DRYLAND FARMING - OREGON (MOISTURE CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION IN LOW WINTER RAINFALL AREAS OF LDC"S)

This terminal management review covers the period 6/75-12/80 and is based on review of project publications and files and the final OSU report. Project purpose was achieved through successful accomplishment of five outputs. (1) In making operative a centralized information system, OSU staff established a centralized information facility; reviewed available literature; compiled bibliographies of dryland information; and instituted a document delivery system, making dryland literature more available to researchers in all countries. (2) OSU"s dryland training and education program was expanded, in part through course upgrading and preparation of programs specifically tailored for LDC representatives. The Sherman Branch Experiment Station at Moro, Oregon was revitalized as a dryland training and research center which will continue to function after the project"s completion. (3) Publication and worldwide distribution of a state-of-the-art paper on dryland agriculture served to expand OSU"s research capability and knowledge base in the subject. Three small research projects were also undertaken on the nutritive value of crop residuals following harvest; moisture, fallow, and dryland cereals; and management of winter annual legumes and winter wheat. (4) An increased OSU advisory capacity was developed though discussions with LDC agricultural scientists and onsite observation of problems in dryland agriculture. (5) Through visits and information exchange, OSU significantly promoted and strengthened domestic and international linkages with major agricultural institutions, universities, ministries, and libraries in LDC"s. OSU scientists will continue to assist A.I.D. on a short-term basis through contractual arrangements with the Consortium for International Development. Experience gained from this project will be applied to the new Dryland Agriculture Project. A bibliography of project-related papers (XD-AAI-479-1) is attached.