2021-06-022021-06-02Yaser Momany. (1/1/2001). Focus on Seed Programs: The Seed Industry in Jordan. Syrian Arab Republic: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/13161Jordan is located between 32° and 29° N latitude and 39° and 35° E longitude. It is bordered by the Palestine Authority in the west, Iraq and Saudi Arabia in the east, Syria in the north and Saudi Arabia in the south. The country has a total area of 8.93 million hectares, of which arable land occupies 7.8%. Agricultural production is mainly rainfed (98%), and field crops (i.e. cereals, food and feed legumes), orchards (mainly olive trees) and vegetables occupy 65.5%, 25.5%, and 9.0%, respectively.PDFCC-BY-SA-4.0seed programsNewsletterOpen access