يقام المشروع على مساحة  1500دونم قابلة للتوسع،  بإشراف وزارة الزراعة الأردنية وقد تم اختيار موقع المشروع في منطقة حائزة على اعتراف دولي من المنظمة العالمية للصحة الحيوانية (OIE) بخلوها من الأمراض الحيوانية،  ليتم إستيراد المواشي من مناطق معتمدة، ذات جودة عالية وسعر مناسب وسيتم تطبيق الإجراءات البيطرية والأمن الحيوي اللازمة على المواشي وإعادة تصديرها إلى البلدان المجاورة وفتح أسواق جديدة لهذه التجارة.

Grants have been awarded to 29 Local Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Societies throughout the Badia across 2009. Funding provided ranges between 6,500 to 10,000 JD. The table below lists beneficiaries, the projects they implemented, the areas that benefited from this program.

This program aims at supporting productive and income-generating activities in the Badia by providing funding for establishing and/or expanding existing local community projects.

This project is located in Al Qatraneh district, 80km south of Amman. It aims at enhancing existing fodder projects and improving their productivity through the adoption of a “Compressive Management Approach” for all similar projects in the area, and the introduction of silage techniques for fodder storage, which will enable this sector to provide fodder during dry seasons.

 Project Objectives

The project is 70km northeast of Amman and 30km east of Mafraq city. The total area of the project is 800 hectares, and includes a managed rangeland reserve, fenced and cultivated with fodder crops.

This project, established in 2009, shared similar objectives and activities to the Palm Plantation and Training Centre Project carried out in 2010 in Al-Azraq. It sought to cultivate the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) in the Badia and to replace conventional and largely non-feasible crops such as olives. The project established a comprehensive palm project, including a pilot farm but also a training centre, which provides training and extension services for the local community in the Al Disi area.

The project is located in Wadi Mousa, located approximately 10km north of Petra. This, the first community-based project was established in collaboration with the USAID. The local community was provided with technical support to use treated and reclaimed wastewater for irrigating their fodder crops. In total, 44 farmers and their families benefited from this project.

The project is located in Graigrah village in Wadi Araba. It aims at enhancing the cultivation, production and manufacturing of herbal and medicinal plants as additional sources of income for the local community in the target area. The project area is characterized by a sub-tropical climate, which is suitable for cultivation of certain herbal and medicinal plants.

This project was established in 2010 and aimed at developing the palm plantation and replacing conventional and largely unsustainable agricultural projects (particularly olive farms) in the Badia with date palm farms (mainly of the species Phoenix dactylifera). The project established a comprehensive palm project, including a pilot farm but also a training centr, which provides training and extension services for the local community in the Al-Azraq area.

بتوجيهات من صاحب الجلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني المعظم حفظه الله ورعاه، تبنت الحكومة استراتيجية للبدء بانتاج المحاصيل الحقلية وراعة الاعلاف محليا للتخفيف من الاعتماد على الاعلاف المستوردة وتامين هذه المادة باسعار معقولة للمزارعين من مربي الماشية وخاصة في المناطق الفقيرة كذلك ايجاد فرص عمل لابناء المنطقة للمساهمة قي التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية. تقدم الصندوق الهاشمي لتنمية البادية الاردنية بمقترح لرئاسة الوزراء لاختيار ثلاث مناطق استراتيجية في مناطق البادبة المختلفة لزراعتها بالمحاصيل الحقلية والعالف الخضراء.