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UNITED NATIONS E

Distr. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIMITED COUNCIL E/ESCWA/SDPD/2018/WG.11/Report 2 January 2019 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Report

ETC Session: Technology and Innovation for Agriculture Development/ Eighth Scientific Agricultural Conference (ESAC-2018) Karak, Jordan, 15-17 October 2018

Summary

ESCWA supported the Eighth Scientific Agricultural Conference (ESAC-2018) entitled "Agricultural Challenges and Sustainable Development" organized by the Faculty of Agriculture at Mutah University, Karak, Jordan during the period 15-17 October 2018. ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) in cooperation with ICARDA organized and conducted a dedicated session on “Technology and Innovation for Agricultural Development” during (ESAC-2018). The main objective of this session is to exchange views of regional and international experts on how to use technology as one of the means of implementation of SDGs to develop a sustainable agricultural sector in the region. The session provided a podium to discuss pathways in which green technology can be used to reduce hunger, enhance prosperity in a region that is characterized by ongoing conflicts and wars.

The main key messages and recommendations resulted from this session were concentrated around the importance of fostering and enhancing research projects related to sustainable agriculture, utilizing opportunities in technology and innovation in the field of sustainable agriculture to contribute to the global food security, and engaging academia in policy formulation for sustainable agriculture.

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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...... 3 I. CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD ...... 3 II. OPENING SESSION ...... 4 III. SESSION ONE: Technology and Innovation for Agricultural Development ...... 4 A. Objectives of the session……………………………….………………………..4 B. Session Discussion:……………………………………………………………...5 IV. Other Input Supported by ETC…………………………………………………6

V. ORGANIZATION……………………………………………………………...7

A. Date and venue………………………………………..………………………...7 B. Agenda……………………………………………………..…………………...7 C. Documents……………………………………………….……………………...7 Annex I. Agenda………………………………………………………………………...8 Annex II. List of All Participants………………………………………………………11 Table 1 11 Table 2 13 Table 3 14 Table 4 15 Table 5 16 Table 6 17 Annex III. List of ETC and Supported Participants ...... 19

INTRODUCTION

1. ESCWA supported the Eighth Scientific Agricultural Conference (ESAC-2018) entitled "Agricultural Challenges and Sustainable Development" organized by the Faculty of Agriculture at Mutah University, Karak, Jordan during the period 15-17 October 2018.

2. The ESAC-2018 was held in collaboration with the Agricultural Faculties at the Jordanian Universities, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Agricultural Research Centre, Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation, ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC), ICARDA, and FAO. 3. The conference provided a forum for a thorough discussion of the challenges and new trends in the fields of agriculture, water, food and environment and established a better cooperation among researchers in these fields at local, regional and international levels. 4. As part of the conference, ETC in cooperation with ICARDA organized a dedicated session on “Technology and Innovation for Agricultural Development”. The main objective of this session is to exchange views of regional and international experts discussing the prospect of using technology as one of the means of implementation of SDGS in order to develop a sustainable agricultural sector in the region. 5. The session was organized to provide a podium for discussing pathways in which green technology can be used to reduce hunger, enhance prosperity in a region that is characterized by ongoing conflicts and wars.

I. CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD

6. Key messages and recommendations of the conference that are related to science, technology and innovation were as follow: a. Establishing a podium for stakeholders to address the agriculture-food sector challenges, promoting related research projects and technology transfer. b. Academic institutions and research centers should consider more robust research projects and leveraging resources from multiple investments, so that agricultural research has a stronger role in policy formulation. Furthermore, research centers can tap upon new research areas for Jordan such as: climate change, innovative technology and design for water management, salinity and droughts issues, agrochemicals alternatives for integrated pest management, gene editing techniques for developing new crops and the utilization of plant genetic resources that have social and economic values.

c. Fostering and utilizing opportunities for agricultural innovation in the field of sustainable agriculture to contribute to food security by encouraging plant breeders and research scientists to invest heavily in gene research, seed production and the exploitation of wild and local genetic resources for developing new plant varieties with specific traits that can adapt to climate change, salinity, drought and diseases.

d. Engaging academic scientists in policy formulation related to sustainable agriculture and promoting agricultural science and innovation policy across the country and the region.

e. Using new techniques that enhance the efficient use of water and fertilizers to optimize yield under harsh environmental conditions.

f. Using the new greenhouse structure and hydroponic farming technology to ensure the efficient use of water under arid and semiarid areas.

g. Using sustainable production systems and genome selection in the breeding programs for local pure breeds.

h. Public polices to support adopting innovative technologies for irrigation combined with harvesting schemes.

i. Designing and implementing new extension programs for farmers addressing the following topics: modernizing farms, training courses in agricultural marketing and sustainable agriculture, and using digital technologies in agriculture.

