"> The present study described the diversity of wheat and barley varieties andlandraces available in farmer’s fields in Syria using different indicators. Analysisof spatial and temporal diversity and coefficient of parentage along withmeasurements of agronomic and morphological traits were employed to explain thediversity of wheat and barley varieties or landraces grown by farmers in Syria.Farm...

the purpose of this research was to analyzing the perception and technical knowledge of wheat farmers in shoushtar township, khouzestan province, iran regarding organic farming products. the research method employed was correlative-descriptive. the population consisted of wheat farmers in shoushtar township khuzestan province of iran. a random sample of wheat farmers (n = 163) was selected. the...

A total of 206 wheat and 200 barley farmers were interviewed in northeastern Syria to understand farmer perceptions and practice relating to modern varieties, seed sources and seed quality. Wheat farmers had better awareness and grew modern varieties (87%), applied fertilizers (99.5%), herbicides (93%), seed treatment (90%) or insecticides (41%). In contrast barley growers had low awareness (36...

Soil Management (SM) is critical to human well-being that it is more important now because of meeting the high demands for food production and satisfying the needs of an increasing world population. Therefore, the purpose of this descriptivecorrelation study was to investigate the effective factors on wheat farmers’ adoption of Farming Methods of Soil Management (FMSM). The research instrument ...

ASSESSING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF WHEAT FARMERS IN PAKISTAN: A COMPARISON TO PRIOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSES OF PAKISTANI AGRICULTURE

conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. the efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread. this study evaluates the barriers of sustai...

Blowing dust from excessively tilled fallow fields is a major soil loss and air quality concern in the low precipitation (<300 mm annual) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production region of the Inland Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. A 2-year tillage-based winter wheat-summer fallow (WW-SF) rotation is practiced on >90% of rainfed cropland in the region. Earlier research proved the u...

BACKGROUND Traditional agrosystems are the places were crop species have evolved and continue to evolve under a combination of human and environmental pressures. A better knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the dynamics of crop diversity in these agrosystems is crucial to sustain food security and farmers' self-reliance. It requires as a first step, anchoring a description of the available d...

Blowing dust from excessively tilled fallow fields is a major soil loss and air quality concern in the low precipitation (<12 inches annually) wheat production region of the Inland Pacific Northwest (PNW). A 2-year, tillage-based winter wheatsummer fallow (WW-SF) rotation is practiced on more than 90% of rainfed cropland in the region. Earlier research proved that the undercutter method for non...