Wheat farming in Syria: An approach to economic transformation and sustainability

cg.contacta.mazid@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countrySYen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.idAbdalla, Osman: 0000-0003-1123-6257en_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/RAFS200356en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1742-1705en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalRenewable Agriculture and Food Systemsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocWheaten_US
cg.volume19en_US
dc.contributorRyan, Johnen_US
dc.contributorMazid, Ahmeden_US
dc.contributorAbdalla, Osmanen_US
dc.contributorMiloudi, Nachiten_US
dc.creatorPala, Mustafaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-04T17:58:24Z
dc.date.available2018-10-04T17:58:24Z
dc.description.abstractSustainability has recently become an ingrained concept in crop production systems worldwide, and is the cornerstone of research programs of the global network of research centers operated by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which functions in collaboration with the various national agricultural research systems. One of the major CGIAR centers, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), focuses mainly on dryland agriculture, but increasingly on irrigation, in its mandate area of West and Central Asia and North Africa. ICARDA has collaboration programs with its host country, Syria, the cradle of civilization and of settled agriculture, and the center of origin of many of the world's major crops, notably cereals and pulses. Wheat is, and has been, the most important commodity food in Syria. The Center's goal is to enhance wheat productivity in a sustainable manner for the bene®t of the country's resource-poor farmers and society as a whole. Wheat is grown on about 1.5 million ha or 27% of the total cultivated land in Syria, mainly under rainfed conditions (300±500mm annual rainfall), which are increasingly experiencing supplemental irrigation, while drier (<200mm) areas are fully irrigated. Improved cultivars generally combine high yield potential and stress tolerance and tend to have high yield stability, being inputef ®cient under limited resources in stress environments and input responsive under favorable environments. Such varieties are tested under farmers' conditions through multi-year multi-locations. Other aspects of the ICARDA±Syrian collaboration wheat program include improved tillage, with an emphasis on conservation systems, adequate fertilization, and improved agronomic practices, e.g., early sowing in relation to rainfall conditions, optimum row spacing and plant population, and adequate weed control. This vigorous collaborative research±technology transfer program has produced a major shift in wheat production in Syria, from traditional low-input practices with landrace or improved cultivars to widespread adoption (two-thirds of wheat area) of modern cultivars along with improved production technology. As a result of such efforts, national income has substantially increased, and Syria has become a net exporter of wheat. Thus, the collaborative efforts of an international research center and its host country have shown clearly that there is an alternative to a traditional, low-output agriculture and its associated ills.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renewable-agriculture-and-food-systems/article/wheat-farming-in-syria-an-approach-to-economic-transformation-and-sustainability/CFC52EDA1B4518089C651EDBEC86A25Fen_US
dc.identifier.citationMustafa Pala, John Ryan, Ahmed Mazid, Osman Abdalla, Nachit Miloudi. (1/2/2007). Wheat farming in Syria: An approach to economic transformation and sustainability. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 19 (1), pp. 30-34.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8443
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP): STM Journalsen_US
dc.sourceRenewable Agriculture and Food Systems;19,(2007) Pagination 30-34en_US
dc.subjectsyrian agricultureen_US
dc.subjectwheat production technologyen_US
dc.subjectrainfed and irrigated croppingen_US
dc.titleWheat farming in Syria: An approach to economic transformation and sustainabilityen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2007-02-01en_US
dcterms.extent30-34en_US
dcterms.issued2004-03-31en_US
mel.impact-factor1.701en_US

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