II. OPENING SESSION

7. During the opening, and on behalf of ETC Dr. Martin Keulrutz, Assistant Professor at AUB, and a key note speaker, provided input entitled “Bridging the Gap between Science and Policy for Water and Food Security in the Arab region” In his presentation; Dr. Martin, a reviewer of the ESCWA publication, started by stating the current regional food security status and issues based on ESCWA publication titled “Arab Horizon 2030: enhancing food security in the arab region”. Then he explained the importance of bridging science and policy for food security in the decades to come. He stressed on two major issues. First, a scientific framework for change in the Arab world: the water-energy-food-health nexus (WEFRAH) was introduced expressing the interlinkages between resources, human activity and human health as cornerstones for development. Second, applied technologies based on the WEFRAH framework such as physical water accounting, consumer awareness and community engagement tools showing that food security does not only involve epic challenges but excellent opportunities for agricultural and technological development and innovation in the Arab region. The presentation ended up with suggestions on how to further bridge science and policy to achieve the SDGs in the Arab region. During his presentation, He also mentioned that demographic change, water scarcity, land degradation and climate change pose mega challenges that need to be addressed by all governments in the region.

III. SESSION ONE: Technology and Innovation for Agricultural Development

A. Objectives of the session

8. Session One was organized by ETC in cooperation with ICARDA and aim to provide a forum for deep discussion of the challenges and new trends in the fields of agriculture, water, food and environment, and to establish a better cooperation among researchers in these fields at local, regional and international levels. Furthermore, the session aimed to provide the experts and academicians with the opportunity to discuss the prospect of using technology and innovation to develop further the agricultural sector, alleviate poverty and achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the region. The session also supported networking of regional professionals working on technology and agriculture to ensure complementarity and coordination.

B. Session Discussion:

9. Mr. Esteban Baeza, Wageningen University and Research Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, the Netherland, presented “Optimum Greenhouse Design In Arid Regions: A Modelling Approach”, where he mentioned that growers always struggle to understand which is the optimum greenhouse design (including the structure, the cover and the climate control equipment) that can lead to successful cultivation with minimum water and energy use. He also mentioned that results show that the optimum design in KSA for example is the mid tech design(according to their experiments in two locations). He also indicated that some technological options can only be applied if market prices are much larger than the local market available prices and the growing cycle is extended. 10. Mr. Jouke Campen, Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, the Netherlands, presented “Water efficiency protected horticulture: Experience from Estidamah Research Center in Saudi Arabia”. During his presentation, Mr. Jouke mentioned that the research centre for protected horticulture in Riyadh has been in operation for more than one year now. The main research topic is water saving. Three levels of technology are studied. The low tech greenhouse which is a plastic tunnel greenhouse cooled using a pad and fan system is normally used for year-round production. The mid tech greenhouse has a glass covering and is also cooled using the pad and fan system though here the amount of ventilation can be regulated using frequency controlled fans. The production in the mid tech greenhouse is increased by more than 2 kg/week which means more than 70 kg on an annual base. The high tech greenhouse proves to be the most efficient in water use showing less than 4 liters per kg of tomato, however, it proved to be less feasible. 11. Mr. Adel H. Abdel-Ghani, Faculty of Agriculture, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan, delivered a presentation on “Mapping drought related traits in barley” . Mr Adel explained that to discover genes controlling grain yield and drought related traits (YRTs), 231 barley genotypes with diverse origin were screened. Structure analysis clustered the 231 barley genotypes into nine subgroups, broadly corresponding to the row types (two rowed and six rowed barley) and the geographical origins, indicating high level of natural variation is existing in population which can be exploited in genome-wide association studies. He concluded that SNPs identified in this study can open the opportunity to discover candidate genes related to yield performance and genes controlling the CLMT in barley. 12. Ms. Reem Nejdawi, Executive Director of ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC), presented a brief on ESCWA and ETC and their scope of work. She mentioned that one of the main activities of the Centre in the coming few years is related to enhancing and promoting technology development and technology transfer in the agricultural sector. Then, Ms. Nejdawi introduced the SDGs and focused on targets related to food security indicating the status of the Arab region as presented in the latest ESCWA publication on Food Security Horizon 2030. She concluded with recommendations regarding technology indicating the crucial role of regional cooperation and integration to achieving food security in the Arab arid region. 13. Mr. Stefan Strohmeier, ICARDA, Amman, Jordan, presented “Integrated Approach for restoration of degraded rangelands: Empirical examples from Jordan”. In his presentation, Mr. Strohmeier mentioned that adopting a more progressive intervention to alter the processes of degradation and move towards new system equilibrium is a more promising alternative, and rainwater harvesting (RWH) can enable a large portion of, otherwise lost, rainwater to be stored in the soil. He indicated that if RWH is used in an integrated packages including suitable plant species and sound grazing management, it may support meaningful vegetation growth and help system restoration. He also mentioned that the Badia benchmark project, implemented by

