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The Arabian Peninsula Regional Program (APRP) held its first travelling workshop and its second regional technical committee meeting at Al Jouf in the North West of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during May 12-16, 2001 (List of the participants is in Annex IV). The subject matter of the meeting was rangelands, seed production and irrigated forages (Program in Annex V). The Technical Coordination Meeting (RTCM) was preceded by a two day travelling workshop to visit field sites, mainly related to seed production of desert shrubs and rehabilitation of degraded rangelands. The event was hosted by the Rangeland and Animal Development Centre (RADRC) and attracted over 20 forage, water and rangeland scientists from all seven Arabian Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen).

Mr. Salal Al-Mutari, Director of the Range and Animal Development Centre and Dr Abdulla Al –Hajouj, Range management Specialist and Head of the Range Department organized the program. Dr Abdulkareem Al-Ghamdi, Director General, Agricultural Research Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water inaugurated the meeting. In his opening address he stressed the importance of the seminar for exchanging of ideas in the area of rangeland seed production and the rehabilitation of degraded rangelands. Dr. John Peacock, APRP Regional Coordinator, Dr Ian McCann, APRP Water Specialist, Dr. Ahmed Osman, Range management Specialist and Dr. Michael Head of ICARDA Seed Unit represented ICARDA. Dr. John Peacock welcomed the group on behalf of ICARDA director general, Professor, Dr. Adel El-Beltagy and Dr. Mahmoud Solh, Assistant to DG for International Cooperation. Dr. Peacock indicated that Al Jouf is an ideal place for the workshop and technical meeting due to the excellent work set in motion in the area of seed production of range plants and rangeland rehabilitation. He also introduced Ahmed Osman to the meeting as the new Range management Specialist in the Arabian Peninsula Regional Program.

During the two-days travelling workshop, the participants visited several research sites managed by RADRC including seed production facilities and camel farm at the Station (Al-Jouf), forage production and water use efficiency studies on forages at Qunatra, range rehabilitation activities at Tamriat research station, and grazing experiments at Tabarjal and seed production at Busaita.

The program of RTCM, which followed the travelling workshop, concentrated on a)presentation and discussions on seed production of indigenous forage and range species in the Arabian Peninsula b)on collection and conservation of germplasm of priority indigenous rangeland species and forages c) irrigation set up and scheduling for seed production d)water use efficiency e) salt tolerance of indigenous forages and range plants and g)on the nutritive feed value of indigenous rangeland species and forages.
 

 

Participants in the Traveling Workshop gather around a fine specimen of Traganum nudatum (Damaran) a native fodder shrub growing in the experimental grazing unit at Tabarjal.
 The meeting then discussed the Work Plan for the new season as a proposal to be submitted to the RSCM for approval.
The Al-Jouf station proved an excellent appropriate venue for the meeting by reason of its long-standing involvement with native fodder shrubs and large-scale seed production of some 40 species at the Busaita Station. The Al-Jouf Oasis and the surrounding area is rich in Arabian history, which served to remind the participants of the imperative need to preserve the fragile desert ecosystem for future generations.
The followings are the papers which were presented in this meeting
   
 
Program
 

Saturday 12 May

Arrival of participants to Al-Jouf, (IADRC/APRP)

16:00-18:00

Registration (ICARDA-APRP)

Sunday 13 May

Travelling Workshop

08:30-09:30 Opening session

Chairperson: Dr. Abdulla Al-Hajoj (KSA)

Rapporteurs: Drs Ahmed Osman and I an McCann (ICARDA)

Dr. Abdulkareem Al-Gamdi              Ministry of Agriculture & Water

Mr. Sallal Al-Mutairi           Range & Animal Dev. Center (Al-Jouf)

Dr. John Peacock (ICARDA-APRP)

09:00-09:30

Refreshments

09:30-10:30

Session I

Chairperson: Dr. John Peacock

Rapporteurs: Drs Mick Turner & Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

10:30-11:30

Visit to seed production facilities and camel farm at RADC, Al-Jouf

Mr. Sallal Al-Mutairi & Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajoj

11:30-14:30

Lunch (hosted by RADRC)

15:00-18:00

Visit to Tamriat range station to see range rehabilitation experiments

Mr. Sallal Al-Mutairi & Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajoj

19:00

Return to the Hotel

Monday 14 May

Travelling Workshop

07:00

Leaving Hotel to Tabarjal

09:00-10:00

Visit Tabarjal grazing farm to see grazing experiment

Mr. Sallal Al-Mutairi & Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajoj

10:00-12:30

Visit to seed production and restoration sites in Busaita

Mr. Sallal Al-Mutairi, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajoj, Mr Hamdan Al-Hassan and Mr. Fahad Huraib.

