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Approaches to Total Factor Productivity Measurements in the Agriculture Economy
Productivity is defined as the efficiency of a production system, and as such would be a ratio of units of output per unit of input to the system (James and Carles, 1996). It is also defined as the production value (or ...
OFID household survey on landscape depressions
The dataset contains the results of a survey with the purpose to compare practices like barley cultivation in the depressions and improved rangeland in Badia in terms of economic viability in the long term. The survey is ...
A Preliminary Model of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Suitability for Jordan
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. has been propagated for its fruits and young
pads for human consumption, as well as for forage for domestic livestock for
hundreds of years. Recently, it has been suggested that this plant ...
Rural Transformation through Targeted Regional Innovation Systems: Why parastatal co-operatives matter in the Middle East and North Africa
Draft manuscript to be submitted for peer review to Journal of Peasant Studies on December 21st
OFID Annual Technical Report. Enhancing Sustainability and Fodder Production of Lowland Pastures through Integrated Alley Cropping & Conservation Agriculture in Arid Agro-pastoral Ecosystems in Jordan, Yemen and Tunisia
A two year project funded by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) aiming at sustainable development of lowland pastures in Tunisia, Jordan, and Yemen was initiated in September 2014. The project is 100% ...
Dissemination of conservation agriculture (CA) in wheat based system for increased productivity and product quality
Currently around 6,000 ha are under conservation agriculture (CA) in Morocco. Further to CRP DS research on CA in the action site Meknes, there is a bilateral project on CA that is mapped to CRP DS; CANA-project “Adapting ...
Inclusive research for development: Gender integration
Training completed for 20 government employees (a third of which are women) from different parts of the Arab world, Eritrea and Iran in basic gender analysis and applications and relevance to the trainees’ individual work ...
Comparing productivity of landscape depressions in pastoral ecosystems of Jordan under different treatments
The dataset compares productivity of landscape depressions in pastoral ecosystems of Jordan under different treatments.
Reversing the Degradation of Jordan's 'Badia'
This blog talks about work on the OFID project. It was not a planned deliverable.
Morphological and physiological responses of halophytes: Atriplex halimus, A. lentiformis, A. nummularia, Amaranthus caudatus and Chenopodium quinoa Willd. to increasing levels of salinity
7 % of the world’s agricultural lands are adversely affected by salinity, a state that makes them less capable of supporting agricultural systems. Assessing growth and physiological mechanisms associated with high tolerance ...