What works in Zarqa
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Evidence snapshot for Zarqa
The Zarqa River Basin in Jordan has seen two major interventions. As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant treats roughly 70% of Jordan's wastewater and discharges 133 million m³ of treated effluent annually into the Zarqa River, irrigating over 12,100 hectares of agricultural land and generating about 80% of its own power from biogas, with peer-reviewed studies reporting marked water-quality improvements and the return of fish to previously polluted stretches. Meanwhile, Hima Rangeland Restoration at Bani Hashem piloted community-managed rotational grazing on 100 hectares, nearly tripling dry forage biomass from 40 to 113 kg/ha over two years, a result that helped drive Jordan's 2015 national Rangeland Strategy—though the pilot remains small relative to Jordan's ~8 million hectares of total rangeland.
Drawn from: As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant — Zarqa River Reuse for Jordan Valley Irrigation · Hima Rangeland Restoration — Zarqa River Basin (Jordan) · Jordan Compact Childcare & Transport Support for Syrian Refugee Women Garment Workers
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +35 pts 83 here · 48 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +23 pts 50 here · 27 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Governance, certification & transferability +20 pts 83 here · 64 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Transferability / replicability -27 pts 33 here · 60 average
Efficiency -32 pts 0 here · 32 average
Effectiveness -66 pts 0 here · 66 average
Curator validation -73 pts 0 here · 73 average
Sustainability -78 pts 0 here · 78 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Zarqa. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
As-Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant — Zarqa River Reuse for Jordan Valley Irrigation · 60
Hima Rangeland Restoration — Zarqa River Basin (Jordan) · 53
Jordan Compact Childcare & Transport Support for Syrian Refugee Women Garment Workers · 48
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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- Backed by strong evidence
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- Rated highly transferable
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Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
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Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more