Past and ongoing projects
There are few specialized project on the subject of land degradation and desertification in the Eskişehir area and most of them were realized either by ESOGU Faculty of Agriculture or by other local state organizations. They are thematic and rather local case studies. Among them effect of some agricultural practices on the soil erosion by water, inquiry on the wind erosion in the region and probable solutions and recurrence probability of the drought period in Eskişehir region can especially be cited. Another task undertaken by a local state institution and an NGO (TEMA Foundation) is named "Eskişehir Province Seyitgazi District Arslanbeyi Village Rural Development and Erosion Control Project". There is no previous agricultural work within the study site boundary. The surveys realized by Provincial Division of the State Water Affairs in relation to construction of Keskin dam in the study site comprises some hydrological studies as well as some irrigation plans.
