• Personal Profile
  • Education& Qualifications
  • Experience Summary
  • Publications
  • Consultancy
  • Professional Societies
  • Conferences
  • Educational Management
  • Post Graduate
  • Research Activities
  • Teaching Activities
  • Professional Experience

Consultancy and Advisory Record

• Member (horticulturist) of multidisciplinary team for the integrated pest management(IPM) project on vegetable crops implemented in Khartoum State by the Agricultural Research Corporation and funded by FAO, 1993 – 1995.

• Member of the National Variety Release and Crop Husbandry Committees 1988 to present.

• Member of the National Committee for the Appraisal of the Horticulture Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sudan. October 1989.

• Member of the Sudanese Technical Board for The Potato Crop Production and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sudan 1985 – present.

• Participated in several feasibility studies of local agricultural development projects.

• Member of a four-consultant team for the production and export of agricultural commodities. The Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID), Sudan 1989 – 94.

• Served on a three person’s team to prepare a technical and economic feasibility study on seed potato production in the Arab countries, funded by The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Sudan November 1991.

• National counterpart expert in a Dutch mission for evaluation of an agricultural project in the Northern State – Sudan, financed by The Directorate – General for International Cooperation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, January 1993.

• Registered consultant with The Islamic Development Bank – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1993. Code No. 00161.

• Leader of a four persons team to prepare a technical and economic feasibility study on the establishment of a national company for seed potato production in Sudan funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sudan, 1994.

• Consultant and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ‘Wafra’ and the Agricultural Bank Project for the production and export of horticultural crops and the production of seed potato, Sudan, 1993-1998.

• Consultant and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Company for Seed Potato Production Ltd. Sudan. March 1995- April 1997.

• Member of the formulation mission for the UNDP/FAO Sustainable Agricultural Development Project (SUD/97/023) in the Area Development Schemes (ADS) and Area Rehabilitation Schemes (ARS) Program in Sudan – March – April 1997.

• Member of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Follow-up mission to review the Northern Province Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects 1& 11 – Sudan. November 1997.

• Member of The World Bank’s – Supervision Mission to IFAD – funded Northern Province Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects (NPIRP 1 & 11) in Sudan – March/April 1998.

• Member of the Technical Committee for Horticultural Crops – Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization (SSMO)1995-2000.

• Member of the National Committee for formulation of the Horticultural Sector Strategy 2002-2027. Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sudan.

• Consultant – Agricultural Research and Horticulture sub-sector development for The Central Highlands Irrigated Horticulture Development Project, financed by The African Development Bank; Ministry of Agriculture, The State of Eritrea (June, 2002 – May, 2004).

• Senior Agricultural Research and Production Expert to The National Agricultural Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture, State of Eritrea, funded by a Technical Assistance from The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) (August 2004 –July 2007).

• Registered consultant with the African Development Bank under the code 00092104.

• Leading scientist in the Department of Horticulture for the program of vegetable crops teaching, production and research in protected environments (greenhouses).

• Member of the FAO Needs Assessment of Sudan Productive Capacity Recovery Programme: North (SPCRP) Capacity Building [North]; funded by the EC, November 16, 08 –January 23, 2009.

• Co-ordinator, KAP(Knowledge, Attitude, Practice) survey team to Blue Nile State; SPCRP-CBN, 2010.

• Instructor, Horticulture Nurseries establishment, production and management course; Blue Nile State.SPCRP-CB, 16-25 May 2010.

• Instructor, training of trainers course on vegetables’ production; SPCRP-CBN at Kadogli (September 19-27), Damazin (October 3-11), Eldamar (October 17-25) and Port Sudan (December 19-27), 2010.

• Team leader for planning and implementing a protected vegetable crops’ production project(100 green houses) at Alguneid – Algazera State, Sudan, funded by The Sudanese Sugar Company; October, 2009.

• Technical adviser to Sheikho Horticultural Crops’ Project about 1700 hectares at Wadi Elmugaddam area, Khartoum State for production of potato, alfalfa for export, date palm and citrus crops.

• Regional consultant for the formulation of IGAD Regional Strategy and Medium-Term Implementation Plan 2016-2020;. June 2014- March 2015.

• Technical Consultant to Authority of Marawi Dam Area for Agricultural Development (AMDAAD), 2007 to present.

• Team member of Newtech Consulting Group Sudan, to conduct a feasibility study into upgrading and modernizing existing irrigation system at Tabuk Agricultural Development Company(TADCO) KSA;
a horticultural crops’ November 2012.