The semi-arid area in the country has expanded by 10% in the recent decades and the newly formed semi-arid region in the northern India is 4% of the total land of the country. Photo for representative ...

Researchers at the Colorado State University in the United States have investigated the impact of an agrivoltaic system on semi-arid grassland previously managed for hay production. The team ...

Climate change predictions for the Middle East, like other arid regions of the world, are alarming. But in testing these dire predictions, ecologists found that, contrary to expectations, no ...

Plants growing in arid and semi-arid habitats, such as desert, contain many unique components that enable them to adapt to extreme or stressful environments. Little is known about these plant ...

Charles Mureithi inspecting a pomegranate fruit at his orchard christened ‘Eden villa’ at Sipili village in Laikipia County on January 21, 2018. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard] Can I grow fruits in arid or ...

Drought, conflict, and the related famine and humanitarian crises have been defining characteristics of the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) in East Africa. Millions of people in the region suffer ...

The Grantham Research Institute was one of the partners in the project Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) that ran from 2014–18 across multiple countries. The project aimed to spur ...

West Vault Mining, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation and the Dept. of Agriculture, Veterinary, and Rangeland Sciences, has established the Arid Land Research Fund. The ...