The President of University of Anbar, Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Talib Al-Neda, Chairman of the Supreme Committee supervising the 1st International Conference of Desert Studies, chaired a meeting that included the Vice-Presidents and heads of the sub-committees of the conference
The researchers Prof. Dr. Muhammad Othman Musa, Prof. Dr. Nihad Muhammad Aboud and Prof. Dr. Su’ad Shalal Shihaza in the Center of Desert Studies cooperated with Asst. Prof. Dr. Hussam Fahim Najeeb, Faculty of Agriculture- University of Al-Qadisiyah to publish a paper
Dr. Ahmed Sh. Lafi published a paper entitled "Evaluation of Chitin as a Biomarker of Pathogenic Fungal Isolates" With a malaysian research team consisted of Jacinta Santhanam, Tzar Mohd Nizam Khaithir, Nur Fashya Musa and Fahrul Huyopin "Sains Malaysian"
Prof. Dr. Ali Fadaam Almihimdi, Head of Department of Conservation Agriculture, Center of Desert Studies published a scientific collaborative article entitled: ( POTENTIAL OF HORMONES COMBINATION ON CALLUGENSIS OF ANISE SEEDS AND ITS ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY)
On Tuesday 20/4/2021, Head of the Desert Development Department, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Othman Musa and Prof. Dr. Suad Shalal Shehadah visited the Iraqi National Herbarium in Baghdad in order to deposit some plant samples