LAND AND WATER RESOURCES

PUBLICATION RECORD

Bashour, I., S. Dagher, G. Chammas, and N. Kawar. 2003. Comparison of gas chromatography and immunoassay methods for analysis of total DDT in calcareous soils. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, B38 (2): 111–119.

Bsaibis, A., M. N. Nimah, F. AlKhal, M. R. Darwish, and I. Bashour. 2002. Optimizing cropping pattern to maximize water productivity. River basin management 2003. Wessex Institute of Technology.

El-Awar, F. A., M. R. Darwish, R. M. Mteirik, and M. N. Nimah. 2001. Optimal cropping pattern for limited water supply: A case study in Lebanon. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 17 (3): 391–397.

Haddad, J., and M. N. Nimah. 2001. Water quality monitoring of the Litani River. Lebanese Science Journal 2:1, 81–89.

. 2002. Water quality monitoring of a watershed. River Basin Management 2003. Wessex Institute of Technology.

Kabengi, N. J., R. A. Zurayk, R. Z. Baalbaki, and J. Ryan. 2003. Phosphorus dynamics and characterization under a long-term rotation trial. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 34 (3 and 4): 375–392.

Nimah, M. N. 2002. Water resources management in the Near East and North Africa Region. FAO Current Emerging Issues for Economic Analysis and Policy Research; CUREMIS II NENA.

Nimah, M. N., A. Bsaibes, F. Alkal, M. R. Darwish, and I. Bashour. 2003. Optimizing cropping pattern to maximize water productivity. In River Basin Management 2003, ed. C. A. Brebbla, 187–199. UK: WESSEX INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Nimah, M. N., J. Haddad, and M. Dandan. 2001. Modeling water quality in time and space: Case study the Litani River, Lebanon. In River Basin Management, eds. R. A. Falconer and W. R. Blain, 241–253. Southampton and Boston: WIT Press.

Nimah, M. N., M. N. Hamed, J. Haddad, and R. Darwish. 2001. Water and food security: Optimal allocation of water resources in agriculture, A case study for Lebanon. The Land 5. 2.

Sidahmed, M. M., and R. B. Brown. 2002. Computer simulation of factors affecting drift from a forestry airblast sprayer. Canadian Biosystems Engineering 44 (2): 27–35.

Talhouk, S. N., R. Zurayk, and S. Khuri. 2001. Conservation of the coniferous forests of Lebanon: Past, present and future prospects. Oryx 35 (3): 206–215.

Zurayk, R. 2002. Farmers and funders priorities for biodiversity conservation in Lebanon. In: Promoting best practices for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of global significance in arid and semiarid zones of the developing world. Trieste, Italy: UNEP, GEF, TWNSO.

Zurayk, R., N. Khoury, S. Talhouk, and R. Baalbaki. 2001. Salinity-heavy metal interactions in four salt-tolerant plant species. Journal of Plant Nutrition 24 (11): 1773–1786.

Zurayk, R., B. Sukkariyah, R. Baalbaki, and D. Abi Ghanem. 2001. Chromium phytoaccumulation from solution by selected hydrophytes. International Journal of Phytoremediation 3 (3): 335–350.

. 2002. Ni phytoaccumulation in Mentha aquatica L. and Mentha sylvestris L. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 139:355–364.

ABSTRACTS, CONFERENCES, AND PROCEEDINGS

Bashour, I., and A. Lteif. 2002. Selenium levels in Lebanese soils and forages. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Chemical Society, Boston, August 18–22, 2002.

Nimah, M. N., A. Bsaibis, and M. Hamed-Jawahari. 2002. Models for improving irrigation scheme water productivity. Conference on: Integrated water management, Agricultural Research Institute; Nicosia, Cyprus, June 18–22, 2002.

Zurayk, R., and M. Haidar. July 2002. The Local User’s Network: An intercultural Participatory Development Communication Platform. Paper presented at the 23^rd conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Barcelona, Spain.

other activities

Bashour, I. January 2002. Soil fertility of the rural integrated development of the mountains of Northern Lebanon. Technical report submitted to the FAO (TCP/LEB/0065).

Darwish, M. R., and C. Moukarzel. December 2001. Towards a sustainable agricultural policy in the Yamouneh region, final report. USAID, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Nimah, M. January 2002. Irrigation of the rural integrated development of the mountains of Northern Lebanon (TCP/LEB/0065).

Zurayk, R. 2002. Preparing a new agricultural curriculum at AUB: The experience, the driving forces, the pressures and the resulting choices. The fourth session of the “Sustainability, Education and the Management of Change in the Tropics” series held at Maejo University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 29–October 5, 2002.

Zurayk, R., and M. Haidar. April 2002. Whose basic needs? Farmers and funders priorities in biodiversity conservation. Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Best Practices for Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation, Oman.

GRADUATE THESES AND PROJECTS 

Al Hassan, R. 2002–03. Effect of several organic sources on crop production and their effect on biodegradation of residual endosulfane. I. Bashour.

Bsaibes, A. 2001–02. Optimum water distribution system for maximizing water productivity case study: South Bekaa irrigation scheme. M. Nimah.

Chamaa, J. 2002–03. An economic approach: Towards an integrated urban waste management plan: The case of Hotel-Dieu de France. M. Darwish.

Corbani, K. 2001–02. Water and land productivity under conventional versus vertical cultivation. M. Nimah.

El Hindi, R. 2002–03. Impacts of shifting farming systems on soil degradation in a semi-arid mountain regions of Lebanon. R. Zurayk.

Jaber, N. 2001–02. The design of a prototype lentil harvester for small farms. M. Sidahmed.

Joukhadar, C. 2002–03. Comparative study of standard and alternative methods of soil analysis. I. Bashour.

Saliba, S. 2001–02. Effect of homopolymers on emitter clogging in trickle irrigation of apple trees. M. Nimah.

Slaibi, A. 2001–02. Feasibility of organic farming as an approach to replace illicit crops grown in the Bekaa region. M. R. Darwish.

Yanni, S. 2002–03. Gravel Vertical mulches, in drip irrigated orchards as a means of improving water use Productivity. M. Nimah.