Digital Archive of the Middle East

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• 1953 Census of Agriculture
• 1970-1971 Agriculture Census Data First Stage - Basic Data in Syrian Arab Republic
• A Saudi-Ethiopian Land Rental Contract (2009)
  A 50 years rental agreement over 10.000 hectares of land in Ethiopia’s Gambela province on the border with South Sudan between the Ethiopian ministry of agriculture and the Saudi Star Agricultural Development Company
• A U.S. Date Expedition in Egypt (1905)
  Report of an expedition in February 1905 by American H.A. Rankin, from Fayum to the Siwa oasis in Northwest Egypt, for the purpose of buying date palm offshoots. Annotated by Atar David.
• Agrarian Reform and Land Reclamation in 11 Years, 1952-1963
• Agrarian Reform Law and the End of Feudalism (1958)
  Pamphlet on 'Agrarian Reform Law and the End of Feudalism' (1958) comprising speeches by new President Abdul-Karim Qasim and his former pupil, Hadib Al-Hajj Hamoud, Minister for Agriculture, along with a treatise on the topic.
• Agribusiness Orientation to Iran and the Dez Irrigation Project. Agribusiness Bulletin 4 (1968)
  42-page booklet published by the American Development and Resources Corporation on opportunities for investment in Iranian agricultural development, especially the Dez Irrigation Project in Khuzestan Province, western Iran.
• Agricultural Policy and Land Reform Cooperatives in Iraq (PhD thesis, 2007) by Nidhal K. Rashid
  PhD thesis from 2007 by Nidhal K. Rashid, a former M.A. post-graduate of Exeter (1972), based on primary sources and provides an analysis of the historical experiences of agricultural policy and land reform, not only in Iraq but also in comparison with Egypt, Iran, and Russia, in addition to an examination of the role of cooperatives in achieving rural development between 1950 and 1980. The University of Leicester (U.K.) published two chapters of the study in their magazine The International Journal of Cooperative Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2005 and Vol. 3, No. 2, Nov. 2007.
• Amiri Decree on Qatar's National Food Security Strategy Program (2011)
  Amiri Decree on Qatar's National Food Security Strategy Program (2011), signed by Sheikh Tamid bin Hamad Al Thani, who was then Deputy Emir of Qatar but succeeded his father to become Eighth Emir of Qatar in 2013.
• An Address on Agriculture by Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi to the US Near East Foundation (1955)
  Text of an address delivered by the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Near East Foundation, New York, on 7 February 1955, providing insights into his approach to the modernization of Iranian agriculture as well as US involvement in the work of the NEF. Annotated by Joshua Thew
• Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for the year ended 31st March, 1937, Government of British Mandate in Palestine.
  Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for the year ended 31st March, 1937. Includes Data on the forestry service, meteorological data, data on veterinary officer's work, fisheries, horticulture, entemology, plant protection, agricultural education, and the general agricultural council.
• Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Forests for the year ended 31st March, 1936
  Report of the British Mandate Government. Includes Data on the forestry service, meteorological data, data on veterinary officer's work, fisheries, horticulture, entemology and general agricultural council.
• Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development documents (1980)
  Three documents issued by the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development in Khartoum : 1) the agreement on the establishment of the Authority, 2) the statute of the Authority, 3) the principal accord on the activities of the Authority in the Sudan.
• Booklet for the Bahrain Agricultural Show, 1959
  52-page booklet in English and Arabic for the Bahrain Agricultural Show, held in Qudhaibiya Park, Manama, from 26 February to 6 March 1959.
• Egyptian Agriculture and the start of the Green Revolution, July 1978
  A 24-page booklet presents the agricultural development, methods for increasing agricultural production in Egypt
• Egyptian Cotton
  Special issue of Al-Ahram newspaper for 1963, focussing on Egyptian cotton
• Fishing Development Plan for Ras al-Khaimah
• GDO Report No. 8: Analytical Report on Agriculture in Oman
  Report no. 8 by the General Development Organization National Statistics Department of Oman: Analytical Report on Agriculture in Oman. Dated 31 March 1973.
• Global Cattle, Local Consumption: The Meat Trade in 1930s Tel Aviv (1937)
  Article by Nathan Ben-Nathan, 'On the Meat Question in Tel Aviv', published in Hebrew during the British Mandate for Palestine and discussing the monopolisation of meat imports by traders and the effect on the economy. Translated and annotated by Efat Gilad.
• Guide to the Geographical Locations of Agricultural Holdings in Bahrain.
  Ministry of Municipalities & Agriculture, Agricultural Directorate, State of Bahrain, Agricultural Statistics Unit & Agricultural Extension Unit, assisted by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , Budalya. (June, 1975). "Guide to the Geographical Locations of Agricultural Holdings in Bahrain".
• Iran’s Rural Development Organization in Africa (1993)
  The source is written by Golamreza Forouzesh, minister of Iran’s Rural Development Organization (Construction Jihad) between 1988 and 1997. It contains a speech/paper presented by minister Frouzesh during the 'seminar for Africa'. In it, he addresses Iranian-African developmental cooperation. Published in 1993.
• Iraq Agriculture Ministry Study on the Cooperative Movement in Iraq (1973)
  Thirty-page study on the cooperative movement in Iraq, published by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1973 with tables
• Kandelous Agricultural Company booklets
  A booklet and two leaflets containing information about the medicinal plants and herbs available from the Kandelous Agricultural Company, as well as Kandelous village in the Alborz mountains in Iran, which also has a museum of medicinal plants.
• Kingdom of Saudia Arabia Facts and Figures: Land Distribution and Settlement
  Illustrated booklet on reforms of land ownership and the development of natural resources in Saudi Arabia
• Loan Agreement (Medjerda Agricultural Project) between Republic of Tunisia and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
  Document outlining the terms of a loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to the Republic of Tunisia, to fund the development of agriculture in the Medjerda Valley from 1962 to 1964. Dated 21 December 1963.