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Amjad Badr
Amjad Badr (; born 1969) is a Syrian academic and agricultural economist who has served as the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in the Syrian transitional government since 29 March 2025. Early life and education Badr was born in 1969 to a Druze family in Suwayda Governorate. He earned a degree in agricultural engineering from Damascus University in 1993, with a focus on agricultural economics. He later obtained both his master's and doctoral degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Aleppo. During his studies, he conducted research on modern irrigation techniques and their effects on wheat productivity in Syria. Academic and professional career Badr has held various research positions at the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, particularly at the Suwayda Research Center. He has participated in several socio-economic studies related to the agricultural sector and collaborated with the International Center for Agricultural Resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Agriculture And Agrarian Reform
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform () is a government ministry office responsible for agriculture affairs in Syria. Ministers of Agriculture *Dr. Shibli al-Aysami (9 March 1963 – 11 November 1963) *Dr. Adil Tarabin (12 November 1963 – 21 December 1965) *Dr. Salah Wazzan (1 January 1966 – 22 February 1966) *Dr. Abd al-Karim al-Jundi (1 March 1966 – 15 October 1966) *Mr. Fayez Al Jassem (Oct 1966 – Oct 1969) * Jamid Haddad (? – ?) * Mohamad Haidar (1971-1976) * Ahmed Qablan (1976-1980) * Hamid Musker (1980-1981) * Mash Jayden (1981-1985) * Mahmoud al-Kurdi (1985-1987) *Dr. Mohamed Gabash (1 November 1987 – 1992) *Dr. Adel Safar (10 September 2003 – 14 April 2011) *Dr. Riyad Farid Hijab (14 April 2011 – 6 August 2012) * Subhi Ahmed Abdullah (6 August 2012 – 9 February 2013) * Ahmed Al-Qadri (9 February 2013 – 30 August 2020) * Eng Mohammed Hassan Qatana (30 August 2020 – 23 September 2024) * Dr. Fayez al-Miqdad (23 September 2024 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world. Irrigation helps to grow crops, maintain landscapes, and revegetation, revegetate disturbed soils in dry areas and during times of below-average rainfall. In addition to these uses, irrigation is also employed to protect crops from frost, suppress weed growth in grain fields, and prevent soil consolidation. It is also used to cool livestock, reduce dust, dispose of sewage, and support mining operations. Drainage, which involves the removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given location, is often studied in conjunction with irrigation. There are several methods of irrigation that differ in how water is supplied to plants. Surface irrigation, also known as gravity irrigation, is the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriculture Ministers Of Syria
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities. While humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle were domesticated around 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. In the 20th century, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monocultures came to dominate agricultural output. , small farms produce about one-third of the world's food, but large farms are prevalent. The largest 1% of farms in the world are greater than and operate more than 70% of the world's farmland. Nearly 40% of agricultural land is found on farms larger than . However, five of every six farms in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
