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Predicting Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Liquid Pollination and Polycarbonate Drying Technologies: A Case Study from the Date Palm Growers in the Sultanate of Oman
This research paper aims to assess the adoption level of the two technologies (liquid pollination and polycarbonate drying houses) in the Sultanate of Oman, emphasizing the influencing factors of the adoption process and ...
Dates trade in GCC Countries Competitivity and Complementarity
In the GCC countries, date-palm sector is strategically important for the economic, social and environmental development. Therefore, markets globalization has had a huge impact on the comparative advantages of date exports ...
Microfinance in marginal dry areas: Impact of village credits and savings associations on poverty in the Jabal al Hoss region in Syria
Worldwide, microfinance has been recognized as a powerful tool for alleviating poverty and
raising living standards (Brandsma and Chaouali, 1998). In Syria microfinance is a new industry
and started in 1997. The Rural ...
Adoption assessment of the project introduced technologies for date palm farming system in the Sultanate of Oman
The aim of this research paper is to assess the adoption level of the two
technologies (liquid pollination and polycarbonate drying houses) developed by the date
palm project in the Sultanate of Oman. The methodological ...
Adoption of the Project Introduced Technology for Date Palm in Sultanate of Oman
The aim of this research paper is to assess the adoption level of the two technologies (liquid pollination and polycarbonate drying houses) developed by the date palm project in the Sultanate of Oman. The methodological ...
A Comparative Study for Competitiveness of Dates from the GCC countries in the World Market
In the GCC countries, date-palm sector is strategically important for the economic, social and environmental development. Therefore, markets globalization has had a huge impact on the comparative advantages of date exports ...
Livelihoods Effects of Zero Tillage among Small and Medium Holder Farmers in the Developing World
The biophysical benefits of conservation agriculture (CA) are well documented in the literature. However, the literature on the economic benefits of CA, especially in the context of small and medium-scale farmers is scanty. ...
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 ...
Competitive Advantage of GCC Date Palm Sector in the International Market: Market Shares, Revealed Comparative Advantages, and Trade Balance Indexes
In the GCC countries, date-palm sector is strategically important for the economic, social and environmental development. Therefore, markets globalization has had a huge impact on the comparative advantages of date exports ...
Economic and Environmental Evaluation of Different Irrigation Systems for Date Palm Production in the GCC Countries: The case of Oman and Saudi Arabia
This study evaluates the irrigation water volumes' effect on the date palm productivity and water use efficiency under several conventional and improved irrigation systems (surface, subsurface, bubbler, subsurface drip ...