTIN BUCHHOLZ10
- MASOUD J. AL-MARRI5
- MUTHIR SALEH SAID AL RAWAHY11
- NAEM MAZAHRIH12
- REDOUANE CHOUKR-ALLAH9
- SHABBIR A. SHAHID9
- SHAMA ABDULLAH RAHMA AL SHAMSI13
- USAMA A. EL-BEHAIRY6
- 1. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Laayoune, Morocco
- 2. Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia
- 3. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
- 4. Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), United Arab Emirates (the)
- 5. Department of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar
- 6. Arid Land Agricultural Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University (ASU), Egypt
- 7. Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAFR), Kuwait
- 8. Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Bahrain
- 9. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
- 10. Watergy GmbH Berlin, EU Horizon 2020 Project "The GreeFa" (Grant Agreement 101000801), Germany
- 11. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Oman
- 12. National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Jordan
- 13. Agricultural Research Administration MOEW, United Arab Emirates (the)
Description
The publication presents a report on current problems of Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa in relation to water scarcity. As an answer the report presents the state-of-art of water savings technoloigies and presentations of existing project for solving the issues. This report is the result of close collaboration between several institutions and individuals. From the outset, FAO, ICARDA, ICBA, the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of United Arab Emirates (the) (MoCCAE), and the ministries of agriculture of all six GCC countries agreed to join forces in this effort.
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Required citation:
FAO. 2021. Unlocking the potential of protected agriculture in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council –
Saving water and improving nutrition. Cairo. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4070en
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