AGADIR
A horticulturist and water environmental expert with more than 25 years of experience in coordinating and managing field-based projects and technical teams involved in site specific activities. Has extensive experience on protected culture particularly soilless culture, as well as the use of saline water and pre-treated sewage in agriculture. Has designed and implemented numerous experiments to the use of different substrates to increase crop yield. As project manager, has worked extensively in evaluating the use of local substrates, including sand, gravels, pozzolane, and perlite. Also researched the potential for environmental amelioration in arid climates by recycling nutrient drainage effluent, to save water and fertilizers, and prevent ground water pollution. As well he conducts basic research to find determine optimum solutions based on nitrate ammonium ratio for optimum nitrogen uptake. The long term, practical objectives of these studies are to determine the most suitable conditions, the permit the use of soilless culture, and to increase crop production under arid and semi-arid areas.
Regularly monitors and reports on the status of projects to experts involved as well as public and private donors, and governmental and non-governmental authorities. As a senior level professor at the Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, has designed and taught classes on soilless culture, fertigation techniques under protected agriculture. Served as president of the Mediterranean colloquium on protected cultivation. Received a Fullbright Scholarship to study at the Environmental Research Laboratory in Tuscon, Arizona and has written numerous authoritative texts in his field.
Mes compétences :
Culture
Governance
Management
Resources Management
