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Food Legume Nurseries: International Nursery Report 1982/83
The main objective of the program is to provide a mechanism for the multi-location testing of the genetic material of chickpea, faba beans, and lentils originating from national and International programs.
The testing aims ...
Assessment of Genetic Diversity Among Date Palms Cultivars in Gulf Countries using Microsatellite Markers
Date palm is known to have high biodiversity, with over five thousand cultivars worldwide. These cultivars have been evaluated using different vegetative and reproductive measurements.
Chemical composition of fruit. The ...
Institutional Framework Treated Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture
Institutional frameworks (IFs) definition, the reasons why they are needed, some of the common challenges with institutional frameworks for wastewater reuse in agriculture?
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 ...
Economic and Financial Evaluation of a Low-Cost Portable Solar Dryer for Maturing and Drying of Dates: Business for Development (B4D) Report
One of the challenges affecting small scale date palm producers in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) countries is the destination of the goods that they cannot consume or sell. This is especially ...
New technologies in date palm production and drying dates
The Development of Sustainable Date Palm Production systems aims to use of proper agro-management techniques, and to develop proper post-harvest techniques to reduce losses and improve marketing.
Are presented here two new ...
Date Palm Biodiversity & Cultivation in Urban and Rural Areas Resilience Programme-Oasis Cities
Oases are a home of multiple agro-biodiversity and have a large agricultural capacity. Richness of date palm is by different varieties, dates qualities, colors and forms: Medjhoul, Boufeggous (Morocco), Fardh, Khalas, ...
Focus on Seed Programs The Seed Industry in Oman
The Sultanate of Oman occupies the
eastern corner of the Arabian
peninsula, stretching more than
1700km from the Strait of Hormuz in the
north to the frontiers of Yemen in the south.
The Musandam Peninsula, the most
northern ...
Intercontinental Networks Between Africa and Asia Across the Indian Ocean: What Do Village Chickens Reveal?
The prehistory of the Indian Ocean world can be likened to a complex historical jigsaw puzzle, and has attracted deep interest from various dis- ciplines (Chaudhuri 1985; Pearson 2011). The objective has been to find and ...
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 ...