Town/City
Al-Salt

POST/ZIP code
19117

Telephone No.
(+962) 5-3530460

Fax Number
(+962) 5-3530469

Email Address
nazer@bau.edu.jo

Web Address
www.bau.edu.jo

Private Enterprise
No

Organisational Structure
The Faculty of Agricultural Technology under the Al-Balqa' Applied University is recently established. The Faculty offers Associate Degree of Community Colleges in: Plant Production, Animal Production, and Food Industry. In addition, it offers B.Sc. in Beneficial Insects, Management of Water Resources and Environment, Agro-Industry; and M.Sc. degree in Biotechnology.

Elevation
500 m

Annual Rainfall
450-500 mm

Hours of Sunshine
9000

Monthly Radiant Energy
362,380,540,700,843,900,904,827,680,527,393,303 MJ m-2

Total Radiant Energy
7359 MJ m-2

Humidity
in summer (July) 40-50%; in winter (January) 90%

Commodity
fruit, vegetables, flowers, honeybees

Discipline
genetics, breeding, tissue culture, physiology, crop protection (pesticides, IPM)

Staff:
Nazer, I.K.
Mohammadi, F.M.
Hassawi, D.S.
Al-Mughrabi, K.I.
Anfoka, G.Q.
Zaitoun, S.T.
Kasrawi, M.A.
Katebeh, A.
Qrunfleh, I.M.
Al-Khtome, M.M.

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