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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, ...
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 ...
Delivery FAIR Impact in agricultural and Food Security
In recent years research and development organizations aligned with donors and own frameworks for accountability. Such frameworks embedded indicators to ensure measurement of impacts. However the availability of impact ...
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 ...
Improving faba bean (Vicia faba L.) for sustainable agriculture in drylands
Faba bean (Vicia faba) is a major cool season food legume in many countries grown under rainfed and irrigated production systems around the world. Faba bean productivity and production are threaten by abiotic (heat, drought, ...
Screening faba bean (Vicia faba L.) germplasm for resistance to persistently aphid transmitted viruses
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important, high protein food and feed crop in many countries mainly in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA), East Africa and East Asia. The crop is affected by a number of virus ...
Qualitative characteristics of traditional Jordanian Jameed and a way to improve quality and reduce health risks
Jameed is an important dairy product in Jordan and other countries in the Middle East that is highly demanded. Jameed is a hard dry skimmed yogurt, mainly processed using sheep and goat milk in a small scale labor-intensive ...
Effects of drip subsurface irrigation system on date palm production and water productivity
Subsurface drip irrigation system has been proved to give higher water use efficiency and better water productivity (WP) than other irrigation systems. At Al-Kamil Research Station in Al-Sharqiyah North governorate, ...
Potential of farm level rainwater harvesting for enhancing resilience of dryland farming systems in India
The farm level rainwater harvesting which has huge potential for enhancing dryland farming systems resilience is yet to be fully harnessed. Here we have assessed the performance of small rainwater harvesting structures in ...