Total Duration: 18'03''

01.00.00.00 IFAD SPOT 30''

JORDAN (FILMED MAY 2001)

IFAD PROJECT : Agricultural Resource Management Project in the Governorates of Karak and Tafila

Objectives: To improve income levels of the families in areas where soil and water conservation works are undertaken; and, to arrest degradation, and optimize long-term productive use of land and water resources with the active participation and partnership of the beneficiaries.

Location: Rawda Village, near Karak
01.00.40.07 Various Janet Horani and her family bring sheep for milking and Janet milks sheep
01.01.27.18 Various stages Janet Horani processing milk for Jameed (cheese)
01.02.20.03 Janet comes out of the house and turns the cheese
01.02.43.07 Interview with Janet Horani (Arabic)
''Janet bought 15 sheep with her loan as well as the processing equipment. Before the project she had no job. Now she says that she enjoys the hard work and business is good. She sells some Jameed locally and also to relatives in America and Australia.''
Location: Raba Village, Near Karak
01.03.04.06 Pan across land planted with olive trees, terraces built, water etc
To Maliha Maita and sons working plus various shots Maliha working on her farm.
01.03.51.14 Interview with Maliha Maita (Arabic)
''The main problem here is the water because the rainfall nowadays is very low and it affects the yield of the farm.''
''I am happy with the project but I need more help, for example drip irrigation and a machine like a tractor for ploughing the land.''
''Drip irrigation is more economical in using water so I could save more water for irrigation.''
01.04.41.03 MS Tractor, ZO to WS Maliha's land.
01.04.54.16 Exterior dairy processing training course for women.
01.05.23.14 Interior dairy processing training course for women.
Location: Al Aena
01.05.54.07 Various shots clearing irrigation channels from natural spring
Location: Nasser Village, Near Karak
01.06.34.24 Detail of olive cutting onto old olive tree
Various shots of men adding fertilizer and watering
Location: Karak Region
01.07.22.05 Pan across desert to check dam
01.07.58.17 Pan across different check dam, and LS sheep and goats moving down to drink.
01.08.17.11 MS sheep and goats at dam, and various CU Bedouin children guarding the animals
01.08.27.12 WS Bedouin tents
01.08.30.18 Various Bedouin family with their animals, women milking sheep.
01.09.19.06 Bedouins inside tent, processing sheeps milk.
Location: Swea Mea
01.09.56.10 Pan across olive trees planted by Taysir Ahmad Jaradin
01.10.10.12 Interview Taysir Ahmad Jaradin
''I heard about the project from the television, especially from the agricultural programmes.''
01.10.29.01 ''The engineer at the project advised me to clear the land from stones to build the stone terraces to prevent soil erosion. In this way the land can be cultivated more easily and the water doesn't drain away so quickly
01.11.28.13 ''Without the project, nothing was possible here, so I thank all who helped me.''
Location: Swearat, Near Tafila
01.11.49.12 Pan across sloping land, to men building terraces. Various constructing terraces.
01.13.27.07 JORDAN ENDS

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EGYPT (FILMED DURING 2000)

IFAD PROJECT: East Delta Newlands Agricultural Services Project

Objectives: To assist the small farmers in the project area to establish sustainable, profitable farming systems and at the same time to optimise the on-farm use of water in newly reclaimed and settled areas.

01.13.47.11 Various shots Nile/Cairo
01.13.59.18 Various traditional water wheel for irrigation
01.14.23.19 Pan across road to IFAD project site
01.14.31.05 MS Project Sign pan right to greenhouses
01.14.37.24 CU water pipe at canal, ZO and PAN Left to canal
01.14.50.07 Various pumps to control water
01.14.57.07 MWS man checking sprinkler system and again different angle
01.15.06.19 CU man placing irrigation tubes, ZO to people working
01.15.15.17 Various women and men working at project site
Girl smiles
01.15.49.08 EGYPT ENDS

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SYRIA (FILMED DURING 2000)

IFAD PROJECT: Badia Rangelands Development Project

Objectives: To re-establish the productive capacity of Syria's Badia resources covering 3 million hectares in eight provinces. The project will establish and implement a replicable participatory methodology for sustainable natural resources conservation and management. The project will be the first large-scale integrated operation aimed at preserving the environment and improving the well-being of the Bedouin community.

01.16.09.10 LS Sun over desert
01.16.13.10 Aerial shot over Badia Steppe and Rangelands
01.16.18.01 Pan across Bedouin tents, various people
01.16.25.24 Consultation session inside tent
01.16.37.12 Consultation session outside tent
01.16.41.19 Project staff consult map
01.16.46.10 Women working collecting seeds, various
01.17.05.05 Women working planting seedlings
01.17.21.14 Replanted part of project area
01.17.32.06 Boy brings sheep to find water
01.17.32.06 Various wells, water poured out
01.17.56.15 Lamb is given bottle of milk
WS child sits foreground, sheep background
01.18.03.10 SYRIA ENDS