ICARDA and national partners in Jordan, has demonstrated the potential for adoption, at large scale, of integrated micro-catchment water harvesting for restoration of degraded rangelands in Jordan and in similar environments. 14. Mr. Nael Thaher, University of Guelph, Canada delivered a presentation on “Leveraging intellectual property management for crop biotechnology innovation” where he indicated the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their management for crop biotechnology. Mr. Nael addressed the four key dimensions of intellectual property (IP) management in crop biotechnology which form an integrative model for capacity development and innovation.

IV. Other inputs supported by ETC

15. Dr. Khaleel Jawasreh, Animal Breeding and Genetics Associate Professor, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). He provided an input during the session dedicated to “ Plant Production”. In his presentation “Gene’s Technology for Economic Sheep Production”, he mentioned that the economic traits of sheep are affected by genes and environment; and some of those traits are expressed in quantitative manner and others in qualitative. He said that the main issue is to focus on the important useful mutation(s) that are found in the ovine genome and used by geneticists for improving the productivity of sheep. He also gave some examples on success stories from Jordan such as Awassi breed of Sheep; below is a summary of his presentation:

- The Awassi breed of sheep is highly valued in the Middle Eastern market of meat consumption. A project was conducted to evaluate the improvements in the first backcross Awassi carrying the Callipyge gene (CAW) and followed by a backcross trial for retrieving the Awassi phenotype. Awassi ram lambs that carried the CAW demonstrated improved organ weight, Longissimus muscle, eye muscle area, width and depth. Awassi backcross, holding the Callipyge gene, shows an excellent potential for its adoption as a meat type in Jordan and the Middle East. As an example of the obtained results the slaughter weighs of the callipyge carriers reached 52 kg compared to 37kg of pure Awassi. In Jordan, Awassi sheep is considered as a low prolific breed that produced in average 1.29 lamb/lambing and by introducing the FecB (heterozygous form) gene to it, the prolificacy has been increased to reach 2.09 lambs per lambing. It could be concluded that using the useful mutation the productivity and profitability of Awassi sheep will be improved via reducing the generation interval and by selecting the most productive carrier ones and by culling those holding the genetic defect mutations.

• Eng. Joseph Kahwaji, Head of Forage Department at Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) in Lebanon. Mr. Kahwaji provided an intervention on “Hydroponic green fodder production: Hype or new perspective” during the Plant Production session. His input is related to the inclusion of the dry matter analysis when comparing the hydroponic produced barley (fodder) to the barley grain (concentrate) which show the high-water content in the hydroponic barley. In addition, he indicated that there was no data on the collection of refused quantities of palatability of animals to the hydroponic fodder. He also indicated the need to identify the limit level of the Heavy metals, organic contamination, pesticide residues, Phenol, and Dioxins when using grey water for fodder production.

V. ORGANIZATION

A. Date and venue

The conference took place during 15-17 October, 2018 at the Faculty of Agriculture at Mutah University, Karak. ETC and ICARDA session was held on Monday 15 October 2018.

