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Assessment of on-farm conservation of dryland agrobiodiversity and its impact on rural livelihoods in the Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent encompasses a mega-center of diversity of crops and livestock of global importance. The
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) coordinated a 5-year regional project
funded ...
Incorporating risk in the economic analysis of agronomic trials: fertilizer use on barley in Syria
In the drier areas of Syria yields of barley, the principal crop, are low. Due to the variability in rainfall, fertilizer use is perceived as risky. Barley-fertilizer trials have been conducted on farmer's fields over a ...
Changing Barley Fertilization Policy in Syria: The Role of Collaborative Policy-oriented Research
Barley is a major feed crop in Syria, accounting for 96 percent of the area devoted to rainfed forage crops, 40 percent of the total cereal area, and 27 percent of the total cropped area. Although barley is well adapted ...
Farmers’ performance criteria for new barley varieties and their diffusion through farmer-to-farmer seed distribution
Barley, mainly the two local landraces ‘Arabic Abiad’ and ‘Arabic Aswad’, covers about
1.38 million ha of cultivated land in Syria. The average yield of these landraces is less than
1 t/ha. Barley breeders have developed ...
Adoption of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Northern Syria
Questionnaire used for Effect of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Syria survey of Fertilizer Use on Rainfed Barley project.
Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management Study in Zone 2 in Syria
Presentation based on Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management in Zone 2 in Syria survey for the Farm Resource Management project.
Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management Study in Zone 2 in Syria
This report is a summary report for Agricultural Production Systems and Resource Management in Zone 2 in Syria survey of the Farm Resource Management project.
دراسة تقيّيم مشروع الباب : إدخال محصول البيقية في الدورة الزراعية
بينت الدراسات التي أجريت في إيكاردا خلال الثمانيات أن ادخال زراعة المحاصيل البقولية العلفية في المناطق الجافة، ضمن النظم الزراعية القائمة على زراعة الشعير وتربية الماشية، يمكن أن تحل محل تبوير الأرض أو أن تستخدم في كسر ...
The Role of Informal Farmer-To-Farmer Seed Distribution in Diffusion of New Barley Varieties in Syria
This study examines the role, structure and effectiveness of informal seed systems in the diffusion of
new barley varieties. It uses data collected by tracing farmers who received new barley varieties and
other farmers who ...
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 ...