This study was performed to test three methods based on the FAO-56 ‘‘dual’’ crop coefficient approach to estimate actual evapotranspiration (AET) for winter wheat under different irrigation treatments in the semi-arid region of Tensift Al Haouz, Marrakech (center of Morocco). The three methods differ in the calculation of the basal crop coefficient (Kcb) and the fraction of soil surface covered...

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The World Bank, in collaboration with the e-Agriculture community and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is holding a series of two week online forums. These e-forums stem from the launch of the World Bank’s ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook (2011) and the growing demand for knowledge on how to use ICT to improve agricultural productivity and raise smallholder inco...

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1. The Third Joint FAO/WHO/UNEP International Conference on Mycotoxins was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 3 to 6 March 1999. The Conference was convened by the DirectorsGeneral of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and was kindly hosted by the Government of the Republic of ...

Since its establishment in 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has worked with member countries to increase food production and food supplies and improve the nutritional well-being of the world population. Dietary assessment is an important component in the process of identifying groups that are nutritionally at risk and in developing appropriate programs and...

Title: The use of high-resolution image time series for crop classification and evapotranspiration estimate over an irrigated area in central Morocco Dear Author During the preparation of your manuscript for publication, the questions listed below have arisen. Please attend to these matters and return this form with your proof. Many thanks for your assistance Query Reference Query Remarks 1 FAO...

Fatty acid oxidation (FAO) defects often present with multi-system involvement, including several life-threatening cardiac manifestations, such as cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion and arrhythmias. We report herein a fatal case of cardiac dysfunction and rapid-onset tamponade following an acute illness in a neonate with molecularly proven very long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) defici...

People have long recognized the most obvious connection—food security is one of the three pillars of good nutrition, along with good care and good health. In 1945 concerns about recurring famines and malnutrition led to the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).The FAO was mandated to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, and improving a...

A greater understanding of how deficiencies manifest themselves and to what extent they are clinically relevant, by sex and age, remains important, and there is a priority need for improved standardization and reporting of measurements (Patrick Webb, Tufts University, Boston, Mass., USA). The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) indicators of hidden hunger capture under...