B. Agenda

The detailed agenda of the conference is shown in Annex I. ETC organized session 1 “Technology and Innovation for Agriculture Development”, Participants

The conference was attended by more than 170 participants from 14 countries, representing experts in various developed and emerging technologies, representing stakeholders from the academic and research institutions, public sector, and related UN organizations. The list of participants is shown in Annex II.

C. Documents

Information note, agenda and presentations delivered during the meeting may be accessed through the ESCWA webpage: (https://www.unescwa.org/events/eighth-scientific-agricultural-conference-esac- 2018)

Annex I. Agenda

Date: Monday 15 October 2018 (Opening Session)

Faculty of Agriculture

(Theatre)

Chairman: Prof. Mahmud Al-Duwayri Rapporteur: Prof. Firas Al-Zyoud

Time Keynote speaker Topic

11:00 – 11:30 Prof. Rida Shibli Climate change and its impact on agriculture Jordanian Senate Jordan 11:30 – 12:00 Prof. Mohamed Draghouth The association for agriculture research AARINENA institutions in the Near East and North Africa: Tunisia Becoming a region hub for NENA stakeholders engaged in agriculture research and innovation through its new strategy 12:00 – 12:30 Dr. Martin Keulertz Bridging the gap between science and policy AUB (ESCWA) for water and food security in the Arab region Lebanon 12:30 – 13:00 Session’s discussion

Plenary Sessions

Faculty of Agriculture

First day: Monday 15 October 2018

(Theatre)

Session 1: Technology and Innovation for Agriculture

Chairman: Prof. Rida Shibli Rapporteur: Prof. Firas Al-Zyoud

15:00 – 15:20 Dr. Esteban Baeza Optimum greenhouse design in arid regions: A The Netherlands modelling approach 15:20 – 15:40 Dr. Jouke Campen Water efficiency protected horticulture: The Netherlands Experience from Estidamah research center in Saudi Arabia 15:40 – 16:00 Prof. Adel Abdel-Ghani Mapping drought related traits in barley MU, Jordan 16:00 – 16:45 Coffee break and poster viewing 16:45 – 16:55 Ms. Reem Nejdawi, ESCWA & Food Security Publication Executive Director,

ESCWA Technology Centre

16:55 – 17:05 Dr Stefan Strohmeier, Integrated Approach for restoration of degraded ICARDA rangelands: Empirical examples from Jordan 16:05 – 17:20 Dr. Nael Thaher Leveraging intellectual property management for University of Guelph crop biotechnology innovation Canada 17:20 – 18:00 Session’s discussion

Plenary Sessions

Faculty of Agriculture

Second day: Tuesday : 16 October 2018

(Room 102)

Session 13: Animal Production II

أ.د. نهاد عبد اللطيف علي :Chairman: Prof. Raed Al-Atiyat Rapporteur

09:30 – 09:45 Prof. Ashwaq Hassan Effect of adding potassium nitrite to barley straw Iraq on fermentation characters and in vitro methane production 09:45 – 10:00 Dr. Marwan Al-Hijazeen Effects of tannic acid on lipid and protein MU, Jordan oxidation, color, and volatiles of raw and cooked chicken breast meat during storage 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break دراسة تاثير اضافة البريبايوتكفي حليقة فروج اللحم ومقارنته أ.د. نهاد عبد اللطيف علي 10:45 – 10:30 بالبريبايوتك المحلي العراقي على صفات الدم الفسلجية العراق 10:45 – 11:00 Dr. Arwa AlRwashdeh Alternative uses of antibiotics in animal Jordan production 11:00 – 11:15 Prof. Nabil Hailat Diagnosis of transboundary animal diseases Just, Jordan (TADs) using histopathology, Immuno- histochemistry (IHC) and PCR in Jordan 11:15 – 11:30 Prof. Akram Al Abboodi Antibiotics residues in egg and poultry meat JUST, Jordan 11:30 – 11:45 Dr. Khaleel Jawasreh Gene’s technology for economic sheep production 11:45 – 12:00 Prof. Yaser Tarazi Molecular characterization of enterohemorr-hagic JUST, Jordan Escherichia coli isolates from human and animal sources in northern Jordan 12:00 – 12:15 Dr. Ismail Malkawi Prevalence and genotypes of Camplylobacter JUST, Jordan Jejuni and Campylobacter coli among chilled and frozen chickens, human patients and food handlers in northern Jordan

