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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Jordan Valley Service Project Records, 1982-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Washington State University. Jordan Valley Service Project
Title
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Jordan Valley Service Project Records
Dates
1982-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
20 Linear feet of shelf space, (20 Boxes)
Collection Number
UA1990-08 (collection)
Summary
Records from the Jordan Valley Service Project from 1982-1989. Records include reports, reviews, meeting notes, and travel documents.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

For the Jordan Valley Agricultural Services Project (JVASP), Washington State University contracted under the collaborative assistance provisions of Title XII of the amendments to the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, which created the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and initiated a partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Jordan in 1981 to found agricultural research stations, develop agricultural extension services similar to those WSU provides in the State of Washington, and train Jordanians to provide those services. The first WSU personnel arrived in Jordan in June 1982. JVASP employed about 90 technical and support staff in Jordan, sponsored 19 academic degree programs, and provided short-term training programs to 41 MOA employees. At the project's conclusion in 1988, fifteen Jordanian extension agents were working in the Valley.

The project established an agricultural research and extension center at Deir Alla and three substations at Wadi Al-Yabis, Abu-Habil, and Karameh. The Jordan Valley and Southern Ghor are major agricultural production areas in Jordan. The Jordan Valley and Southern Ghor are major agricultural production areas in Jordan. JVASP's goal was to increase fruit and vegetable production in them by developing appropriate agricultural technology at the research stations and then disseminating that technology, methods, and other information through extension agents. Advised by WSU faculty, JVASP staff undertook applied research in integrated pest management, plant production, soil science, water management, and production economics.

JVASP followed a WSU partnership with the University of Jordan in the 1970s to assist in developing an agricultural teaching, research, and extension structure at the Amman campus similar to that of a land-grant university such as WSU in the United States. The initial JVASP contract was for $5.6 million and to extend five years through fiscal year 1986. A two-year contract extension carried JVASP until 1988 when it completed.

The College of Agriculture, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) and the government of Indonesia, partnered with eight institutions of the Association of Eastern Island Universities in a multi-million dollar, five-year cooperative education program that began in the October 1979 and concluded at the end of June 1984. The program involved WSU faculty and graduate students working in Indonesia and Indonesian faculty and graduate students visiting the Pullman campus.

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Content Description

This collection includes records from the Jordan Valley Service Project from 1982-1989. Records include reports both annual and travel related, and review sessions regarding travel and accommodations. Records also include meetings notes, and various travel documents regarding the trip including receipts and tickets.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Jordan Valley Service Project Records, 1982-1989 (UA1990-08)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

Items seem to be in no particular order. Some boxes have subject files that are labeled, but other than that have no order. Contains mostly administrative and scientific reports with some budget and travel reports as well.

Location of Collection

(MASC STAFF USE) 2-38-19-5

Acquisition Information

This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Mary Weitz of the Jordan Valley Service Project on March 13, 1990 and retained as UA1990-08.

Processing Note

(MASC STAFF USE) Needs reboxing to non-acidic boxes.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English
2022

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