LEBANON 
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Lebanon
INSTITUTION NAME Tal Amara Station. Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute” (LARI)
MAIN ADDRESS Tel: 08900047/37 – 08901579 – 08900325

Fax: 08900077

Email: lari@lari.gov.lb

Web: www.lari.gov.lb

DESCRIPTION
AREA 280 ha (11 LARI stations)
LATITUDE 33 º 28 ‘ N
LONGITUDE 36 º 30 ‘ E
ALTITUDE 905 m
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS Governmental organization under Minister of Agriculture Supervision
INSTITUTION TYPE Research Center depending on LARI (Ministry of Agriculture)
DATE FOUNDED 1945
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Grasses and fruits
TAXA No information available
PROGRAMMES • Training and improvement of agricultural practices for farmer, researchers and students
• Quality Control Programs
• Research programs (plant analysis)
• Experimentation and research programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • Department of Biotechnology – Plant Tissue Culture (Ahmad ELBITAR, Research Assistant Head of Plant Tissue Culture Unit: abitar@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Biotechnology – Plant Genetic Resources (Eng. Ali Chehade, Head of Plant Genetic Resources Unit: achehade@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Seed Production (Engineer Rabih Kabalan – Head of Department: rkabalan@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Plant Protection (Dr. Elia CHOUEIRI: Head Department and Researcher in Plant Pathology/Plant Virology: echoueiri@lari.gov.lb)
• National Seed Bank (Eng. Joelle Breidy, Seed Bank Manager: jbreidy@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Animal Health (Eng. Ghada Salameh – Head of Department: ghada.salamehgerios@gmail.com)
• Rangeland & Feed Lab (Eng. Joseph Kahwaji – Head of department: jkahwaji@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Olive & Olive Oil (Dr. Milad El Riachy – Head of the Department: mraichy@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Microbiology Water Lab
• Department of Mushroom Production (Darine Haddad – Head of Department: dhaddad@lari.gov.lb)
• Mycotoxins Lab
• Chemical Water Lab (Eng. Nassir Malaab – Head of Lab: nmalaub@lari.gov.lb)
• Fertilizer Lab
• Department of Food Microbiology
• Department of Crop Production
• Department of Irrigation & Agro-meteorology (Head of department: Dr. Ihab Jomaa: ijomaa@lari.gov.lb)
• Soil Lab
• Department of Plant Breeding (Dr. Rola El Amil – Head of Department: ramil@lari.gov.lb)
• Department of Pomology and Viticulture
MAIN DEFICIENCIES No information available
OTHER INFORMATION Tal Amara station is the central administration of LARI. Consult appendix
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:

www.lari.gov.lb

www.moe.gov.lb
ww.fao.org

Documents:

Lebanon State of the Environment Report. Chapter 10: Biodiversity and Natural Heritage”, 2001

Addendum to the lebanese National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan”, 2005

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