Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices to Reduce Soil Pollution Within Green Houses 1. Apply climate-smart practices to rationalize the use of chemical fertilizers and use of organic fertilizers to reduce soil pollution and increase the percentage of organic matter in the soil. 2. Training farmers on sustainable soil management and irrigation in line with climatic changes. 3. Providing farmers with field equipment to monitor the soil salinity and nutrients.
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UNDP/PAPP |
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Objectives
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1. Apply climate-smart practices to rationalize the use of chemical fertilizers and use of organic fertilizers to reduce soil pollution and increase the percentage of organic matter in the soil. 2. Training farmers on sustainable soil management and irrigation in line with climatic changes. 3. Providing farmers with field equipment to monitor the soil salinity and nutrients. |
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Project Outputs: On going |
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Areas of work
HWE works closely with Newcastle University (UK) and many other international institutions and funding agencies such as UNESCO, ESCWA, CEDARE, UNU, USAID, DFID, AFD, GTZ, GWP, EUWI, JICA, ACSAD, BGR, EU, etc.
Main Goals
HWE offers a wide variety of services in water, sanitation and environmental engineering and science from the needs identification stage to the elaboration of tender documents, supervision of works and technical assistance.
House of Water and Environment
The House of Water and Environment (HWE) is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region.
