DuttonChanging Rural Systems In Oman
1. INTRODUCTION 2. RURAL COMMUNITIES UNDER CHANGE: DEVELOPMENT OR
DISINTEGRATION? 2.1 An idealised pre-oil village community 2.2 Oil-induced
change 3. THE KHABURA PROJECT: DESIGN 3.1 Guiding concepts 3.2 Elements of
the farm and craft-industrial system 4. THE KHABURA PROJECT: FIELD TRIALS,
DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRAINING 4.1 Goats and sheep 4.2 Training paravets 4.3
Dairying 4.4 Spinning and weaving 4.5 Composting dung 4.6 Soils and tillage
4.7 Forage crops 4.8 Irrigation systems 4.9 A rural enterprise:
fibre-reinforced-cement channels 4.10 Sheep and goat pens 4.11 Locally made
tools and equipment 4.12 Economic analysis of the Project's small-fann
system 4.13 Extension and training 4.14 Towards a new rural production
system? 5. FROM A SUB-REGIONAL TO A NATIONAL PROGRAMME 5.1 Integrating with
government 5.2 Wadi Quriyat Animal Breeding and Applied Research Centre 5.3
The Goat Multiplication and Development Project 5.4 A national programme
but too narrow a vision 6. PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT 6.1 Prospect:
integration through a Rural Development Centre 6.2 Retrospect: evaluating
the experience.
