Farm Enterprises in the King Abdullah Canal Project


Abstract in English

This paper used crop combination analysis to classify and map the distribution of over ١٥٠٠ small farms which make up the middle part of the King Abdullah Canal Project, Jordan. The analysis showed that most of the farms are of a single enterprise type with vegetable growers predominant in winter and permanent trees in summer. Enterprises based on fruit trees were found to be common in the northern parts while cereal farms were common in the south. A minority of farms were of dual enterprises, mainly mixing vegetable production with tree crops. The reasons for these spatial variations in enterprises were discussed. With limitations imposed on cropping by the summer drought, and irrigation supplies are being less reliable, most cropping was confined to the winter season. About ٤٠ percent of the farms was entirely idle in the summer and most of the others only operate at a low level of intensity.

References used

Al- Rimawi, A. and A. Al-Qadi. ٢٠٠٠a. A Classification of Agricultural Holdings by Type of Farming in Jordan, DIRAST, Agricultural sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman
Al- Rimawi, A., and A. Al-Qadi. ٢٠٠٠b. Use of Annual Sales as an Alternative Measure of Farm Size in Jordan, DIRAST, Agricultural sciences, The University of Jordan, Amman
Anbar, A. H. D. ١٩٨٣a. Changing Land Use Patterns in the East Ghor Canal Project, Jordan , Discussion Papers, ٢٤ , Department of Geography, University of Southampton, U. K

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