Introducing and disseminating forage and grain based CA systems in Jordan
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Introducing and disseminating forage and grain based CA systems in Jordan
Harun Cicek, Serkan Ates , Yacoub Hijazeen & Mohamed Rifaee
Consortium Research Program on Dryland Systems (CRP DS)ICARDA – NCARE Technical Meeting for Tafilah-Salamieh Action Site
(Jordan sites) Ayass Hotel, Amman September 21-22, 2014
Conservation Agriculture (CA)and forage activities
Activity Locations Station/site
Area (ha) 2013
Target area (ha) 2014
CA– alley cropping
Meharb , Majdiyah, Irak
Farmers’ fields
1 2
CA - agronomic research trials
Mushaqar, Khaldiyah, and Maru
Research station
5 5
Demonstration trials
Karak/Mazar Madaba/Mushagar
Farmers’ fields
6 30
Forage activities in JordanProductivity of drought tolerant forage legumes and cereals under different tillage systems (2013-2016)
• The forage seeds originating from Tel Hadya and sown in Ramtha Station (due to availability of the water) for multiplication in November 2013.
• A long-term trial will be established at Mushaqar station in autumn 2014 to investigate the performance of various forage legumes in different tillage systems and their impact on the subsequent cereal crop.
Forage crops procured from various sources or multiplied in Ramtha station in Jordan
A total of 10 barley varieties originating from Tel Hadya and Jordan were sown in December 2013 to evaluate their dual purpose potentials under saline conditions (Khalidiyah station). The first year data is under process. The second year of the experiment will be established in mid-October 2014.
Integrated experiment to measure the forage production, of triticale or berseem clover under no till or conventional tillage system under saline conditions (Khalidiyah station)
Forage legume-cereal rotations under no till and conventional tillage systems in saline conditions (2013-2015)
Evaluation and management of alternative forage cereals under saline conditions (2013-2015)
Khaldiyah forage/CA experiment
Berseem
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Mushaqar station CA experiments
1. Crop rotation under CA and conventional tillage– Barley, vetch, lentil
2. Time of sowing – Lentil and wheat at early,
normal and late seeding• Trials are in first year and
were on tilled land, therefore no CA vs. Conv data.
1. Crop rotation under CA and conventional tillage– Lentil and wheat
2. Time of sowing – wheat and vetch at early,
normal and late seeding
• Data analysis underway
Maru station CA experiments
Al Karak governorate farmer demonstrations (2013-2014)
Vicia ervilia Vicia ervilia Vicia ervilia Barley (6 row)
Vicia sativa Barley (2 row)
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Repairing Syrian ICARDA no-till seeder at Al Ghweer station
Karak region stubble (soil?) grazing
Coming up!
• CRP Dryland System and FAO RNE Water Scarcity Initiative
• ICARDA-FAO • Joined Activities in the Framework of CRP
Dryland Systems and The Near East and North Africa’s Water Scarcity Initiative
• In Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia
• Repaired and new seeders• New farmers (20-30 farmers, 1 ha each)• InshaAllah rain• Motivated team• Great crops!
Coming up!
Some selected farmers for 2014-15