12:30-13:30

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Travel from Busaita to Al-Jouf

15:00-18:00

Visit Al-Jouf Agricultural Company facilities

18:00-20:00

Dinner hosted by Agricultural Company

 

 

Tuesday 15 May

RTCM Program

08:00-08:30 Session 1

 Chairperson: Dr. Abdullah Abboudi (UAE)

Rapporteurs: Drs Ian McCann and Mick Turner  (ICARDA)

Rangelands, seed production and forage production in the Arabian Peninsula: Introduction and Objectives of RTCM

Dr. John peacock (ICARDA-APRP)

Dr. Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

08:30-09:30 Session 2

Chairperson: Mohammad Al-Mirza (Oman)

Rapporteurs: Drs. Mick Turner and Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

Collection & Conservation of priority indigenous rangeland species and forages

Dr. John Peacock & NARS

09:30-13:00 Session 3

Chairperson: Tariq Madouh (Kuwait)

Rapporteurs: Drs. John Peacock & I an McCann (ICARDA)

Management of Bulk seed production of priority indigenous rangeland species & forages (Multiplication)

Dr. Mick Turner (ICARDA),

Dr. Ahmed Osman (ICARDA) & NARS

11:15-12:15

Refreshments

12:15-13:00

Session 3 (continued)

Management of Bulk seed production of priority indigenous rangeland species & forages (Processing)

Dr. Mick Turner (ICARDA),

Dr. Ahmed Osman (ICARDA) & NARS

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-15:30

Session 3 (continued)

Chairperson: Abdulrahman Al-Mohammadi (Qatar)

Rapporteurs: Drs. Ahmed Osman & John Peacock

Management of Bulk seed production of priority indigenous rangeland species & forages (Legislation)

Dr. Mick Turner (ICARDA)

15:30-15:45

Refreshments

15:45-18:00

 

 Session 4

 

Chairperson: Mr. Isam Abdul-Razaq (Bahrain)

Rapporteurs: Drs. John Peacock & Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

Irrigation set up and scheduling for seed production (weather station network, irrigation systems, water sources and fertigation)

Dr. I an McCann (IACRDA-APRP)

Wed. 16 May

 

08:00-09:

Session 500

Chairperson: Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajoj                (KSA)

Rapporteurs: Drs John Peacock & Mick Turner (ICARDA)

Evaluation of priority Indigenous rangeland species & forages-water use efficiency and productivity

Dr. I an McCann (ICARDA-APRP),

Dr. Ahmed Osman (ICARDA-APRP) and NARS

09:00-10:00

 

Session 6

Chairperson: Dr. Abdullah Al-Abboudi (UAE)

Rapporteurs: Drs. John Peacock & Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

Evaluation of priority indigenous rangeland species & forages (nutritive feed value)

Prof. Dr. Ghaleb Al-Hadrami (UAE Univ.), UAE

10:00-10:30

 

Session 7

Chairperson: Mr. Husain Al-Khayat (Kuwait)

Rapporteurs: Drs. I an McCann & Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

Evaluation of priority indigenous rangeland species and forages (salt tolerance)

Dr. John Peacock and NARS

10:30-10:45

Refreshments

10:45-12:30

Session 8

Chairperson: Saif Al-Khamesi (Oman)

Rapporteurs: Drs. John Peacock & Ahmed Osman (ICARDA)

Traveling Workshop and Training

12:30-13:00

Closing session

13:00-14:00

Lunch

 

Departure of participants
   
 
Participants
 

 

Bahrain:

Mr. Isam Mustafa Abdul-Razaq.   

Mr. Ahmed Saad.                            

Mr. Abdul Karim Ashoo

 

 

Emirates

Dr. Abdullah Hussein Al Aboudi.

Eng. Ali Saleh Al Mahrizi.

Dr. Ghalab Al-Hadrami.

 

Kuwait :

Mr. Hussain Al-Khalid. (PAAAFR).

Eng. Khalid Hamoud Ghaber (PAAAFR)

Eng. Tareq Madouh. (KISR).

 

 

Oman:

Eng. Mohammad Bin Abdul-Rahman Al Mirza.

Eng. Saif Bin Ali Al Khamisi.

 

 

Qatar:

Mr. Mohamed Ali Hassan.

Mr. Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Mohammadi.

Mr. Abdullah Jassim Al Bouainain.

Saudi Arabia

Dr Abdulkareem Bin Mohamed Al-Ghamdi

Dr Abdulla Al-Hajoj

Eng. Sallal Al-Mutairi

Mr Faisal Alyaeesh

Mr Hassan Farrash

Mr Abdulrahman Al-Dawood

Mr Amir Al-Otaibi

Dr Saud Al-Rowaily

Dr Moustafa Al-Shourbaji

 

Yemen:

Eng. Ali Abdulmalek Ahmed.

Mr. Mohsen Abdulrahman Ahmed Bazarah.

 

 

ICARDA:

Dr. John Peacock.

Dr. Ian McCann.

Dr. Ahmed Osman.

Dr. Michel Turner

Dr. Moustafa Bounjemate

 

 
 

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