ACSAD Research Station in Deir el-Hajar

Location and climate:

The station is located in the Al-Ghazlaniyah area in the Rural Damascus, 30 km southeast of the city of Damascus, in the fourth stability zone, where the average rainfall is 100-125 mm annually. It was established in 2021. Its total area is about 3 hectares. Its soil is loamy clay, brown, and dry.

Objective:

Establishing genetic assembly for fruit trees, olives, and palms, and studying pastoral plants.

Station tasks:

– Studying the success of varieties of fruit trees in dry areas (the margins of the desert – Albadeya ).

– Planting tissue palm seedlings.

– Establishing genetic assembly for pasture plants.

– Propagating and preserving seeds of the most important pastoral plants.

– Studying the adaptation of smooth cactus in dry environments.

– Studies on conservation agriculture.