First NENALAB Meeting, 9-11 June 2020 (online)

1. Syrian Soil laboratory (GCSAR)
Syria
by: Alaa Khallouf

3. Laboratory profile
Facilities
Lab name Surface area(m2) Number of rooms Notes
Damascus 400 10
Aleppo 350 13
Homs 175 7
Lattakia 400 12
Hamah 250 11
Tartous 400 10
Al-swiadaa 200 10
Quniterah 200 8
Al-Ghab 300 12
Total 2675 93

4. Laboratory profile
Facilities
Lab name number of lab`s staff Qualification of lab staff staff regularly trained notes
Damascus 27 7 yes 1 master
Aleppo 21 6 yes
Homs 12 7 yes 3 master
Lattakia 30 17 yes 2 master
Hamah 9 5 yes 2 master
Tartous 12 5 yes
Al-Swiadaa 14 6 yes 1 PhD
Quniterah 4 1 yes
Al-Ghab 13 4 yes 1 PhD
total 142 58

5. Picture of the lab

6. Chemical and physical soil analysis:
 Chemical analysis:
pH, EC, OC, Ntotoal, Nmineral, P, K, micronutrients,
heavy metals, Inions ( SO4-2, HCO3-, CO3-2, …), CaCO3,
….
 Physical analysis:
Soil texture ( sand, silt, clay), bulk and real density,…
Laboratory profile

7. Laboratory profile
Facilities
Lbs`s name No. Chemical No. Physical No. Biological Notes
Damascus 2542 1622 231
Aleppo 2320 896 0
Homs 2436 963 0
Lattakia 1986 413 0
Hamah 1704 586 0
Tartous 1632 798 0
Al-swiadaa 1660 1165 0
Quniterah 430 257 0
recently
rehabilitate
Al-Ghab 1436 523 0
total 16146 7223 231

8. In general:
1- highly qualified training for our staff
2- maintenance for analytical devices.
3- new labs rehabilitation(Dara`a, Deir Zzor labs)
4- new devices
5- spectroscopy lab for soil properties
Syrian Laboratory needs

9. 1- Experience exchange with other NENALAB members
2- Harmonizing soil analysis methods
3- Helping us to push away the punishments of dealing
with maintenance companies.
4- Supporting our labs with new devices
5- Increasing our capacity building by highly qualified
training with other NENALABs member
6- Working together on quality control unit for
NENALABs.
7. Exchanging soil samples and working on necessary
infrastructure to achieve that.
Expectations from GLOSOLAN

10. Thanks for your attention