12:15 – 12:45 Session’s discussion

Plenary Sessions

Faculty of Agriculture

Second day: Tuesday : 16 October 2018

(Room 02)

Session 15: Plant Production I

Chairman: Prof. Khalad Tarawneh Rapporteur: Prof. Taleb Abu-Zahra

09:30 – 10:00 Prof. Ghazi Al-Karaki Hydroponic green fodder production: Hype or JUST, Jordan new perspective 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 – 10:45 Prof. Monther Sadder Loss of stress adaptive alleles during plant JU, Jordan domestication: A phylogenetic prospective 10:45 – 11:00 Prof. Ayed Al-Abdallat Identification of a novel photoperiod-insensitive JU, Jordan HvPPD-11 allele conferring early flowering phenotype in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) 11:00 – 11:15 Prof. Taleb Abu-Zahra Effect of different organaic matter sources on BAU, Jordan strawberry (Fragaria X Ananassa Duch) Growth and fruit quality in a plastic house at Humrat Al-Sahen 11:15 – 11:30 Dr. Maher Tadros Management of Prosopis julifora the invasive JUST, Jordan species in Jordan Valley 11:30 – 11:45 Dr. Abdulraheem Al- Assessment of agro-morph. And genetic variation Bawalize among two Jordanian landraces of vetches by NARC, Jordan AFLP molecular marker دور عمليات إدارة الري في انتاجية المياه ونمو وإنتاجية صنفين أ.د. اآلء صالح العاني 12:00 – 11:45 من الحنطة العراق 12:00 – 12:15 Dr. Bashir Qadri Investigation of morphological, agronomical MOA, Jordan traits and ISSR markers for tetraploid wheat germplasm from Jordan 12:15 – 12:45 Session’s discussion

Annex II. List of All Participants Table 1

No. Name Institution Country Higher Committee 1 Prof.ThaferYusifAssaraira Mutah University Jordan 2 Prof. RidaShibli Jordanian Senate Jordan 3 Prof. Mahmud Al-Duwayri Amman Jordan 4 Prof. Adel Abdel-Ghani Mutah University Jordan 5 Prof. Firas Al-Zyoud Mutah University Jordan 6 Prof. Ahmad Al-Sakarna Mutah University Jordan 7 Dr. Nizar Haddad National Agricultural Research Center Jordan Preparatory Committee 8 Prof. Ahmad Al-Shadiadeh Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan 9 Prof. Hani Al-Saoub the University of Jordan Jordan 10 Dr. KholoudMashal the Hashemite University Jordan 11 Dr. Maher Tadros Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 12 Dr. Mohamed Al-Nawaiseh Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan 13 Dr. Saleh Al-Shdiefat Jerash Private University Jordan 14 Prof. Ahmed Al-Tanni Yarmouk University Jordan 15 Dr. Abd Al- National Agricultural Research Center Jordan RaheemBawalize 16 Eng. Mazen Al-Dmour AEA Jordan 17 Eng. Ali Ghanim Ministry of Water and Irrigation Jordan 18 Eng. AbdallahShishani Ministry of Agriculture Jordan 19 Mr. WaleedRawadieh Mutah University Jordan Scientific Committee 20 Prof. TahaRababah Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology Session Chairs 21 Prof. MuwaffaqKarajeh Mutah University Jordan 22 Prof. Raed Al-Atiyat Mutah University Jordan 23 Prof. SaqerHarzallah Mutah University Jordan Finance Committee 24 Prof. SaedOwais Mutah University Jordan 25 Mr. YaqoubAlSyag Mutah University Jordan 26 Mr. KhaledMalahma Mutah University Jordan

No. Name Institution Country Higher Committee 1 Prof. Mutah University Jordan ThaferYusifAssaraira 2 Prof. RidaShibli Jordanian Senate Jordan 3 Prof. Mahmud Al-Duwayri Amman Jordan 4 Prof. Adel Abdel-Ghani Mutah University Jordan 5 Prof. Firas Al-Zyoud Mutah University Jordan

