Expertise:
I am agronomist specilized in soil chemistry and plant nutrition. I am quite experienced in the following subjects: - soils and environment
- fertilizers and crops
- irrigation and salinity
- application of rapid field tests
Professional/ Work Experience:
Studies and expert reports, research assignments and lectures, publications, offer reviews and project evaluations in the following fields: - Brackish and saline irrigation
- soil - plant - water - atmosphere relationship
- soil mapping and pedology
- EIAS - Environment Impact Assessment Studies
- determination of crop water requirements (CROPWAT/CLIMWAT)
- fertilizer application with respect to environmental aspects
- application of rapid chemical tests for soil fertility and irrigation water quality
- protection of drinking water resources from pollutions
- eutrophication of reservoirs from nutrient excess
- re-use of sewage water for irrigation and groundwater formation
- Implementation of environment monitoring programmes
- workshops on the use of the portable field laboratory ‘Salinity and Soil Fertility Kit’ for rapid chemical analysis of soils, water and plants under irrigation, data interpretation for practical recommendations
Affiliation:
- IUSS; International Union of Soil Sciences - DBG, German Soil Science Society - DWA (ATV-DVWK), German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste - NWZ Peine (Norddeutsches Wasserzentrum – Water Centre Northern Germany)
Geo Interest:
COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE: Libya, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Somalia, Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia, Israel, China, Cameroon, Bangladesh, India, Senegal, Portugal, Poland, Jordan, Germany, Sudan, Oman
GDN Subject Interests:
Agriculture and Farming Systems | Environmental Disasters & Degradation | Sustainable Land Management | Natural Resources Management | Irrigation | 
