Research Grants

1. Co-Principal Investigator of USA Egypt Demonstration joint Project on the development and application of biogas technology in rural areas of Egypt (fertilizer evaluation group leader).
2. USDA / Egypt project on more and better food, 1982 - 1983.
3. Application of biological nitrogen fixation technology to improve legume productivity in Salhia project (1982 - 1984).
4. Research Project Director of US National Academy of Sciences competitive research grant on "Competitive relationships between indigenous and inoculate rhizobia nodulating soybean and lentils" (1984 -1989).
5. Conservation and development of forage resources in Sinai Peninsula (1985 - 1988).
6. Leader of the BNF group in the Egyptian Academy project on " Development of Forage Resources in Sinai Peninsula, till presently. 1985
7. Improve legume productivity through maximizing symbiotic N2-fixation (1987 - 1989).
8. NIFTAL Collaborator in NSF study of ecological factors that predict the behavior of Rhizobium in Tropical Soils (1987- 1989).
9. Application of genetic engineering for construction superior nitrogen fixing clover rhizobia and their performance and stability in Egyptian soils (1992- 1995).
10. Improving french bean cultivation under semi-arid conditions by constructing acid and salt tolerant rhizobial N2-fixing symbionts for Plant inoculation. PHIMED, INCO, EU (1998-2001).