The improved crop varieties introduced by the project generally performed better than the local cultivars. ‘Gidara’, an improved durum wheat variety derived from ICARDA germplasm, the Turkish variety ‘Pehlivan’, and ‘Ceylan-95’ are performing well. They produced 7–8 t/ha in the 2003/2004 season.

The barley variety ‘Efes’ is now popular among farmers because it fetches premium prices due to its good malt quality.

The chickpea varieties ‘Gokce’ and ‘Diyar-95’ and lentil varieties ‘Firat-87’ and ‘Idlib-3’ have found their place in farmers’ minds and fields. The Seed Exporters Union and Research Company (ITAS), Ankara, supplied ‘Gokce’, which produces very large seeds. ‘Firat-87 is high-yielding and has high-level resistance to wilt. In the 2003/2004 season, it was planted on over 10,000 ha in the Siverek region. A farmer harvested about 3.5 t/ha from his 40 ha land. ‘Firat-87’ was supplied by ICARDA for the demonstrations but is now available at the Kiziltepe market.

The improved vetch varieties provided by ICARDA are very useful in reducing erosion because they cover the soil surface and livestock graze more on them than on the steppe.

The cereal/vetch rotation technology is promising for resource-poor farmers in this fragile and harsh production environment.

Small ruminant feeding during critical periods has been improved with the introduction of urea-treated straw technologies and feed blocks.

Farmers have expressed strong interest in expanding the cultivation of improved crop varieties supplied by ICARDA and in using the recommended production technologies.

Protection of the rangeland research area gave many useful and palatable plant species the chance to regenerate.

The data set on landforms and land use/land cover will be useful in formulating a policy of managed grazing to sustain the vegetation in its natural state as it occurred many years ago.