Eng. Sleiman Sleiman

An agricultural expert and consultant with a distinguished international career of more than thirty years in agricultural economics, the planning and management of large farms, the reclamation of arid land, and the establishment of greenhouses and technical nurseries. He has led high-level agricultural consulting missions commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, and government bodies in Lebanon, Libya and West African countries.

• Technical consultancy and integrated agricultural extension for crop and plant cultivation programmes.
• Studies and planning of programmes to reclaim arid land and prepare it for agricultural production.
• Methods and techniques for protecting and conserving soil against water and wind erosion.
• Afforestation plans and the establishment of forests and green windbreaks in arid and semi-arid areas.
• Engineering planning, design and operation of large-scale fruit and vegetable farms.
• Advanced plant-nutrition programmes, pest control — fungicides, insecticides and herbicides — and modern drip and centre-pivot irrigation systems.
• Design and landscaping of large gardens, green spaces and environmental projects.
• Organic farming management systems and biological pest control.
• Construction of greenhouses and covered shade areas for cash crops aimed at tropical and African environments.
• Establishment and operation of modern technical nurseries for producing and propagating seedlings of various plants.

1. 2014 — 2018

   Lead Agricultural Consultant

   Nabat— Lebanon

2. 2008 — 2013

   Agricultural & Environmental Engineering Consultant

   Swaidan Engineering & Consultancy— Lebanon

3. 2002 — 2008

   Consultant

   Hajij Agricultural Establishment— Lebanon

4. 2002 — 2007

   Specialist Agricultural Teaching and Training Programme Development

   Imam Sadr Foundation— Lebanon

5. 2002

   Technical Consultant

   Robinson Agricultural Group— Lebanon

6. 2000 — 2001

   Consultant

   Unifert— Lebanon

7. 1997 — 2000

   Consulting Engineer

   Hajij Agricultural Establishment— Lebanon

8. 1992 — 1997

   Agricultural Engineer

   Eastern Contour Agricultural Company— Lebanon

• Secretariat for Land Reclamation and Agricultural Development — Tripoli, Libya

  Engineering and field supervision in the Technical Affairs Department, following up agricultural reclamation projects delivered by major international companies.

• Libya Project No. 10 — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

  Following up and directing the project's field trials and research.

• Green Belt Project for the Countries of North Africa

  Member of the official committee commissioned by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization to study the project in the Jefara Plain and the Western Mountain range.

• Advanced Technical Nursery Using the Paper-Pot System

  Full supervision of the construction and operation of the nursery and of a seed extraction and processing unit for seedling production, in cooperation with the Finnish company Lännen Tehtaat for the Sakla projects.

• August 2017

  Sierra Leone — Feasibility Study and Establishment of Irrigated Farming Systems

• February — April 2014

  The Gambia — Head of the Consulting Mission to Establish Production Systems and Farms

• February 2013 and March 2015

  The Gambia — Two Consulting Missions to Develop Nurseries and Greenhouses

• August 2013

  Nigeria — Land Reclamation and Soil Management Planning Mission

• May 2009

  Angola — Technical Mission to Develop Crops and Intensive Production Systems