Abstract Large parts of Central Asia are characterized by a semiarid to arid climate.
Therefore, areas close to shallow groundwater, rivers and lakes are characterized by unique …

CONTEXT An artificial oasis is a desert area suitable for human occupation and agriculture
by human management. Agricultural reclamation in artificial oases provides a means for …

Accounting for energy carbon emissions and analyzing the driving factors from a watershed
perspective is necessary and helpful for achieving emission reduction targets in arid …

Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), that aim at informing decisions on land
management, are increasing in number around the globe. Despite selected success stories …

Current wheat crop management practices in the Nile Delta of Egypt are unsustainable due
to the overuse of limited water resources. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate …

The purpose of this study was to establish a jujube (Zizyphus jujuba Mill.)–cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum Linn.) intercropping agroforestry system in the south and north of …

At present, maize yields as high as 15.0 Mg ha− 1 can be achieved under fully irrigated
conditions in China. However, due to water restrictions, exploring appropriate water-saving …

A significant part of the world's largest river basins are located in areas of arid and semi-arid
climate, such as the Amu Darya, Jordan, Murray-Darling, Yellow River, and Aksu-Tarim river …

Abstract In the Tarim River Basin, water resources from the mountain areas play a key role
due to the extremely arid climate of the lowlands. This study presents an analysis of future …

To combat China's water crisis tremendous research efforts are undertaken aiming at the
improvement of water management in cotton production, which is the major consumer of the …