Systems Interaction in the Relation to Marginal and High Potential Zones in Madaba Governorate-Jordan.

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Al-Baqain, R. und W. Doppler

Year of publication

2000

Published in

Proceedings

Editor

W. Doppler und J. Calatrava

Pubisher

Margraf Verlag , Weikersheim

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

3-8236-1332-4

Page (from - to)

256-260

Conference name

2nd European Symposium on Rural and Farming Systems Research

Conference location

Granada, Spain

Conference date

27.-29.3.1996

Marginal and high potential zones in Jordan are the agro-ecological zones that contribute most to agricultural development. Most obviously there is a high pressure on resource use in the marginal zone. For sustainability reasons, linkages to high potential zones could be part of the solution to reduce the pressure. This paper tries to investigate the important socio-economic linkages between the two zones. The results show that the two zones are integrated through different forms of linkages, but the expected roles of most these linkages are still not able to fill out their goals owing to various social, economic, cultural and political hindrances.