Focus on Seed Programs The Syrian seed industry
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Abdul Mohsen Said Omar. (1/1/2002). Focus on Seed Programs The Syrian seed industry. Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).
Abstract
Syria is located at 35oN latitude and
38oE longitude in the eastern shore of
the Mediterranean sea bordering
Turkey in the west and north, Iraq and
Jordan in the east, and Lebanon and
Palestine in the South. The estimated
population is about 18 million with annual
growth rate of 3.2%.
In Syria, the climate is distinctively
continental with cool and rainy winters and
dry hot summers. There are five
agroecological zones based on average
annual rainfall: Zone 1 (>350mm), Zone 2
(300-350mm), Zone 3 (250-300mm), Zone 4
(200-250mm) and Zone 5 (<200mm). Syria
covers an area of 18.5 million ha of which
14.6, 13.3, 7.1 9.9 and 55.1% are located in
Zone 1, 2,3,4 and 5, respectively. From the
total land area about 5.7 million ha (31%) is
cultivated. Most of the cultivated area (83%)
is rainfed while the remaining 17% is irrigated
mostly for wheat and cotton production.
