Heba Jarrar

Heba Jarrar

Jordan

Heba Jarrar is as Agriculture Engineer with master’s degree in Land and Water Resources Management from the Irrigation Department of CIHEAM-Bari, Italy and a BSc Degree in Land, Water, and Environment/Agriculture from the University of Jordan.

Council member in EARTH CHARTER INTERNATIONAL and Founder of I PLANT Online Business that aims to spread knowledge on sustainable agriculture in UAE and to encourage people to plant everywhere in order to achieve food sufficiency. Through focusing on promoting urban farming as a key solution for most socio-economic and environmental challenges, she offers customized planting courses to help people have the knowledge needed to grow plants and have gardens in their homes. Including many specialized agricultural courses, involve Indoor planting, hydroponic, municipal waste composting principles. She has a monthly show on Al Arabia TV about planting as part of “Sabah Alarabia Program” where she shares knowledge about plants, especially on how to cultivate plants in indoors, gardens and balconies. 

She has been involved in many research projects on water and Environment at the University of Jordan and CIHEAM-Bari and she is pursuing a research in dryland restoration with Prof. Ali Al-kablawi in UAE.