Different pixel-based, object-based and subpixel-based methods such as time-series analysis, decision-tree, and different supervised approaches have been proposed to conduct land use/cover classification.However, despite ...

The absence of adequate land leveling coupled with the ill designed traditional furrow irrigation systems and the poor condition of drainage structures in most Syrian farms are leading to over-irrigation. A stochastic production ...

This report is a synthesis of the research and development work done in past years by ICARDA’s Seed Section of Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management, with a number of partner countries in Africa and Asia to improve ...

Homs governorate watershed is considered as the agricultural production hub and a strategic water reservoir of Syria. However, land fertility and the increase of population, as well as climatic changes, urged the farmers ...

Questionnaire used for Effect of Fertilizer Use on Barley in Syria survey of Fertilizer Use on Rainfed Barley project.

Articles in this issue describe how value-addition options were identified for herbal and medicinal plants in a remote valley in Morocco; how cactus species – that combine hardiness with high market value – are being ...

A 3-year study was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean region of northern Syria to develop crop coefficient, Kc, for drip-irrigated short-season cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Two sets of Kc curves were determined, the ...

Seed Info aims to stimulate information exchange and communication among seed staff in the Central, West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region. The purpose is to contribute towards the development of stronger national seed ...

The Hot spots of high and low water productivity was done by classifying the biophysical agricultural water productivity (kg/m3) layer into three classes: (i) High water productivity which includes values exceeding 1.0 ...

Crop yield layer where derived from MODIS gross primary productivity (GPP) layer as a production efficiency model approach that estimates crop growth from intercepted photo synthetically active radiation and light use ...