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- Development of Sorghum and Pearl Productivity in Saline Landes - Phase II
Development of Sorghum and Pearl Productivity in Saline Landes - Phase II
Egypt, Oman, Yemen, Syria, Jordan
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 04.12.2007 |
Signed | 05.05.2008 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Co-financiers | IFAD, AFESD, ISDB, NARS, ICRISAT, OPEC Fund |
Organization | ICBA |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.50 |
This was the second phase of an OFID sponsored agricultural research project with the object to improve the livelihoods of farmers in salinity-affected environments, specifically to develop and disseminate high-yielding, salinity-tolerant sorghum and pearl millet cultivars as well as crop management technologies for economic and sustainable crop-livestock production.