The role of legumes in the farming systems of the Mediterranean areas : proceedings of a Workshop on the Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of the Mediterranean Areas, UNDP/ICARDA, Tunis, June 20-24, 1988

Legumes are an important source of protein for humans and animals. They provide nutritionally rich crop residues for animal feed, and playa key role in maintaining the productivity of soils particularly through biological nitro­ gen fixation. They are, therefore, of immense value in rainfed farming systems. The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has a responsibility for research on food, pasture, and forage legumes. The Center also has the broad objective of improving livestock production in rainfed farming systems. Although food legumes have be~n known and grown by farmers in the WANA region for a long time, their productivity has remained low and variable. Forage legumes, on the other hand, are not so well known by farmers of the region, and their role in the farming systems is not so well understood. Thus, we need to develop the concept of using forage legumes as crops and to fit them into cropping systems. In its efforts to increase the productivity of food legumes and develop the legume-based crop/livestock systems, ICARDA has established a network of scientists in the different National Agricultural Research Systems in the region. To further strengthen this network, ICARDA convened a workshop on 'The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Mediterranean Areas' in Tunis, Tunisia, 20-24 June 1988. This workshop was co-sponsored by UNDP, who also contributed funds for this publication. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Legumes in Farming Systems in Mediterranean Climates....Pages 3-29 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Algeria....Pages 31-37 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Cyprus....Pages 39-49 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Egypt....Pages 51-61 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Greece....Pages 63-69 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Iraq....Pages 71-75 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Jordan....Pages 77-83 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Morocco....Pages 85-92 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Portugal....Pages 93-103 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Syria....Pages 105-114 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Tunisia....Pages 115-129 The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of Turkey....Pages 131-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 The Role of Food Legumes in the Diets of the Populations of Mediterranean Areas and Associated Nutritional Factors....Pages 143-149 The Role of Food Legume Straw and Stubble in Feeding Livestock....Pages 151-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Farming Systems Producing Livestock in Mediterranean Areas....Pages 165-178 The French Mediterranean Zones: Sheep Rearing Systems and the Present and Potential Role of Pasture Legumes....Pages 179-194 The Role of Forage Legumes in Rotation with Cereals in Mediterranean Areas....Pages 195-204 The Role of Legumes in Improving Marginal Lands....Pages 205-216 The Role of Self-regenerating Pasture in Rotation with Cereals in Mediterranean Areas....Pages 217-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Annual Cropping under Dryland Conditions in Turkey: A Case Study....Pages 239-255 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 The Extension of the Ley Farming System in South Australia: A Case Study....Pages 257-272 The Use of On-Farm Research as a Method of Extending Legume Production in Mediterranean Farming Systems....Pages 273-282 Human Constraints in Extending the Use of Forage Legumes in Mediterranean Areas....Pages 283-294 Front Matter....Pages 295-295 Summary of and Issues Arising From the Discussions....Pages 297-304 Back Matter....Pages 305-310 Proceedings of a Workshop on the Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of the Mediterranean Areas, UNDP/ICARDA, Tunis, June 20-24, 1988