**4.1 Administration**

The administrative team must ensure the respect of directives and guidelines in addition to external relations allowing the best conditions for the scientific team to carry out their work. To achieve these objectives, different tasks must be implemented: (i) Preparation, application and management of the budget and control of its execution; (ii) Establishment of contracts and agreements with different organizations in the same field, while taking care of calls for submissions and the

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by application and monitoring of health and safety guidelines.

• The town gas supply must be appropriate and protected.

various procedures for procuring equipment; (iii) Physical and telephonic reception is provided; in addition to management of the staff and personnel of the unity

The setting up of a laboratory should meet the criteria approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). A laboratory should be built with walls, ceilings and horizontal surfaces, non-polished, easy to clean, impermeable to liquids and resistant to disinfectants and to antiseptics. Then, to ensure the best work conditions, the laboratory areas must be spacious [42]. In addition, the laboratory must contain:

• Mechanical ventilation system ensuring interior air movement without

• Electricity must be sufficiently powerful with an emergency restart system in

• Presence of the cleaning tank with emergency shower next to each laboratory door, with installation of physical protection and fire safety systems.

• Finally, providing enough materiel resources and space for treatment and safe storage of solvents, radioactive substances as well as compressed and liquefied

The production unit laboratory of AMF bio-fertilizer must contain three compartments: (i) Greenhouse for AMF inoculum multiplication; (ii) In vitro multiplication and strains isolation rooms; and (iii) compartment of control, conditioning

The greenhouse for AMF multiplication must be positioned behind the unit

to care for young host plants and to maximize crop productivity by improving the relationship between their growth and AMF biomass. Greenhouse is the most important compartment of the unit, so the geographical location may have to be considered. The attractive location must be related to the adaptability and value of the land, cost of fuel delivered, ample and inexpensive water, in response of number of question: (i) What is the yearly available solar energy? (ii) How much moisture falls, summer and winter? (iii) What are the maximum and minimum temperatures and their duration? (vi) What are the hail and wind belts?(v) Is air pollution a potential problem? (vi) Information on all of the foregoing questions allows the greenhouse operator to determine the degree to which he can maintain near optimum environmental conditions for plant growth and AMF multiplication [43]. Wind is important climatic problem in arid lands, so the wind direction plays an important role in the choice of unit implantation site. So, orientation of the greenhouse is a compromise for wind direction, latitude of location and type of temperature control [44]. After site choice, the greenhouse must follow some recommendations. The greenhouse must be constructed in glass farmed structure on double-sloped with a naturally exposition of natural light for much of the day.

of approximately area. The greenhouse is used

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**4.2 Laboratories**

recycling;

gases.

and storage.

the event of blackouts;

*4.2.1 Greenhouse AMF multiplication*

occupying a clear space with 204 m2

**Figure 2.** *Conventional method for production of mixed AMF bio-fertilizers*

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various procedures for procuring equipment; (iii) Physical and telephonic reception is provided; in addition to management of the staff and personnel of the unity by application and monitoring of health and safety guidelines.
