Our Agricultural Cooperation for Development (AC4D) project in Jordan is working within communities to support farmers with immediately adoptable and cost-effective technologies to aid in to management of the most pressing issues in smallholder agriculture in the Middle East.
Our AC4D staff engaged families on 30 farms this summer. They were invited into homes in the Jordan Valley for the first time and visited each family twice to consult with them on the results of their soil and water tests and to get to know them more deeply.
Fahed is a farmer in Karama who grows mint and parsley. They were pleased to meet his family and begin a dialogue with him about how he manages the units of land that they rent. He reported that one of the most significant issues that he faces is in the volume and quality of water he receives from our canal system. Our AC4D team are working with him on a plan to make the most of what is being provided.
