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Farmers' Attitudes Towards Treated Sludge (Biosolids) use in Agriculture: Evidence from Jordanian Badia
The application of treated sludge (biosolids) on agricultural land has been widely acknowledged, given the
cost-effectiveness of this method and its easy use. When appropriately applied to agricultural land, sludge
can ...
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 ...
Drip Fertigation Technology for Enhancing Date Palm Productivity and Fruit Quality
A field experiment was conducted during two successive growing seasons, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 to evaluate the effect of different fertilizer application methods on date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) yield and fruit quality ...
Impacts of irrigation with reclaimed wastewater on forages production, nutrients, and heavy metals content
In order to investigate the effect of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) on soil chemical properties and heavy metal uptake of selected forages, an experiment was carried out at Dhaid Research Station, UAE during three growing ...
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 ...
Advanced Statistical Analysis using SPSS
This report summarize the purpose, objectives, outline, of the training course on "Advanced Statistical Analysis using SPSS" undertaken in the frame of the project "Strengthening Innovation and Technology Adoption towards ...
إستخدام المخلفات الزراعية والأعلاف غير التقليدية في تغذية الأغنام والماعز
يقدم هذا الكتيب المعلومات المتاحة عن المخلفات الزراعیة والأعلاف البدیلة في الأردن وكیفیة معاملتھا لتحسین قیمتھا التغذویة والكمیات المناسبة لأضافتھا في الخلطة العلفیة للأغنام والماعز. "Use of agricultural by-products and ...
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 ...
A GIS-based Approach for Assessing Water Harvesting Suitability in a Badia Benchmark Watershed in Jordan
In arid and semi-arid areas water harvesting techniques can be used to capture and efficiently utilize rainwater runoff to maintain productive and sustainable agro-pastoral systems. With water resources being depleted by ...