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Integrated pest management for major date palm pests in Iraq

In addition to their social, environmental, health and religious importance, palm groves formed over the decades a source of livelihood for an important segment of Iraqi farmers, especially after the orchards became shelter to another crop of high economic return (citrus), contributing to achieve self-sufficiency until the late nineties. of the last century. This agro-ecological combination was introduced by ancestors and maintained by subsequent generations with such high productivity to put Iraq at the top of the list of countries in terms of number of palm trees or date production until the mid-nineties of the last century. However, researchers have not made any significant contributions in the development of modern cultivation systems of date palm and improvement of palm groves. The cultivation of date palm is now facing numerous problems and serious constraints that could threaten this vital industry to a great extent. Data from the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation shows that the number of palm trees and their productivity were reduced drastically (from 33 million in the seventies to about16 million palm trees in 2012).Date production was greatly affected reaching to low of500.000 ton/year.

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发布者: International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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作者: Abdul-Sattar
其他作家: A. Ali Dr. Nizar, N. H. Al-Anbaky
组 织: Hamonized Support for Agriculture Development (HSAD)
其他组织: International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
年份: 2015
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国家: Iraq
地理范围: 近东及北非
类别: 准则
内容语言: English
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