Lebanon – Tal Amara Station. Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| MAIN DEFICIENCIES | No information available | ||
| OTHER INFORMATION | Tal Amara station is the central administration of LARI. Consult appendix | ||
| SOURCES CONSULTED | Web:
www.moe.gov.lb 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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