•  Dairy Factory Project 

•  Tal Rimah: Community Based- Rangeland Rehabilitation Project

•  Flow monitoring and soil-water applications of Marab Hassan
   

•  Targeted villages cluster

•  Technical Cooperation Project

•  Badia Centre for Ecological Education

•  Dier al-kahef farm project for camels and sheep

•  Water Harvesting and Rabbits Farm Project

Project components

(1) Infrastructure: The infrastructure in position in the project area is good in terms of   road network, water pipelines, power lines and telephone lines.

(2) Training: training the local people for cheese making

(3) Funding small enterprises: The lending project offers to fund local people who are able to create their own small enterprises, (50000) JD was allotted to achieve this goal.

(4) Dairy Factory: livestock is one of the main sources of income in the project area. Therefore, a feasibility study was done for a dairy factory in the area, with positive results. This factory is designed, in the first phase, to produce cheese from the livestock milk in the area. The capacity of the factory is about 2 tons of milk per day (could be raised to 4 tons of milk per day easily) which is used to produce 500 KGs of white cheese per day.

Project Duration

The project was initially proposed for three years from 1999-2002, but as funding fell short it was extended two more years.  Moreover, an extra two year period was initially included for assessment purposes in order to produce an extensive manual including “lessons learned”.  It is of vital importance to examine this proposed model to have a proper scientific documentation to publish the results for common use.

 Partners:

•   Ministry of planning

•  Jordan Badia Research and Development Centre

•  The Cooperation of Northeast Badia.

Results Achieved

The number one achieved result is that the BRDC through the Tall Rimah project was able to get the community, normally divided by tribal boundaries, to work together.  The creation of the NGO, a unique experience in the Jordan Badia, was the first task and was met with skepticism and distrust.  Once that boundary was crossed and people began to see the benefit of working together, the NGO took off in creating a plan. Out of 356 small families are covered in this program, the co-op has about (40) members. Most of the members were dependent on farming livestock. The co-op extends loan for its members in the area of shops, forage & buying sheep.

Objectives, phases and outcomes:

- Ecological restoration of natural vegetation

- Partnership  and consultation with local community (demonstration project)

 - Land preparation, design, implementation including planting, and protection

 -  Monitoring and obtaining results

Results Achieved:

• Recovery of  species (from 21 to 54) during 4 years.

• Recorded recovery of two important species (Crocus and Desert Iris). These species are very sensitive environmentally.

• The current biomass production is 0.5 Ton dry matter per Ha, compared to 0.02 Ton dry mater per Ha in the grazed zone.

• Expectations:  most probably there will be a higher rate in intensity and frequency in the productivity this year and the next years.

• This demonstration research will be incentives for other inhabitants to make same projects.

                   
                    Crocus                                     Desert Iris

Objectives:

1. Characterize rainfall- runoff measurements.

2. Measure soil moisture capacity and physical characteristics.

3. Identify Micro-organism communities to enhance Nitrogen and Carbon fixation.

4. Establish earth treatments for flood distribution, minimizing soil erosion.

5. Water storage the in soil profile for development purposes.

6. Increase soil moisture yield in order to increase land productivity.

7. Maximize runoff beneficiation

The Anaqeed Al-Khair project targeted 14 villages for development. These villages were assimilated into one cluster, called the Northern Badia Villages cluster, and then grouped into four sub-clusters according to geographical distribution. The Northern Badia Villages cluster’s population is 7,800 individuals in 1,259 households.

 The Project is located in Ruwdat Ameer Ali with a total an area about eight hectares (80 dunum). This project aims to generate income for the local communities as well as demonstrating economical and environmental benefits to target population.

 Due to the project location and capacity, it also serves as centre training for all cluster village projects. In order to implement other proposed projects of Beekeeping and Honey Production, Free-Range Poultry for Egg Production, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Beit Sha’ar Manufacturing and Wool Manufacturing.

 Objectives:

1.      Generate income for the local community based on profitable agriculture.

2.      Improve the Awassi sheep breed throughout the Badia.

3.      Local community training of new means of farming and increasing the levels of communication amongst farmers and specialists.

