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Performance Evaluation of an Off-road Light Aerial Platform for Date Palm Cultivation
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivation is characterized by several operations performed at the frond level. Fronds can be many meters above the ground, especially in older groves or plantations. Mechanization in ...
Decision-making Power of Women in Livestock and Dairy Production in Jordan
Women are heavily involved in livestock rearing and milk processing in many parts of the world.
Yet the benefits of their labour are limited as men are responsible for marketing of the dairy
produce and ownership of ...
Focus Groups Discussion Instrument
This FGD instrument has been developed and implemented with Men and Women in Al Majditah community (Jordan) in order to identify the agricultural problems occurring in Badia and also to identify constraints of agricultural ...
Permaculture Design and Business Plan for Sustainable Livelihoods Programming: Low-Cost, Sustainable Solutions for Food and Nutrition Insecure Agro Pastoral Communities: Permaculture as a development tool to managing dry land resources
This fact sheet provides an overview of permaculture programming as a response to food and nutrition insecurity for agropastoral communities. It emphasizes the role of permaculture as a sustainable, non-donor dependent ...
AFESD-Final Project Workshop - Socio-Economic Component: Findings, Implications, and Way Forward
The aim of this document was the presentation of the main socio economic achievements, findings, and way forward undertaken in the frame of the "Enhancing Innovation and Technology Dissemination for Sustainable Agricultural ...
Qualitative characteristics of traditional Jordanian Jameed and a way to improve quality and reduce health risks
Jameed is an important dairy product in Jordan and other countries in the Middle East that is highly demanded. Jameed is a hard dry skimmed yogurt, mainly processed using sheep and goat milk in a small scale labor-intensive ...
Enhancing a Traditional Water Harvesting Technique in Jordan’s Agro-pastoral Farming System
This Policy Brief draws lessons from research conducted by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Jordan, focusing on the ...
Prevalence of, and risk factors for, brucellosis in Awassi sheep in Southern Jordan
A cross-sectional study was carried out during the period between July 2003 and June 2005 to investigate the epidemiology of ovine brucellosis in Southern Jordan. Serum samples from 1380 sheep corresponding to 66 flocks ...
Assessment of the Barley Sector at the National Level and Diagnostic of the Barley Value Chain (VC) at the Community Level
This report synthesizes the assessment of barley value chain and its main actors in Jordan both at national level and at the community level (Al Majdyah)
The Suitability of the Vallerani System: A case study of the Jordan Badia
The Al Majeddyeh watershed is located in the Jordan Badia and is severely degraded area, because of
overgrazing and conventional ploughing. In small portions, land is rehabilitated through the
implementation of Sustainable ...