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Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND WATER RESEARCH
Mail address PO Box 1967, Doha
Telephone +974433-400 Fax +974410-526
Cable HYDROAG
Nature National government
Mission Research, extension
Financial support Government
Working languages Arabic, English
Scope of interest Agro-hydrometeorology,
groundwater, irrigation and drainage, soils, agronomy,
horticulture, plant protection, agricultural economics and
statistics
Research program
Locations Four agricultural research stations
Subjects Meteorology, phenology, hydrology,
irrigation and drainage, agronomy, horticulture and greenhouses,
plant protection, agricultural economics and statistics
Status Some completed, some ongoing
Findings All the Findings are
recorded in Technical Reports
Internal Organization
Chief official Director
Divisions Water Research Section, Soil Section,
Agricultural Research Section, Agricultural Economics and
Statistics Section
Professional staff 52
Total staff 166
Facilities
Office 4 buildings, laboratory
Library Approximately 4,000 volumes on agriculture
and water
Exchange Facilities Available through the
United Nations Development Programme and bilateral agreements
Publications
Serials Annual reports
Other Technical reports
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1971 as Hydro-agricultural Resources
Survey Project; name changed in 1974 to Integrated Land Water Use
Project and in 1978 to Agricultural and Water Resources
Development Project; renamed in 1981
University of Qatar
SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH CENTRE (SARC)
Mail address PO Box 2713, Doha
Telephone +974 874-961,869-950 Fax
+974 860-680 Telex 4630 UNVSTY DH
Cable UNIQATAR
Nature Academic
Mission Research, technology transfer
Financial support Government
Working languages Arabic, English
Scope of interest Energy, natural resources,
semi-industries, health and environmental pollution,
documentation of scientific information, radiation studies,
remote sensing, agriculture, food, chemical analysis
Research program
Subjects Conversion of natural gas to liquid
petroleum products, pharmacological studies and biological
studies on wild plants, improvements of concrete properties,
ecological studies on pearl oyster beds
Status Concrete research completed, Other projects
ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Dr. Gabr F.M. Al-Noaimi
Divisions Units of: Energy, Natural Resources,
Semi-industries, Health and Environment Pollution, Documentation
of Scientific Information, Radiation Studies, Remote Sensing
Professional staff 4, plus academic researchers
from the University according to projects
Total staff 11
Facilities
Office One main building with several offices
and 6 laboratories, one field building with 6 laboratories
Library In stage of arrangement, with a good
nucleus of materials
Subcenters Units of Remote Sensing, Radiation
Studies, Health and Environment, and Semiindustries
Exchange Facilities Available
Publications
Reports, books, atlases, technical papers
Publications list Available
History
University founded in 1973; SARC established in 1980