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Rethinking the sustainability of Israel’s irrigation practices in the drylands
The author wishes to thank the following individuals for their very helpful
comments on an earlier draft of this chapter: Alon Ben-Gal, Itamar Nadav,
Naftali Lazarovitch, Naty Barak and Uriel Safriel
Restoring lands and livelihoods in rain-fed areas through community
watershed management
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watershed, Southern India; Luchba watershed, China and Tad Fa
watershed, Thailand and Coca-cola India Foundation for Parasai-Singh
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