AG III students spent a productive and enriching term at AREC and conducted several projects as part of their hands-on experience and these are:
1. Basil Production in hydroponics and conventional systems
Description: test Basil (Ocimum basilicum) on conventional and hydroponics systems.
Team: Anna Maria El Saikali, Mohamad Ismail, Abdul Ghani Maita. Alexandra Saadeh
2. Black Soldier Flies and waste food for broiler feed and waste food for fish feed
Description: convert waste vegetables into high quality protein portion for chicken diet, and produce fish feed from waste food.
Team: Sarah Ziadeh, Hussein Turfah, Shady Youssef
3. Integrated Pest Management:
Description: Beauveria psedubassiana as a bio-agent against insect pests on pepper
Team: Ziad Sader, Karim Assaf
4. Creamery
Description: ice cream production using whey protein
Team: Angy Meskawi, Aram Khatchadorian
5. Aquaculture
Description: We aim to test the effect of irrigating with fish water as a replacement for fertilizers usage on 3 different crops: squash, beans, eggplants
Team: Sarah Ziadeh, Hussein Turfah
6. Poultry Project:
Description: Effect of different bedding materials on broiler production
Team: Ahmad Ghaddar, Hamzah Labadi, Nivine Manasfi
