Training Details
- an introduction
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- General on different desert lands.
- An introduction to desert lands (calcareous, alkaline, saline).
- - Problems of desert lands and ways of reclaiming them.
- The use of these lands for agriculture.
- Conventional and non-conventional water sources.
- - Planting windbreaks, their types.
- Modern irrigation methods in desert lands.
- - Various service operations (plowing, preparation, planning).
- Cultivation of various vegetables under the plastic tunnels.
- - Weather conditions, planting dates, different service operations, physiological defects, insect resistance and theory for: tomatoes, beans, eggplant, peppers, taro, cucumbers, cantaloupe, melons, potatoes.
- Production of vegetable seedlings.
- - Production of potatoes, onions, peas, strawberries, cabbage, garlic, lettuce, and artichokes in the desert lands.
- Disease and insect infestations and how to combat them preventively and curatively.
- - Field visits to some desert lands and see the vegetable crops there.
- Practical manual exercises for some vegetable crops in desert lands.
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