In the presence of Dr Nasr Edin Obaid, the ACSAD Organization’s General-Director, Dr Muhammad Ysar Abdeen, the head of Damascus University, and Dr Abdulnaby Basheer, the Dean of Agriculture Faculty, in the frame of the conventions signed by ACSAD with the Ministries of Agriculture, High Education, and Damascus University, the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands “ACSAD” in cooperation with Damascus University “Agriculture Faculty” have held today in the Agriculture Faculty’s headquarters a workshop on conservation agriculture, water harvesting, and compost production, which are the effective techniques to adapt with climate changes and limit land deterioration for the benefit of 100 trainees from post-graduate and fourth and fifth years students of the Faculty of Agriculture.
His Excellency, Dr Nasr Edin Obaid confirmed, in a speech at the opening of the workshop that ACSAD sought through this workshop to participate in the international community’s guidance to gather efforts for the ecological systems protection, natural resources rehabilitation, magi mitigating the negative impacts of climatical changes for their benefit to Human and nature as well.
He said: “We exert scientific efforts that contribute to accomplishing international initiatives goals of sustainable development and neutralizing land degradation; going on towards the green economy which aims to limit environmental risks, enhance the efficiency of natural resources, and facilitate integration among the four axes of sustainable development. This workshop comes within the core of ACSAD’s interests and goals to convey the experiences and skills of its outstanding researchers ( Arabs and Syrians) to those trainees students regarded as the future’s researchers and experts in what would contribute to enhancing their technical and research skills.
His Excellency, Dr Nasr Edin Obaid, presented a brief presentation on the ACSAD considerable expertise in the fields of conservation agriculture, rain harvesting, organic fertilizers and compost production, in addition to plant resources, livestock, and pasture rehabilitation.
The workshop aims to make use of ACSAD’s experiences in developing practical agricultural scientific research, the transfer and settlement of modern agricultural technologies in applying rain harvesting technologies and benefitting most from rain precipitations in all environments, particularly the mountain and slopes areas.
It also aims to benefit from the organic residue of compost production, the sound nutrition of crop varieties, and applying the conservation agriculture system to provide organic cover that protects soil from degradation and erosion. Moreover, providing irrigation, reducing production costs, and preserving the agricultural resources (soil and water) in the Arid and semi-arid areas to achieve sustainable agricultural development.