4.      Stimulate local economic activity.

5.      Introduce new forms of income generating projects within the target area (beekeeping, sun-dried tomatoes).

6.      Encourage Bedouin community to move towards organic farming (poultry, sun-dried tomato, etc).

7.      Preserve the handicrafts industry (Beit Sha’ar, wool products …etc).

Project components:

1. Sheep selection farm: train livestock owners on new skill and techniques to maximize the productivity and benefit.

2. Bees keeping and honey production: medicinal and high quality honey produced from medicinal and wild badia plant

3. Bait al sh’ar and wool manufacturing: conserve the Bedouin tent and wool industry as traditional inheritage and produced to diverse income source.

4. Sun dried tomato based on organic farming.

5. Forage production.

Funded by:

1. Ministry of Planning.

Execution:

1. Jordan Badia Research and Development Centre.

2. Jordan River Foundation

3.Anaqaid Al- Khare cooperative society.

Outputs:

1.13 permanent job was created and 300 non permanent  job every year.

2. Good awassi selection farm.

3. Medicinal honey.

4. Produce 2 ba’at sh’ar (Bedouin tent).

Restructuring the livestock health and production delivery system in rural Jordan
TCP/JOR/ 2903

Aims of the Project:

Improve socio-economic characteristic of the local community through achieving the following objectives:

1- Diverse and generate income for the CAHEWs

2- Improve the animal health services.

3- Maximize productivity of livestock in the Badia

Funding:

1-     FAO

2-     The fund was 42000$.

Execution:

1-     Badia Research and Development Centre.

2-     CARE international.

3-     Ministry of agriculture.

 Project period:

The project has been started at aug.2003 and end in Dec. 2004. Project Area:

1-     Mafraq Governorate.

2-     Azraq area.

 Importance of project in the Badia & Jordan

-  Bedouin mobility.

-  Lack of transportation.

-  Limited government veterinary clinics  in the Badia

   Which often are located faraway from livestock owner.                          

-  unavailable supply for medicine &vaccine

 Project output:

• Eight old CAHEWs were reviewed and refresh ( 9 were cannot be reached).

• 15 new CAHEWs were trained.

• The training cover the following topics:

•  Vaccination

• Parasitic control.

•  Common disease recognition and treatment.

• Animal nutrition

•  New recording system produced for monitoring and evaluation CAHEWs activity.

 Table summarize CAHEWs activity in their region

Current situation:

The MoA is supervising the CAHEWs activity since the end of the project at Dec.2004.

 Problems:

1-      Delays in obtaining official certificate and approval from the MoA for CAHEWs.

2-      Weakness in cooperation between the CAHEWs and animal health assistants (AHAs).

3-      Lack of awareness about animal health.

4-      Legislation: there is still some opposition to concept of CAHEWs being registered as private primary animal health service provider under veterinary supervision by some senior member of the veterinary directorate and the Jordan Veterinary Association.

 Aims of the Project:

·        Create awareness between school and university student as well as in the
    local community on the wildlife diversity and importance.

·        Improving local and foreign ecological tourism.

·        Contributing in the economic and social status of the local community.

Funding:

1-     Ministry of planning  75.000 JD

2-     International Arid Land Consortium 50.000JD.

Execution:

 Badia Research and Development Centre.

Project period:

The project has been started at2002 and still until now.

Project Area:

The project serve village cluster for about 14 villages in the northern badia.

Project Achievements:

·        Finishing all the reconstruction work in the project.

·        Design, prepare and grow the entire garden with plant.

·        Prepare the outer and inner cages for putting the animals.

·        Collect the animal and put them in the centre.

·        Prepare ticket, labels, and brochure for the centre.

Project components:

1.Sheep farm: maximize sheep productivity by introducing new skills.

2. Camels farm: conserve camels as traditional inheritage  and diverse income source.

3. Wool manufacturing: encourage local community for traditional industry

Funded by :ministry of planning

Execution by :

• BRDC

• Dier al Kahef sons new cooperative society.

Outputs:

1. 5 permanent job was created and 20 seasonal job

2. Conserve the traditional  industry.

3. 300 sheep were bought

Project aims:

1. Diverse and generate income sources.

2. Participation of local community in the productivity project.

3. Optimum use of raining water.

Project component :

1. Water harvesting project: optimum use of raining water for livestock and house cultivation.

2. Micro project: to diverse and generate income sources for poor families.

Funded by:

British Embassy.

Executive by:

1. BRDC.

2. Al Bawadi cooperative society.

Outputs:

1. Maintain  three water harvesting pond .

2. Chicken ,pigeon ,and rabbits farm.

3. Create permanent job for 4 families and non permanent job for 25 families.