2018-10-302018-10-30Hugo Remaury. (31/3/2014). MENARID Gateway: Strengthening and Scaling-up Integrated Natural Resource Management across MENA. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8509MENA’s permanent cropland – currently at less than 6% of the total land area – is shrinking due to serious land degradation and recurrent droughts. The region faces the most severe water shortage in the world with annual renewable water resources per capita estimated to decline from 1,045 m3/yr in 1997 to 740 m3/yr in 2015.PDFCC-BY-NC-4.0water shortagemenaridBrochureOpen access