WLI 3 rd Regional Coordination Meeting (landmark Hotel, Amman, December, 2011

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1 WLI 3 rd Regional Coordination Meeting (landmark Hotel, Amman, December, 2011

2 2 Name of presenter Boshra Khozam / Moammar Dayoub Country Focal Point Awadis Arslan

3 The WLI Country Support Team Names & Responsibilities GCSAR team: Awadis Arslan Moammar Dayoub Boshra Khozam Hamsa Al Khayer Nidal Joni Waseem Adla Radwan Yousef Shaban Sleman Toni Talab Institutions The General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR 3

4 General information Benchmark site Geographic location Name: Orontes Basin: Total area: km² Insert here a map or an aerial photo of the benchmark site 1970 km² in Lebanon km² in Syria Region: Syrian Part of the Basin (Al-Ghab) site. AlGhab 4

5 5 List of potential stakeholders at the benchmark site (including also NGOs) o o o o o o o o The General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR Directorate of modern irrigation Directorate of Extension Directorate of AlGhab development National Universities iti (Damascus, Aleppo) Farmers union Commission of Planning and International Cooperation Ministry of irrigation

6 Activities & research in 2011

7 Bio-physical activities Activity 1: o Complete bio-physical characterization for the area (filling the gaps, digitalizing maps, database, etc...) Activity 2: o Water (Orontes river basin) accounting to be done through 2 Ph D students in the final stage of registration at Damascus and Aleppo Universities.

8 Bio-physical activities Activity 3: - Improving the productivity of water and fertilizer, Through the experiment were conducted in the Al Ghab Benchmark Site in ( ) Effect of Organic and Mineral Nitrogen Fertilization on the Production Components of Cotton (Strain 124) Under Al- Ghab Plain Conditions.

9 Achievements & results Activity 1 o The work on maps digitizing is in progress. Moreover 6 Figures of parameters were set which need to be discussed with other countries, and the project management unit to finalize them for all countries.

10 To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content. Figure (1): Soils in Orontes Basin in Syria

11 To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content. Figure (2): Orontes Basin in Syria

12 To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content. Figure (3): Contours in Orontes Basin -Syria

13 To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content. Figure (4): Rivers and Lakes in Orontes Basin -Syria

14 Achievements & results Activity 2: o o Depleted water fractions in the basin calculated. Information on water quantity and quality in the basin. o Water balance al the basin level estimated (using IWMI methodology) Figure (5).

15 Underground Requirement mm³ Underground Resource mm³ Surface Requirement mm³ Surface Resource mm³ Total Requirement mm 3 Total Resource mm³ mm³ Benefitin g % Benefiti ng % Deficienc y Percent % Volume Figure (5): Water resources and requirement of Orontes Basin for season

16 Achievements & results Activity 3: Effect of Organic and Mineral Nitrogen Fertilization on the Production Components of Cotton (Strain 124) Under Al- Ghab Plain Conditions:

17 Effects of green manure and N-fertilization on the number of open bolls per plant of cotton - Number of Open Bolls per Plant: All N N0, N80, N160, N240 applied treatments had significantly higher number of open bolls per plant compared with control N0. Without Faba Peas Vetch green bean manure

18 Effects of green manure and nitrogen fertilization treatments on Seed cotton yield (kg/ha). - Seed Cotton Yield: Data indicated that the effects of green manure treatment on Seed cotton yield are significant, GM1 (Faba bean), and GM3 (vetch)

19 Effects of green manure and nitrogen fertilization treatments on Seed cotton yield (kg/ha). treatments increased significantly the seed cotton yield ( and ) 33) kg/h comparing the means with control GM0 (Without green manure).

20 2011

21 Capacity building & training Regional training Specialized Training Workshop on GIS Applications in the WLI Benchmark Sites Venue & date (NCARE, Amman, Jordan, April, 2011)

22 Capacity building & training Purpose To assure technical preparations in GIS for the WLI resource teams for advanced bio-physical characterization of the benchmarks. Two participants from Syria MSc. Hamsa El Khayer Eng. Oussama Douba

23 Capacity building & training Training Workshop on Extensionand Water Management with a focus on rainfed areas Venue & date: The Agricultural Research and Education Venue & date: The Agricultural Research and Education Center (AREC)/AUB, 26 June 1 July 2011

24 Capacity building & training Purpose To train researcher and key extension agents in the WLI benchmark sites of Syria and Lebanon in appropriate extension methodologies thdl to improve their thi effectiveness in working with farmers in on-farm water management. 6 participants from Syria: 4 from GCSAR 2 from Extension Service

25 Students Ph.D students proposals and ongoing work: o Wassim Adlah on going research, Primary advisor Dr. Abdul Ghani Khorshid (Aleppo university), and Co advisor Dr. Awadis Arslan (GCSAR) on the effect of mineral and organic N (green manure) on some physical and chemical properties p of soil on yield and quality of cotton (SN 124) under Alghab valley conditions. A paper from the work was accepted by the American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sci Journal (1633-JAES.pdf).

26 Students Tammam Yaghi, Water accounting of the area between the Lebanise border and Al Rastan dam. in the registration process. Ammar Abas, Water accounting of the area between Al Rastan dam and the Turkish border. in the registration process.

