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The Aflaj System - Current performance and potentials for improvement

Small-scale and family farmers’ collective action in managing natural resources in Oman

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Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Muscat, Oman ;

Pages 80 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

ISBN 978-92-5-135230-4

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7420en

Synopsis (short abstract) The Sultanate of Oman has taken some important steps towards food security. In the World Food Index 2018, Oman ranks third in the Arab world and 29th worldwide. The agriculture sector plays an important socio-economic role for sustainable development in the Sultanate of Oman. Faced with extreme scarcity of water in an arid environment, Omani society has developed impressive technological and social organizations to allow for sustainable use of water through the Falaj (Aflaj in plural).

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FAO. 2022. The Aflaj System – Current performance and potentials for improvement. Small-scale and family farmers’ collective action in managing natural resources in Oman. Muscat.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7420en

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