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Member Profile
| Member ID |
S114 |
| Name |
Dr. Rami Zurayk |
| Phone # |
009611350000 x 4577 |
| Mobile # |
009613733227 |
| E-mail |
rzurayk@aub.edu.lb |
| Alternative E-mail |
NA |
| Institution/company & dept. |
American University of Beirut |
| Date of joining the institution/company |
NA |
| Highest degree of education |
PhD |
| Name of school & country |
Oxford University, UK |
| Specialty area |
Land resources, soil-plant relations, livelihoods and poverty alleviation |
| Specific areas of theoretical &/or practical expertise within the general area |
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| Years in which you worked in this area |
15 |
Funded research projects
academic and otherwise for the last 5 years |
Principal investigator
Regional Training and Knowledge Sharing in Urban Agriculture for the Middle East and North Africa ? 2005-2006. Granting agency: Cities Feeding People Initiative of the International Development Research Center. Value: CAD 471,980. Duration: 2005-2006. Status: Project Manager.
Global Environment Outlook (GEO 4). Granting agency: United Nations Environment Program. Value: USD 10,000. Duration: 2005-2007. Status: Project Manager.
Enhancing the livelihoods of poor farmers in South Lebanon: Community Supported Agriculture: a project aiming at supporting organic farmers by establishing a viable business entity that provides profits as well as public services. Granting agency: Mercy Corps. Value: USD 218,000. Duration: May 1, 2004- October 31, 2005. Status: Principal Investigator.
Provision of Technology Transfer and Extension for Major Irrigation Schemes (Akkar El Bared, Dannyieh, Qasmieh, South Bekaa) Project: Technical backstopping to the Ministry of Agriculture for TTE in the four areas. Granting agency: IFAD/World Bank/CDR. Value: USD 773,000. Duration: December 2002-December 2004. Status: Manager
Syst譥s d?activit鳠rurales et maise des ressources en r駩on semi-aride du Liban. Projet de coop鲡tion scientifique internationale Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d?Azur. INRA-SAD, Unit頤?Ecod鶥loppement and Environment and Sustainable Development Unit, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, AUB. Granting agency: Region PACA. Value: Euros 25,000. Duration: 2 years. Status: Co-Manager (shared with French counterpart)
Community of Practice on Sustainable Livelihoods in Drylands. A regional project aiming at the establishment of a community of practice for people involved in projects to support sustainable livelihoods of dryland people (Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Yemen and Iran). The project is housed in the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit at AUB. Granting agency: UNDP/World Bank. Value: USD 20,000. Duration: 2 years. Status: Manager
Qaraaoun Integrated Rural Development Project. Project aims at supporting a rural community in Lebanon by helping them explore new viable agricultural initiatives such as: organic farming, forage crops, stone fruits nursery, compost-making facility, dairy production and transformation. Granting agency: Mercy Corps/USDA. Value: USD 675,000. Duration: December 2001-August 2003. Status: Project Director.
Using GIS and Remote Sensing for the Management of Agrobiodiversity. Implemented in collaboration with the National Center for Scientific Research. Granting agency: UNDP. Value: USD 30,000. Duration: December 2000 to December 2001. Status: Principal Investigator.
Yammouneh Extension and Technology Transfer Project. Technical backstopping and implementation in collaboration with the Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture. Granting agency: World Bank. Value: USD 500,000. Duration: May 1998-May 2004. Status: Coordinator.
Environmental Impact Assessment of peri-urban agriculture on the Lebanese coast. Granting agency: French Government, CEDRE French-Lebanese collaborative research program. Value: USD 30,000 Duration: 2 years Status: Main Investigator (Lebanon).
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Pertinent publications testifying to your skills
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Books, Chapters in Books and Compendia
1. Hamadeh, S., Haidar, M. and Zurayk, R. 2006. Research for Development in the Dry Arab Region. International Development Research Centre and Southbound Publishers, Penang. 124pp.
2. Zurayk, R., Haidar, M and Hamadeh, S. 2005. The Local Users Network: A Participatory Communication Forum. In: Mear, A. (eds.). Food and Water for Millions: Participatory Communication for Land and Water Management. Montreal, Canada. pp: 17-25.
3. Zurayk, R., Abdul Samad, L and Talhouk, S. 2004. Environmental Analysis of Urban and Peri-Urban Coastal Agriculture in Lebanon. In: Nasr, J. and Padilla, M. (eds.). L?interface Entre Agriculture et Urbanisation en Mediterrannee Sud et Est. Institut Francais du Moyen Orient, Editions Delta-IFPO. pp : 279-290.
