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Dr. Asma Zuhair Younes Al-Hafdh at the extension workshop (photo: S. Loss) |
A few weeks ago the project team ran a CA Participatory Extension course for 23 Iraqi extension workers. They heard many encouraging stories about the increasing awareness of CA and the keenness of farmers to test zero-till seeders on their land.
Dr. Asma Zuhair Younes Al-Hafdh from the Department of Extension at the University of Mosul has been spreading the word on CA in Iraq, and gauging farmer opinions about the potential of the new technology to reduce costs and boost crop production. She has also been speaking to tomorrow's farmers: children in rural schools.
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Dr Al-Hafdh teaching children about CA (photo: S. Loss) |
Australian funding for this project will conclude later this year. Building capacity of extension workers and educating the next generation about CA and its benefits will help deliver long-lasting impacts beyond the life of the project.
By Dr Stephen Loss (Project Leader) and Joy Hardman (Crop Improvement and Management Program Support)
More information:
ACIAR project Promoting conservation cropping in the drylands of Northern Iraq, led by the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas.
Blog piece Zeroing in on no-till farming in Iraq
News item Helping Iraqi farmers adopt conservation farming
Partners magazine special edition on CA The dryland agriculture revolution
Fact sheet Conservation agriculture to grow more food, efficiently and sustainably
Blog piece Growing more food, efficiently and sustainably
bravo pour votre politique, vive l’Australie.
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