Scaling up best practices for managing Awassi dairy sheep to small scale sheep farmers in West Asia
This working paper presents an overview of the results of an ICARDA project to provide Awassi sheep farmers in Syria and Lebanon with the latest knowledge on best practices for managing sheep to improve their income. The project provided ICARDA the opportunity to actively convert scientific knowledge generated over many years into improved management practices and develop related extension materials for farmers.
Author: Barbara Rischkowsky
Other authors: Adnan Termanini, Muhi El-Dine Hilali
Organization: International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Other organizations: International Fund for Agricultural Development, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reforms Syria
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic
Geographical coverage: Near East and North Africa
Type: Working paper
Full text available at: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7111
Content language: English