4. Zurayk, R. and Haidar, M.2004. Biodiversity Conservation Priorities: Lebanon. In: Sharing Innovative Experiences. UNDP. New York Vo. 9, pp. 13-20.
5. Hamadeh S. K., Zurayk, R., Darwish, M. R , Seeden, H., Talhouk, S., El-Awar, F.,
Baalbaki, R., Abi-Said, M., Sharara, M. 2001. Changing rural livelihoods and land degradation in the Bekaa valley. In: A. Aw-Hassan and A. Cooper (eds.). Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods: Case Studies for Sustainability in the WANA Region. ICARDA, Syria.
6. Zurayk, R. and Hamdallah, G. 1997. (eds.) Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on the Management of Salt Affected Soils in the Arab Gulf States. FAO, 29 October-2 November 1995, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, iv+140 pp.
7. Zreik, R. 1991. The Post War Arab World: Development in Reverse. In: Gittings, J. (ed.). Beyond the Gulf War: The Middle East and the New World Order. CIIR, London, pp.102-109.
8. Zreik, R. 1990. The Domestication and Economic Cultivation of Halophytes. In: Speedy, A. (ed.). Developing World Agriculture, Grosvenor Press, London, 1990 pp. 74-79.
Articles in refereed publications
Manuscripts in review
1. Zurayk, R., Kanj, B., Talhouk, S. and Baalbaki, R. Salinity and Phosphorus Nutrition Effects on Vegetative Growth of Differentially Drought Tolerant Wheat. Crop Science.
2. Farajalla, N.S. , R. Abou Mosleh, I. Bashour, N. Kawar and R. Zurayk. 2006. Characterization of Coastal River Pollution in Lebanon through Riverbed Sediment Analysis. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) (submitted 2005).
Manuscripts published or in print
1. Baalbaki, R., N. Hajj-Hassan, and R. Zurayk. 2006. Aegilops species from Semiarid Areas of Lebanon: Variation in Quantitative Attributes under Water Stress. Crop Science Society of America. In press.
2. Omeira, N., Barbour, E.K., Nehme, P.A., Hamadeh, S.K., Zurayk, R., and Bashur, I. 2006. Microbiological and chemical properties of litter from different chicken types and production systems. Science of the Total Environment. In press
3. Talhouk, S.N., Van Breugel, P., Zurayk, R., Al-Khatib, A., Estephan, J., Ghalayini, A., Debian, N., and Lychaa, D. 2005. Status and Prospects for the Conservation of Remnant Semi-natural Carob Ceratonia siliqua L. Populations in Lebanon. Forest ecology and Management. 206 (2005) 49-59.
4. Talhouk, S. N., Dardas, M., Dagher, M., Clubbe, C., Jury, S., Zurayk, R. and Maunder, M. 2005. Patterns of Floristic Diversity in Semi Natural Coastal Vegetation of Lebanon and Implications for Conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation.Vol.14, 903-915.
5. Barbour. K. Elie, Codsi, R. J. and Zurayk, R. A. 2004. Reproducibility of Bacterial and Copepod Density Assessment in Bathing and Artisanal Fishing Water of the Eastern Mediterranean. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 14 (4), 315-321.
6. Semerjian L., El-Fadel, M., Zurayk, R. and Nuwayhid, I. 2004. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Education, ASCE Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 130, 3, 173-181
7. Kabengi, N.J., Zurayk, R., Baalbaki, R. and Ryan, J. 2003. Phosphorus Dynamics and Characterization under a Long-term Rotation Trial. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. Vol. 34, No. 3 & 4, pp. 375-392.
8. Zurayk, R. and Haidar, M. 2003. The Dryland Predicament: Natural Capital, Global Forces. Development Outreach. (3) 35-39.
9. Zurayk, R. A. 2003. Participatory GIS-based Natural Resource Management: Experiences from a Country of the South. Arid Lands Newsletter. No. 53, May/June 2003. http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln53/zurayk.html
10. Zurayk, R., Sukkariyah, B., Baalbaki, R. and Abi Ghanem, D. 2002. Ni Phytoaccumulation in Mentha aquatica L. and Mentha sylvestris L. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 139, 355-364.
11. Zurayk, R., Sukkariyah, B., Baalbaki, R. and Abi Ghanem, D. 2001. Chromium Phytoaccumulation from Solution by Selected Hydrophytes. International Journal of Phytoremediation 3(3) 335-350.
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Current research interests
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drylands agriculture and rural development |
| Concluded or pending patents |
NA |
| Two-three references with full contact Addresses |
Dr. Usama Al Khalidi
NCB
Dr. N. Daghir
Dean
Faculty of Agriculture
AUB, Lebanon
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