6 Prof. Ahmad Al-Sakarna Mutah University Jordan 7 Dr. Nizar Haddad National Agricultural Research Center Jordan Preparatory Committee 8 Prof. Ahmad Al-Shadiadeh Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan 9 Prof. Hani Al-Saoub the University of Jordan Jordan 10 Dr. KholoudMashal the Hashemite University Jordan 11 Dr. Maher Tadros Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 12 Dr. Mohamed Al-Nawaiseh Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan 13 Dr. Saleh Al-Shdiefat Jerash Private University Jordan 14 Prof. Ahmed Al-Tanni Yarmouk University Jordan 15 Dr. Abd Al- National Agricultural Research Center Jordan RaheemBawalize 16 Eng. Mazen Al-Dmour AEA Jordan 17 Eng. Ali Ghanim Ministry of Water and Irrigation Jordan 18 Eng. AbdallahShishani Ministry of Agriculture Jordan 19 Mr. WaleedRawadieh Mutah University Jordan Scientific Committee 20 Prof. TahaRababah Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology Session Chairs 21 Prof. MuwaffaqKarajeh Mutah University Jordan 22 Prof. Raed Al-Atiyat Mutah University Jordan 23 Prof. SaqerHarzallah Mutah University Jordan Finance Committee 24 Prof. SaedOwais Mutah University Jordan 25 Mr. YaqoubAlSyag Mutah University Jordan 26 Mr. KhaledMalahma Mutah University Jordan

Table 2 Arabs, Inter. Agric. Org., overseas No. Name Institution Country 1 Prof. Mohamed Darghouth AARINENA Tunisia

2 Dr. Huda Al-Taae Mosul University Iraq 3 Prof. Hussein Algboory Al-Kasim-Green University Iraq 4 Prof. Alaa Salih University of Baghdad Iraq 5 Prof. Nihad Ali Al-Kasim-Green University Iraq 6 Prof. Abdul Salam Babji University of Kebangsaan Malaysia

7 Prof. Parkhomenko Luhansk National Agrarian University Ukraine 8 Prof. Samira Al-Thamir, Iraq Al-Kasim-Green University Iraq 9 Prof. Ashwaq Hassan University of Baghdad Iraq 10 Dr. Rukaibaa Chechan University of Baghdad Iraq 11 Dr.HadeelWaheb University of Baghdad Iraq

12 Dr. Rasha Fadhil Mosul University Iraq

13 Dr. Martin Keulertz AUB (ESCWA) Lebanon

14 Dr.NaelThaher University of Guelph Canada

15 Dr. Esteban Baeza Wageningen University Netherlands

16 Dr. Jouke Campen Ageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands

17 Dr.AbdelnabbiFerdoos Amman Jordan

18 Dr. Faisal Awawdeh Amman Jordan

19 Dr.TheibOweis ICARDA, Amman Jordan

20 Dr. Koichi Unami Kyoto University Japan

21 Dr. Nisrin Nakshoo National Commission for Biotechnology Syria

22 Dr. Yasser Al-Taher Sama Istanbul Egypt

23 Dr.Abdalmonnem Khalil North Technical University Iraq

24 Dr.Tahani Abu-Khosaseh Agricultural Council Sudan

25 Dr.RukaibaaChechan University of Baghdad, Iraq

26 Eng. AmaniAlawamleh University of Molise Italy

27 Ms. Reem Al-Nejdawi ESCWA Technology Centre Jordan

28 Mr. Nael Al Mulki ESCWA Technology Centre Jordan

29 Mr. Mohammed Faqeh ESCWA Technology Centre Jordan

30 Mr. Mohammed Horani ESCWA Technology Centre Jordan

31 Ms. Ban Bahlawan ESCWA Technology Centre Jordan

32 Mr. Joseph Kahwaji Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute (LARI) Lebeanon

33 Eng. SaharAsraf, Gaza, Gaza Palestine

Table 3 Mutah University Tafila Technical University No. Name Institution Country Mutah University 1 Prof. KhaladTarawneh Mutah University Jordan 2 Prof. Osama Mohawesh Mutah University Jordan 3 Prof. Mohammed Al-Bdour Mutah University Jordan

