Research Reports
Adoption
of Improved Wheat Technology in the Sudan: Survey Results.
1998. Faki, H.; Aw-Hassan, A.; Ahmed, A.; Elahmadi, A.; Solh, M. ICARDA
Social Science Paper No. 5. 53 pp.
This study evaluates the adoption status
of the improved wheat technology, developed through cooperation by the Sudan's
Agricultural Research Cooperation with ICARDA and donors within the Nile Valley
Regional Program (NVRP) for Cool-Season Food Legumes and Cereals. The study
also examines the factors that influence its adoption in the main wheat-producing
areas in the Sudan, and provides the results of an analysis of a structured
farm survey made in the Sudan in 1993.
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Mapping
Rural Poverty and Natural Resource Constraints in Dry Areas. 1999.
Rodriguez, A.; Thomas, N. 1999. ICARDA Social Science Paper No. 6. 24 pp.
This study discusses rural poverty and
natural resource constraints in dry areas using graphical representations
of socio-economic and natural-resource endowments or constraints. Because
maps are easier to understand and use compared with tabular or statistical
presentations, maps were produced for dry areas, population density,
environmental dimensions (availability of arable land and fresh water), child
malnourishment, agricultural labor force and social dimensions (number of
poor people adjusted for the severity of poverty).
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Groundwater
Use and Supplemental Irrigation in Atareb, Northwest Syria.
1999. Rodriguez, A.; Salahieh, H.; Badwan, R.; Khawam, H. ICARDA Social Science
Paper No. 7. 26 pp.
This report presents the findings of a groundwater-use monitoring study in
a village in northwest Syria, and it complements the research of Smith (1994)
and Ward and Smith (1994). Suggestions for further water-management research
are provided in the light of the growing groundwater scarcity and ongoing
policies of the Syrian government to reduce subsidies on production factors,
chiefly water, and fertilizer, and to deregulate produce prices.
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The Effect of
Fertilizer Use on Rain-fed Barley: A Case Study from Syria.
1999. Mazid, M.; Bailey, E. ; Jones, M. ICARDA Social Science
Paper No. 8. 28 pp.
This study documents the impact of fertilizer use on rain-fed barley, appraises
its impact and appropriateness of fertilizer use on rain-fed barley in Syria,
and estimates a diffusion model of fertilizer use on rain-fed barley.
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Can
Pastoral Institutions Perform Without Access Options?.
2001. T. Ngaido. ICARDA Social Science Paper No. 9. 25 pp.
This study is intended to contribute to the common-property debate by strengthening
the link between property rights and production strategies, and to show how
institutional inefficiencies may occur in any system of common-property rights
regardless of the degree of control that communities have over their resources.
The study draws comparisons between the Moroccan and Nigerian experiences
to evaluate the factors that have led to institutional inefficiencies.
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Collective
Action, Propert Rights, and Devolution of Rangeland Management: Selected
Examples from Africa and Asia.
2001. T. Ngaido and M. Kirk.
ICARDA Social Science Paper No. 10. 34 pp.
This study presents the findings of a devolution to stimulate pastoral societies
livelihood strategies while improving the efficiency of rangeland management
and the overall community welfare through greater feed availability.
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Sustainable Development of Small-Scale Farmers of
the Taurus Mountains of
Turkey.
2001. Erkan, O.;
Beniwal, S.P.S.; Ryan, J.; Bounejmate, M. (eds.). Integrated Natural Resource
Management: Technical Research Report Series No. 1. 101 pp.
This study presents briefly all
project activities and provides detailed information to develop sustainable
farming systems in the Taurus Mountains villages of Turkey.
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Supplemental Irrigation Potential for Wheat in
the Central Anatolian Plateau of Turkey. 2001.
Oweis,
T.; Salkini, A.; Zhang, H.; Ilbeyi, A.; Ustun, H.; Dernek, Z.; Erdem, G. 37
pp.
This
research report is the first output of the joint endeavor between ICARDA and
the Central Anatolian Plateau (CAP) in Turkey to achieve the objective of
improving the use-efficiency of available water resources including rain,
ground and surface water in CAP. The study is intended to contribute to a
better understanding of the status and the role of supplemental irrigation
in the production of wheat in CAP and, to determine the potential, constraints,
and research needs for improving the management of this practice for higher
and more stable yields.
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An Agroecological Exploration of the Arabian Peninsula. 2002. De Pauw, E. 77 pp.
This report provides an
overview of the agroecological characteristics of the Arabian Peninsula.
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Sheep Management Practices in Iraq, Jordan and Syria: the Case of Reproduction and Fertility. Integrated Natural Resource Management - Technical Research Report Series No. 2. 2003. Thomson, E.F.; Martini, M.A.; Tutwiler, R.N. 43 pp. ISBN: 92-9127-133-5.
Until now surveys of sheep
production in West Asia have largely ignored the reproductive management applied
by herders and flock owners. Moreover, little attention has been given to
understanding the reasons why they manage the animals in the way they do.
Such an understanding is vital to the success of efforts to increase flock
productivity. This report presents information taken from a survey of sheep
reproduction and fertility in Iraq, Jordan and Syria conducted in 1995. The
research aimed to better understanding of the reproductive practices applied
by a sample of flock owners in Iraq, Jordan and Syria. The report presents
a synthesis of the results from the three countries.
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Impact
of Modern Agricultural Technologies on Durum Wheat Production in Syria.
2003. Mazid, A.; Tutwiler, R.; Al-Ahmed, H.; Abdelali-Martini, M.; Maya, F.
Integrated Natural Resource Management: Technical Research Report Series No.
3. 34 pp. ISBN 92-9127-135-1.
This report presents the findings of the impact of modern technologies on
durum wheat production in Syria. The results in this report are based on surveys
of wheat production jointly implemented by ICARDA and the participating national
research programs in Syria, especially the Socioeconomic Research Department
and its divisions in the provinces.
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The Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Grass Pea Consumption
and the Incidence of Lathyrism in Ethiopia. 2003. Dadi, L.; Teklewold, H.;
Aw-Hassan, A.; Abdel Moneim A.M.; Bejiga, G. Integrated Natural Resource Management:
Technical Research Report Series No. 4. 55 pp. ISBN 92-9127-136-X.
This report presents the results of the socioeconomic
investigations of grass pea growers in selected provinces in Ethiopia, and
provides useful insights into the social and economic factors influencing
the utilization of grass pea, and thereby contributing to the incidence of
lathyrism in rural communities in Ethiopia.
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Drought, Livestock Losses and the Potential for Feed
Production from Arable Land in Afghanistan: A Case Study of 183 Villages with
Mixed Crop/Livestock Farming Systems. Thomson, Euan, Terence
Barker and Joaquin Mueller. 2003. Integrated Natural Resource Management Research
Report Series, No. 5. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, viii + 34 pp. En. ISBN: 92-9127-143-7.
An important element in any multi-component, long-term strategy to restore
the productivity of livestock in Afghanistan is the production of more high-quality
feed, by growing forage crops on fallow land and improving the yields of the
existing feed crops. A better supply of feed would result in more productive
livestock and increase the supply of animal-derived foods. This would have
a positive impact on the health and livelihoods of the rural and urban poor.
However, there are risks associated with over-promoting the growing of forage
crops on fallow land as the solution to the feed deficit problem in Afghanistan.
Evidence of these risks is the limited success of this approach over the last
50 years elsewhere in West Asia and North Africa. Future efforts to increase
feed supplies in Afghanistan should take note of the lessons learned from
earlier programs in the region.
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