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KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (KISR)
Mail address PO Box 24885, 13109 Safat
Telephone +9654133-6100 Fax
+965483-0432 Telex 22299 KISR KT
Cable SCIENCE Ku wait
Nature National government
Mission Applied research
Financial support Government appropriation,
Ministry contracts, private sector, foundation grants
Working languages English
Scope of interest Arid lands agriculture,
agricultural biotechnology, water conservation, animal
production, aquaculture, fisheries, desertification, soil
reclamation, desert ecology, terrestrial and marine environment,
food technology
Research program
Locations Shuwaikh, Sulaibiya, Salmiya
Subjects Open field production, plant tolerance
(heat, drought, salt), landscape/xeriscape, water conservation,
nursery development, animal intensive production systems,
irrigation systems, fast-growing trees, fish culture, plant
tissue culture, soil remediation, sand movement control, concrete
structures (heat tolerance), fermentation, terrestrial and marine
pollution, aquifer recharge
Status Master Plan Fisheries (completed), Master
Plan Agriculture (ongoing), Master Plan Greenery (ongoing), soil
reclamation (ongoing/under development), water conservation
(ongoing), desertification (ongoing)
Findings Potential for food production, potential
for ornamental plant production, potential for conserving water
and impacting environment, technologies for aquaculture,
technologies for improving plant culture and dairy and poultry
production, quantification of database/resource levels
Internal Organization
Chief official Professor Adnan H. Al-Aqeel,
Director General
Divisions Divisions of: (1) Food
Resources (Aridland Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology),
(2) Water Resources (Hydrology, Desalination, Wastewater and
Water Management), (3) Environmental Sciences (Terrestrial and
Marine, Remote Sensing and Risk Assessment), (4) Petroleum,
Petrochemicals and Materials (Corrosion, Catalysis, Production),
(5) Engineering (Structures and Electronic Systems), (6)
Techno-economics
Division heads Directors: (1) Dr. Mohammad
Al-Attar, (2) Dr. Jawad Al-Sulaimi, (3) Dr. Dhari Al-Ajmi, (4)
Dr. Jassim Al-Bishara, (5) Dr. Mohammad Al-Ramadhan, (6) Dr.
Othman Mohammad
Professional staff 162
Total staff 730
Facilities
Office 5,000 mē Office and lab
space at Shuwaikh; 200 ha experimental station at Sulaibiya;
large area for aquaculture at Salmiya
Library Scientific and technical Library with
4.600 books, 1,500 journals, 300,000 technical reports, patents,
CD-ROMs etc.
Computer catalog Yes, using ProCite
(VTLS in near future)
Computer searches Available
Local databases AGIF - KISR Reports
Publications
Serials Weekly internal newsletter at KISR,
monthly layman's reports on science and technology (in Arabic),
annual reports, annual research reports
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1967
PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND FISH RESOURCES
Mail address PO Box 21422 Safat, 13075 Safat
Telephone +965 471 - 116 to - 119 Fax
+965 476-5551
Telex 30072 AGRFISH KT Cable AGRIFISH
Nature Governmental
Mission Research, extension, supervision
Financial support Governmental budget
Working languages Arabic
Scope of interest Desertitication, agronomy
Research program
Locations El-Rabie, El-Wafra ante El-Abdali
research stations
Subjects Soil and water management. fertilization,
land reclamation, anti soil-water-plant relationships
Status Ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Eng. Khalid El-Mesabahi, Head of
Soil & Water Department
Divisions Divisions of: (1) Soil, (2)
Water
Division heads Heads: (1) Eng. Eidan El-Kalaf, (2)
Eng. Mohamed Gamal
Professional staff 3
Total staff 30
Facilities
Library Agricultural library
Subcenters Al-Wafra Extension and Services Center,
Al-Abdali Extension and Services Center Exchange Facilities
Available on Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) level
Publications
Scientific reports
History
Established in 1957 as Agriculture Division, became
Department of Agriculture in 1966, and obtained present name in
1983