4 Prof. Khaled Al-Absi Mutah University Jordan

5 Dr. Mustafa Al Rawaschdeh Mutah University Jordan

6 Dr.Ghaid Al-Rabadi Mutah University Jordan

7 Dr.NazehAlKhalaileh Mutah University Jordan

8 Dr. Marwan Al-Hijazeen Mutah University Jordan

9 Dr. Hassan Al-Omari Mutah University Jordan

10 Dr. Ibrahim Dabbour Mutah University Jordan 11 Dr.Khaled Abu-Alruz Mutah University Jordan

12 Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Mutah University Jordan

13 Eng. Ahmad Al-Majali Mutah University Jordan

14 Eng. Maryam Al-Alwneh Mutah University Jordan

15 Eng. Tamadour Al-Qudah Mutah University Jordan Tafila Technical University 16 Dr. Amani Al-Dawood Tafila Technical University Jordan 17 Dr. SuhailSharadaah Tafila Technical University Jordan

18 Dr. Nader AlJabarin Tafila Technical University Jordan

19 Dr.Reyad Al Dwairi Tafila Technical University Jordan

20 Dr.Soraya Perez Tafila Technical University Jordan

Table 4 The University of Jordan No. Name Institution Country 1 Prof. Ahmad Al-Momany the University of Jordan Jordan

2 Prof. Khalid Al-Ismail the University of Jordan Jordan

3 Prof. HamedTakruri the University of Jordan Jordan

4 Prof. Ahmad Katbeh Bader the University of Jordan Jordan

5 Prof. Monther Sadder the University of Jordan Jordan

6 Prof. Tawfiq Al-Antary the University of Jordan Jordan 7 Prof. Ayman Suleiman the University of Jordan Jordan

8 Prof. Ayed Al-Abdallat the University of Jordan Jordan

9 Dr.AlaaGhidan the University of Jordan Jordan

10 Dr.SalaheddinAraj the University of Jordan Jordan

11 Dr. Michel Rahbeh the University of Jordan Jordan

12 Dr.Nehaya Al-Karablieh the University of Jordan Jordan

13 Dr. Haifa Al-Mohammed the University of Jordan Jordan

14 Dr.ButhainaAlkhatib the University of Jordan Jordan

15 Dr. Ibrahim Al-Shomali the University of Jordan Jordan

16 Dr. RashaAmarin the University of Jordan Jordan 17 Eng. RanaJado the University of Jordan Jordan

18 Eng. Wafa Nasir the University of Jordan Jordan

19 Eng. Zaid Nabas the University of Jordan Jordan

20 Eng. MaramNoimat the University of Jordan Jordan

21 Eng. Arwa Abu-Laban the University of Jordan Jordan

22 Eng. Sameeha Al-Thnaibat the University of Jordan Jordan

23 Eng. Anfal AL-Dalaeen the University of Jordan Jordan

24 Eng. LumaHamdi the University of Jordan Jordan

25 Eng. AnasMusallam the University of Jordan Jordan

26 Eng. GharamabuJaleel the University of Jordan Jordan 27 Eng. RanimAlkhedr the University of Jordan Jordan 28 Eng. Anwar Al-Assaff the University of Jordan Jordan 29 Eng. Shereen Abu Zahra the University of Jordan Jordan 30 Eng. Safa'aAyyash the University of Jordan Jordan 31 Eng. WafaaKherfan the University of Jordan Jordan

32 Eng. Botheneh Al-Khawaldeh the University of Jordan Jordan 33 Eng. HamzehAdwan the University of Jordan Jordan

Table 5 National Agricultural Research Center Ministry of Agriculture No. Name Institution Country National Agricultural Research Center 1 Dr. Mohammed AlQasem National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

2 Dr.AsadAlkhader National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

3 Dr. Hassan Al-Asoufi National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

4 Dr.YhayaShakhatreh National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

5 Dr. Mona Mashal National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

6 Dr.Ibtihal Abo Obied National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

7 Dr.NaemMazahrih National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

8 Dr.NabeelBani Hani National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

9 Dr. Luna Al-Hadidi National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

10 Dr. Hanna Madanat National Agricultural Research Center Jordan 11 Eng. Safa Mazahreh National Agricultural Research Center Jordan 12 Eng. JadZreiqat National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

