Informations et ressources scientifiques
sur le développement des zones arides et semi-arides

Titre : Rehabilitation greenhouse vegetable production standards for safety & quality Phase I and II (Lebanon)

Pays : Liban

Identification du projet : TCP/LEB/0067 (2001) and TCP/LEB/2906 (2003)

Date : 2001 et 2003

Présentation
* Background : The greenhouse production sector in Lebanon is traditional and did not benefit from latest technological developments compared to other countries in the region. Integrated production and protection is an imperative substitute to conventional production and protection where agro-chemicals are exclusively used and sometimes abused
* Objectives : The objectives of the projects were to : (i) Convey the recent technologies and sound cultural practices in greenhouse production, (ii) Introduce new protection techniques based on IPM and to minimize the use of pesticides, (iii) Introduce and benefit from information technology in identifying crop varieties and marketing, (iv) Raise farmers’ capacities in financial and technical management of greenhouse production
* Organisme de mise en oeuvre : The Directorate of Coordination and Studies and the Directorate of Plant Resources at the Ministry of Agriculture

Budget : US$ 197 000

Document source : Coopération FAO-Liban (page 22)