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Repositioning agricultural innovation systems in post-Soviet Central Asia
Transforming a centrally planned system of agricultural production to one where individual farmers are accorded choice in crop mix and land use management practices is much more than structural change. Embedded within this ...
Component 1: Ex-ante evaluation for CA based technologies in CWANA
Presentation of Component 1: Ex-ante evaluation for CA based technologies in CWANA
An Econometric Study of Spring Potatoes Production in Hama Governorate (Al Ghab Region) in Syria
The present study was conducted in the province in AL Ghab region(Hama- Syria) during the 2010/2011 cropping season. A random sample of 103 farmers from spring potato farmers in the study area was used. The objective of ...
Socio-Economic Considerations of Salinity: Descriptive Statistics of the Iraq Sampled Farms
This paper is aimed to obtain an understanding of the impacts of salinity on agriculture production, the livelihood options of farmers and responses to technologies available to cope with the salinity problem; Mussayeb, ...
Enhancing Agricultural Extension Services for Rural Development in Jordan
This paper provides a review of the agricultural extension system in Jordan, with a focus on strengths and constraints, as well as options for how to improve efficiency in service delivery and efficacy in outcomes. While ...
Stochastic Production Frontiers and Decomposition of Output Growth: The Case of Citrus-Growing Farms in Tunisia
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relative contribution of technical efficiency, technological change and increased input use to the output growth of the Tunisian citrus growing farms using a stochastic frontier ...
Understanding trends and patterns of production, consumption and trade of pulses within Middle East-North Africa (MENA): implications for research, development and policy within the region
The research community continues to express the concern over a decline in the production of food legumes within the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, despite the growth in average consumption. The underpinnings for ...
Innovation Platform, Farmers’ Organizations, and Market to Empower Small Farmers Benefit from an Autochthonous Meat Sheep Value Chain Under Low Input Production Systems
Regional development in Tunisian livestock has been based mainly on segments rather than on an integrated system approach and a value chains concept. Even though efforts were made to improve production, livestock ...
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Innovative Technologies by Livestock Farmers in Arid Area of Tunisia
Despite the efforts to promote adoption of innovative technologies (IT) by the Government and international development projects, the adoption rate among farmers has always been low in Tunisia. This paper aims to investigate ...
Methodology for Assessing Adoption, Efficiency, and Impacts of Mechanized Raised-Bed Technology
Mechanized raised-bed technology (MRBT) has been recognized as an important
Component of integrated water management to achieve higher productivity in intensive irrigated systems, such as those found in the Nile ...