13 Eng. Ala’aWahbeh National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

14 Eng. Basil Obeidat National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

15 Eng. KefahYousef National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

16 Eng. MaisaaHaddadin National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

17 Eng. MunaSaba National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

18 Eng. DalaRyalat National Agricultural Research Center Jordan 19 Eng. NawalAlhajaj National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

20 Eng. AsemAlwosh National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

21 Eng. RaedLotfi National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

22 Eng. Doaa Majali National Agricultural Research Center Jordan

Ministry of Agriculture 23 Dr. Faisal Al-Barakeh Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

24 Dr. Bashir Qadri Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

25 Eng. Eman Al-Zaben Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

26 Eng. HuseinMiqdady Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

27 Eng. HussienHaweleh Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

28 Eng. MajdiAlamer Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

29 Eng. Raieda Al-Maitah Ministry of Agriculture Jordan

Table 6 The Hashemite University Jerash Private University Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan University of Science and Technology Private Sector-Amman

No. Name Institution Country the Hashemite University 1 Dr. Mohammed AL-Qinna the Hashemite University Jordan

2 Eng. Khadija Khamish the Hashemite University Jordan

3 Eng. AnasZwahreh the Hashemite University Jordan

4 Eng. Faris Al-Shayeb the Hashemite University Jordan

Jerash Private University 5 Prof. Nofal Al-Ameiri Jerash Private University Jordan

6 Prof. Bashir Jarrar Jerash Private University Jordan

7 Dr. Mohammad Brake Jerash Private University Jordan

8 Dr.Ebraheem Al-Tahat Jerash Private University Jordan

9 Dr. Mohammad Al Tarawneh Jerash Private University Jordan

Al-Balqa Applied University

10 Prof. Saeid Abu-Romman Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan

11 Prof. Taleb Abu-Zahra Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan

12 Prof. Jafar El Qadah Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan

13 Prof. Mohammad Al-Alawi Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan

14 Dr.Ziad Al-Rawashdeh Al-Balqa Applied University

15 Eng. Bayan Al-Momany Al-Balqa Applied University Jordan

Jordan University of Science and Technology 16 Prof. MunirRusan Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 17 Prof. Ghazi Al-Karaki Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 18 Prof. HussainAldakil Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 19 Prof. Nabil Hailat Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 20 Prof. Akram Al Abboodi Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 21 Prof. Kamel Mahmoud Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 22 Prof. YaserTarazi Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 23 Dr.Khaleel Jawasreh Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 24 Dr. Mohammed Al-Natwoor Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology 25 Dr. Ismail Malkawi Jordan University of Science and Jordan Technology Private Sector-Amman 26 Prof. Riadh Al-Tahiri Karak Jordan

27 Dr.ArwaAlRwashdeh Amman Jordan

28 Dr.FoadSalameh Amman Jordan

29 Dr. Basel Khader Amman Jordan

30 Eng. Anwar Hadad Amman Jordan

31 Eng. Mahmoud Zedan Amman ordan

Annex III. List of ETC and supported Participants

A. Experts Mr. Mohammad Al Horani Mr. Khaleel Jawasreh Financial Assistant Associate Professor, Animal Breeding and ESCWA Technology Center Genetics, Department of Animal Production, Amman - Jordan Faculty of Agriculture Tel.: (+962-6) 534 3346 Jordan University of Science and Technology E-mail: [email protected] (JUST) Amman – Jordan Mr. Mohammad Al faqeh Tel.: (+96227201000) Consultant Email: [email protected] ESCWA Technology Center Amman - Jordan Mr. Martin Keulrutz Tel.: (+962-6) 534 3346 Assistant Professor E-mail: [email protected] The American University of Beirut, AUB Beirut, Lebanon Ms. Ban Pahlawan Email: [email protected] Research Assistant ESCWA Technology Center Mr. Joseph Kahwaji Amman - Jordan Head of forage department Tel.: (+962-6) 534 3346 Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute (LARI) Mobile : (+962 799 10 50 49) Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

A. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) Ms. Reem Nejdawi Executive Director, ESCWA Technology Centre Tel.: (+962-6) 5343346 Amman, Jordan Email: [email protected]

Mr. Nael El Mulki National Officer ESCWA Technology Centre Tel : (+962-6) 534 3346 Mobile : (+962-79) 5581 123 Amman, Jordan E-mail : [email protected]