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A report for IAER small grant extension projects in the Kurdistan region
By YOUSIF KHALID / Iraqi Kurdistan Region-Erbil

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.


  Alfalfa Cultivation and Silage Making
 


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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Publications
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Alfalfa Cultivation
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Silage Making
15.3MB

Report
3.97MB
   
 

  Controlling weeds of small grain (wheat & barley)
 


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
 


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.
 


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
 


This project executed by extensi
on (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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Bakhtmi Village
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Livo Village
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Publications
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  composting
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


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
 


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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561KB

 

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  bee keeping
 

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
 

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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Alfalfa Silage
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2.48MB
 
   
 

  Beekeeping
 

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
  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
  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
  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
 

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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