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Jordan experiences in water saving and participatory irrigation management

Mazahreh N., Shatanawi M., Ghezawi S.

Irrigation in Jordan is practiced into two regions; the first is public irrigation projects in the Jordan Rift Valley of 33,000 ha (28,000 ha in the Jordan Valley and 5,000 ha in the Southern Ghors).The irrigated area is the highland and the deserts can be approximated at 43,000 ha; mostly owned and managed by the private sector. Irrigation in the Jordan Valley is taking considerable effort from the Government to manage it properly, but attempts by the government and donor agencies to improve irrigation efficiencies are not encouraging. The individuals initiations taken by many farmers in water saving technology are amazing and beyond the imagination of other stakeholders. There are some pilot saving projects by the government and many donating agencies like USAID, the French Agricultural mission, GTZ and others but no significant indicators of success have been established. The irrigation management system needs to be improved due to the water scarcity situation and the fact that agriculture is the largest consumer; any saving would be significant.

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EAU D'IRRIGATION, ECONOMIE DE L'EAU, GESTION DE PROJET, GESTION DES EAUX, IRRIGATION, JORDANIE, RESSOURCE EN EAU

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Mazahreh N., Shatanawi M., Ghezawi S. Jordan experiences in water saving and participatory irrigation management. In : Hamdy A. (ed.), Tüzün M. (ed.), Lamaddalena N. (ed.), Todorovic M. (ed.), Bogliotti C. (ed.). Participatory water saving management and water cultural heritage. Bari : CIHEAM, 2004. p. 171-184. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série B. Etudes et Recherches; n. 48). 1. WASAMED (Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture) Workshop, 2003/12/15-19, Sanliurfa (Turkey). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/b48/05002292.pdf