World: Experts Fight To Save Ancient Agricultural Systems

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A qanat on the grounds of the Iranian National Library in Tehran 
(courtesy photo)

A qanat on the grounds of the Iranian National Library in Tehran

PRAGUE, October 25, 2006 (RFE/RL) — Date farms in Sahara Desert oases. Terraced lemon orchards in coastal Italy. Indigenous forest management in Russia’s Far East. Ancient underground irrigation in Iran.

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