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Analysis of the agricultural situation in Azraq Basin
Contents
German-Jordanian Programme “Management of Water Resources”
Introduction
Objectives of the study
Methodology and main assumptions
I – The Azraq Basin: heterogeneity of the physical,
hydrological and human characteristics
1.1. General Presentation of Azraq Basin
1.2. Variability of agro climatic conditions within a semi
desertic region
1.3. Groundwater resources in Azraq Basin
1.4. Three sub regions in Azraq basin
II – Historical evolution and dynamics of agricultural development
and water management in Azraq Basin
2.1. Al-Azraq: from subsistence agriculture for refugees to
uncontrolled development of irrigated agriculture
2.2. North Badia and Jiza area: an entrepreneurial, market-oriented
agriculture succeeds to traditional breeding
III – Awareness about water overexploitation:
progressive setting of a regulated water management framework
3.1. Competition over limited water resource:
a threat to the sustainability of Azraq Basin (context
and general consequences of overexploitation of water)
3.2. Consolidation of Water Management Policies
3.3. Limited awareness about water shortage within farmers
and resistance of the water bylaw
3.3.1. The challenging behavioural change in Azraq
3.3.2. A more stable situation in North Badia and Jiza
3.4. The spread of electricity as a source of energy
IV – Current agricultural setting in Azraq Basin
4.1. Three sub regions with specific cropping patterns
4.2. Repartition of irrigation systems
4.3. Stratification of interviewed farms
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