This study aimed at conducting the followings activities:
• To survey and identify the flora at the Mharib watershed (the intervention area of the Badia Benchmark Project),
• to study the effect of microcatchment WH techniques on the soil seed bank compared with the current situation,
• to evaluate the effect of microcatchment WH on the native vegetation regeneration and improvement, and
• to multiply and reintroduce the annual native plant species collected from the rangelands.
The study is presented in five main sections:
• Documentation of the flora of the Mharib watershed,
• Assessment of the soil seed bank under different microcatchments,
• Evaluation of the effect of microcatchment WH on native vegetation,
• Regenerating native vegetation cover using WH techniques, and
• Evaluation of the potential of seed of native plant species for multiplication/propagation.
Authors and Publishers
Shawahneh, N.
Saoub, Hani
Oweis, Theib
Haddad, Nasri
Karrou, Mohammed
Data provider
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) was established in 1977. It is one of 15 such centers supported by the CGIAR. ICARDA’s founding mandate to promote agricultural development in the dry areas of developing countries remains highly relevant today.