Search
Now showing items 1-4 of 4
Importance of agrobiodiversity and options for promoting its onfarm conservation and sustainable use: Case of West Asia dryland agrobiodiversity project
West Asia encompasses the mega-center of diversity of species of global importance (wheat, barley, lentil, and many forage legume and fruit tree species) whose conservation will contribute to sustaining agriculture and ...
Can agricultural research impact on the poor? Evidence from dry marginal areas in Syria and Yemen
Both public and private agricultural investment have always favoured the more productive areas where the potential for increasing yields and returns to investment are higher. The less favourable areas, where inherent ...
Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spraying for Sunn Pest Control: Farmers' Perceptions and Problems
Turkish government has been changing Sunn Pest control policy by shifting from aerial to ground
spraying. The Thrace Region is a major cereal growing area and in 2002 and 2003 no aerial spraying for Sunn
Pest was done. Our ...
Using Recharge Estimation by the Water Balance Method as a Baseline for Sustainable Groundwater Management in a Water-Scarce Region of Syria
During the period of observation, groundwater abstractions by farmers in Khanasser valley, a water-scarce region of northwest Syria were largely sustainable. This was found by using the water balance method during a period ...