Al-Sabboura Research Station
The station was established in the year 2016 in the governorate of Rural Damascus at an area of 25 dunums. The station enjoys a Mediterranean climate which is cold and rainy in winter and hot and dry in summer with a rainfall average estimated at 350 mm/year. Its soil is red, heavily clay and poor with organic matter.
Objectives:
- Study, evaluate and select the superior genotypes of durum wheat, bread wheat, barley and sorghum bicolor and disseminate the promising lines that are tolerant to environmental stresses to select the appropriate crop type.
- Provide applied extension packages and scientific services to those who are interested in the various agricultural activities in the area.
- Organize training courses in the fields of agricultural development, especially for the young graduates.
Infrastructure:
- ACSAD’s main building.
- Administrative offices.
Activities:
- Improve cereal crops productivity and cultivate 25 dunums of ACSAD’s promising environmental stress-tolerant lines and varieties of (durum wheat, bread wheat and barley).
- Implement productive efficiency experiments and raise field crop productivity under rainfed and irrigated conditions.