27 Students M Sc student t proposals: o o Darin Assad, deficit irrigation of Corn, (Not registered yet). Mohammad Shibli, The effect of regular and irregular deficit irrigation on growth, and yield of soya bean using drip irrigation, (in the registration process).

28 2012

29 Draft work plans for 2012 Bio-physical and modeling o o Water accounting Database development by study the effect of regular and irregular deficit irrigation on growth, and yield of some crops. (Corn, Soya) Fertilizers' productivity of some strategic crops (cotton). In-country training : (3 courses) Water management in Agriculture- Fertilization and Fertigation - English technical course.

30 Socio-economic activities Activity 1: o Socio-economic survey of households to determine the current situation of the livelihoods in benchmark site of Al-Ghab. Activity 2: o Collection of socio-economic primary data through field surveys, and analysis of the collected data.

31 Achievements & results o We design and trial the questionnaire in the site (Jan Apr 2011), but we can not make field surveys (May Jul 2011), and Data analysis (Aug Sep 2011) because unsafe conditions at the Al-Ghab area. We made modifications to the questionnaire after using various references and statistical analyses. In addition, topics on gender, landholdings and agronomic practices were included. d

32 Capacity building & training Regional training Gender Integration in Research at the WLI Benchmarks. Held at Icarda from (6-10) March, 2011 Participants from Syria: Moammar Dayoub, Boshra Khozam, Kinan Kmalaldin, Roba Zaino, Manal othman, Samar Adebiat.

33 Capacity building & training In-country training Socio-Economic. o No training in 2011.

34 Table 1. Primary students and study subjects to be supported by WLI Students Exchange Program Socio-economic: Not yet, but we have: Two proposals, one for Master of Sciences, and another for Ph.D., were prepared by the socio-economic team leader, under the framework of the WLI for two Syrian candidates:

35 Table 1. Primary students and study subjects to be supported by WLI Students Exchange Program (PHD) Student s name: (Shadia Awad) Expect next month will be regard Title of her research project: Analyticaly study on the patterns of livelihoods and improving the marketing efficiency of some agricultural crops and their impact on farm income in Al Ghab area.

36 Table 1. Primary students and study subjects to be supported by WLI Students Exchange Program Duration of the research work conducted at the specific benchmark site: three years Name of the faculty advisor: from University of Aleppo. Name of the secondary advisor: GCSAR Dr. Moammar Dayoub. Name of the second co-advisor (ICARDA).

37 Table 1. Primary students and study subjects to be supported by WLI Students Exchange Program (MSc) Student s name: (Gazwan Muhamad).. not regard yet Title of his research project: Analytical study of the economical and social effects of farmers adoption for irrigation technologies in Al Ghab region. Duration of the research work conducted at the specific benchmark site: two years.

38 Students Exchange Program Name of the faculty advisor: from Teshreen University Dr. Abdala Yagoub Name of the secondary advisor: GCSAR Dr. Moammar Dayoub Name of the second co-advisor (ICARDA)

39 Draft work plans for 2012 Activities Responsibility Timeline Lead organiz ation Person in charge J a n Fa b Ma r Ap r Ma y Ju n Jul A u g Sep Oct No v De s livelihoods and improving the marketing efficiency of some agricultural crops GC SAR economical and social effects of farmers adoption for irrigation technologies Contentious Field surveys, data collection and data entry and analysis on the livelihoods' situation in the benchmark Training workshop on data collection through survey and analysis is scheduled to be held after survey of households icard a A community-based training on the role of Water User Associations in transferring information, problems and solutions from farmers to researchers/decision makers Training course in program SPSS for socioeconomic team

40 2011

41 Weaknesses and opportunities for improving rural livelihoods lih at the benchmark site Production and marketing - Lack of intensified-cropped areas due to water resources scarcity and drought. - High prevalence of gramineae due the absence of mechanically harvestable legume species. - Large variation in crop production economics among households - Price variation of agro-products

42 Weaknesses and opportunities for improving rural livelihoods lih at the benchmark site Water - Limited it utilization of surface runoffs and less focus on water harvesting and spreading. - Low water use efficiency. - Soil salinazation

43 Weaknesses and opportunities for improving rural livelihoods lih at the benchmark site Promising measures, solutions & techniques - Integrated water management and conservation techniques. - Introduce improved high-yielding varieties. - Introduce new cropping patterns that don't dependd on large areas, i.e. cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants.

44 Weaknesses and opportunities for improving rural livelihoods lih at the benchmark site Promising measures, solutions & techniques - Enhancement of income generating activities - Promote the marketing association and create added value of agro-products.

45 Feed-the-Future F t (FTF) development indicators First level objective: - Prevalence of stunted children under 5 years of age: 8% - Prevalence of underweight women: 7% - Prevalence of wasted children under 5 years of age: 10%

46 Feed-the-Future (FTF) development indicators Second Level Objectives - Number of farmers and others who have applied new technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance: 10 - Number of hectares under improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance: 5

47 Feed-the-Future (FTF) development indicators - Number of new technologies or management practices under research as a result of USG assistance: 4 - Number of institution/organization assessments presented for consultation as a result of USG assistance: 6 - Number of policies /regulations/ administrative procedures analyzed as a result of USG assistance: 1

48 Thank you for your Attention