IAER Project (Iraq
Agricultural Extension
Revitalization Project) was one of
the important projects that
initiatives by United State
Department of Agriculture and
executed by Ministry of agriculture
in the Kurdistan region
with cooperation with USDA. The IAER
Project supervised by Texas A&M
University with participating by
five other American universities
(Washington Stat University, New
Mexico State University, California
Davies University, Utah State
University and Texas A&M
university).
The project consists of training
courses in special fields included
water management and irrigation,
livestock production, horticulture,
crop production, bee keeping as well
as IAER Project awarded small
extension projects for trainees, in
Erbil, Sulymanea, Duhok and Garmean
area.
The goal was to revitalize extension
in the region of Kurdistan through
the training courses for trainees
with transfer new techniques in
agriculture and the small grand
projects which performed by
trainees.
Field demonstrations, publications,
and TV programs those Extension
processes that held in the projects
with the farmers both those involved
in the projects and those from the
project areas to transfer new techniques for
farmers face to face in their
fields, and the following scenes; is
a part of the events for the small
grant projects that completed and
accomplished by the
trainees in Erbil, Sulymanea,
Duhok and Garmean area in the
Kurdistan region.
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Alfalfa Cultivation and
Silage Making |
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This project
executed by extension (Yousif Khalid); located
in Qushtapa village at 20km
South-East from Erbil Governorate.
The project was
founded on 2500msq with cooperate
with local farmers, the site
equipped with sprinkler irrigation
system , water pump and fence
. the project had been a great
potential for showing farmers the
importance of sprinkler irrigation
system for alfalfa in dry lands as a
remediation technique for drought
areas, and demonstrating how to
conserve the excess forage as
silage..... |
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Controlling weeds of small grain
(wheat & barley) |
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This project executed
by extension
(Aras
K. Marqus);
the project contain demonstration
days
for 80 farmers about controlling
weeds in wheat and barley in 8
villages in the Erbil plain..... |
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Composting demonstration |
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This project executed
by extension (Jalal Shekh-Younis);
the project located in Baherka
collection with demonstration about
composting for the farmers in Baherka and the other villages
around there.... |
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Using herbicide to control wild oat
in wheat fields. |
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This project executed by extension
(Rauf
H. Ali);
the project located in Hareer plain
in 60km in north of Erbil, the
project contained demonstration
days about oat problems for 53 farmers
in 7 villages around there.... |
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Avian influenza & the raising
of broilers
of avoid infection |
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This project
executed by extension
(Vevean
Uaqu);
the project had executed in 2
villages in Duhok governorate to
demonstrate 200 farmers in 14 other
villages about influ bird and it is
problems and
the way for controlling.... |
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composting |
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This project executed by extension
(Soran
H. Muhamad);
the project had executed in 2
villages around Erbil i with
demonstration about composting for the
farmers in areas.... |
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Fertilizer recommendations by
soil analysis |
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This project executed by extension
(Umar
G. Haje);
the project had cared in 4
villages around Erbil with
demonstration for farmers about soil
fertilization and fertilizing and
Umer G. Haje used the soil test kit
that awarded by IAER at last year
for ministry of agriculture, the kit
has great potential to show
importance of soil test before
cultivation in the area.... |
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Fattening calves Intensive |
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This project executed by extension
(Jamal
Majeed);
the project has cared in Bagera
collection in Duhok governorate
the farmers attended for demonstration
days in Bagers and three other
villages in the area, and the project
continued for 3 months. |
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Measuring moisture of soil by
tensiometers |
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This project executed by extension
(Abdsatar
A. Umar);
the project has cared Baherka
collection in Erbil to care about
soil testing, moisture measuring,
the project has a great potential
about using
lower quantity of water for
irrigation in hot houses in such a
drought year. |
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Planting Pistachio trees |
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This project executed by extension
(Nahman
S. Maulod);
the project has cared
in
Chmadebz
village
in Erbil, pistachio farm trees
was built on 2500msq land to
encourage farmers with cultivation
pistachio trees as well as teaching
them fertilizing and irrigation in
pistachio farm, other advantage in
the project was using pistachio as
economic resource for farmers. |
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bee keeping |
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This project executed by extension
(Sarkar
M. Hamad);
the project cared out in 5 villages
in north of Erbil to chose a rural
woman in each village to teach them
beekeeping, and the project
continued for 3 months. |
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Alfalfa
Silage |
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This project executed by extension
(Neaz
M. Maulod);
the project cared out in Mastawa
village in Erbil plain to
demonstrate farmers in the area for
alfalfa cultivation and conserving
excess fresh forage as silage. |
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Beekeeping |
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This project executed by extension
(Sahdulla H. Amen);
the project cared out in
2 villages in Duhok to chose a rural
men in each village to teach them
beekeeping, and the project
continued for 3 months. |
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Fattening Calves |
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This project executed by extension
(Shameeram M. Suleman);
the project cared out
in Bakhchny
village in
Duhok plain to demonstrate farmers for
fattening calves and feeding and the
project continued for three months. |
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determination of phosphorus
economic limit
for Broadbent in calcareous soil |
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This project executed by extension
(Dilzar F. Saed) the project cared out
in Gerdarasha
village in
University of Salahadden in
Erbil to demonstrate farmers and
students in collage of agriculture for
phosphorus and it is economic in the
calcareous soil. |
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Fattening Lambs |
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This project executed by extension
(Tara
E Khorshed);
the project cared out
in Sulaymanea
governorate in to demonstrate farmers for
fattening lambs and feeding and the
project continued for three months. |
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Fattening Calves |
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This project executed by extension
(Shoresh U. Kamal);
the project cared out
in Garyawa
village in
north of Erbil to
demonstrate farmers in the area for
fattening calves and feeding and the
project continued fof three months. |
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