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Field Experience

With the Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan (1972-1999)

 

1998-1999: Acting Director General, Planning and Foreign Relations Administration, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Khartoum, Sudan,

 

1996-1998: Director for Agricultural Economics and Planning Administration, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Khartoum, Sudan,

 

1993-1996: Director for Agricultural Policy and Food Security Administration, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Khartoum, Sudan,

 

1987-1993: Sent for the Ph.D. in Purdue University, the USA

 

1980-1987: Head, Project Appraisal and Planning Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Khartoum, Sudan,

 

1978-1980: Sent for the M.Sc. in the University of Khartoum, Sudan.

 

1974-1977: Agricultural liaison officer in the General administration for Foreign Relations, the Ministry of Agriculture, Khartoum, Sudan

 

1972-1974: Agricultural inspector in the New Halfa Agricultural Public Corporation of the Ministry of Agriculture,

 

Other Experience (1999-2013):

 

With the University of Khartoum: Staff member of the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Khartoum.

 

Supervision of B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph. D. students in fields of agricultural policy and international trade, agricultural production and marketing , food security, formulation of financial and economic feasibility studies,

 

Consultancies 1990-2015:

 

With Ministry of Foreign Trade/EU

Study on review and analysis of agricultural export performance of Sudan,

 

With the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD):

 

Member of the study team in preparing annual reports on: Food Security, International and Inter-regional Trade, and Agricultural Development Review reports,

 

Member of the study team in preparing the “Perspective study on the situation of Arab countries agricultural foreign trade”,

 

Member of the study team on the Livestock Development Strategy for the Sultanate of Oman, 2010-2011

 

With Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID)

 

Team member consultant on marketing part of a private sector Crop Production and Animal Fattening Project feasibility study in the Northern State ,

 

Team member, consultant for marketing on livestock exports of Sudan

 

Financial analysis of transforming Agadi rainfed scheme into irrigated scheme in the Blue Nile State,

 

With Ministry of Agriculture and NEWS-USAID

 

Team leader for the preparation of a study on Sudan-South Sudan border trade after secession of the South,

 

With the University of Khartoum-Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture

 

Mandated with the preparation of the economic policy analysis part for the rehabilitation of the agricultural public schemes in the

Northern State and the River Nile States in Sudan. The schemes are involved in the production of wheat, broad beans, vegetables and fruit crops

 

Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)

 

Participated in preparing the economic valuation of an ecosystem and biodiversity resources in Sudan for UNDP,

 

With the Ministry of Environment on the green economy, 2013

 

With the World Bank/FNC (Forestry National Corporation)

 

Participated in compiling information and data on natural resources rehabilitation and management activities and programs for further

studies. The study covered game reserves in eastern Sudan,

 

With IFAD:

 

Team leader for preparing a feasibility study for seed processing mill and marketing in Nuba Mountains,

 

With FAO/USAID/EU/UNDP–

 

Participated in a joint mission to assess the effect of utilizing food aid given to affected people in improving food markets in Darfur ;

 

With World Bank/ Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries ILPM project

 

Participated in several assignments related to marketing and privatization of livestock and veterinary services in Sudan,

 

With the World Bank and African Development Bank:

 

Worked as a national consultant in collaboration with an international consultant on Agricultural Development Modules and Review of

the FDI involvement in agricultural investment in Sudan.

 

With the Overseas Development Institution in UK (ODI-UK):

 

Participated on reviewing IFAD-AFDB strategies and roles in agriculture in Sudan,

 

With the UNDP:

 

Participated in evaluating nomadic and agro-pastoral systems in different parts of North Sudan;

 

Participated in socio-economic study for UNDP/Ministry of Agriculture Sustainable Land Management (SLM) study in Tokar area of the

Red Sea State;

 

With FAO/EU:

 

Participated in the write up of the first NEPAD/CAADP Mid-term Agricultural Development report of the Sudan to FAO

 

Participated in preparing project profiles for a FAO-Specific Food Security Projects (SPFS) in marginal areas of Wadi Halfa and in the

White Nile State,

 

Participated in several FAO-EU-SPCRP project design of FAO-EU in Tokar area of the Red Sea state and the Demazine area of the Blue

Nile state

 

Participated in preparing the FAO-Country Program Framework (FAO-CPF Sudan) for Sudan for the next coming five years,

 

With PLAN-Sudan:

 

Participated in socio-economic studies involving community development (schooling, health and sanitation and supply of drinking water

services),

 

With Mercy Corp:

 

Team leader of developing the Rural Development Program for Abeyi area,

 

With State Governments

 

Participated in preparing a study on the investment opportunities in Gadarif State,

 

Participated in preparing a study on investment opportunities in the White Nile State,

 

Others:

 

Doing the financial analysis of a private sector livestock and meat slaughter house feasibility project in Dongla,

 

Doing the financial analysis of the Bank of Khartoum slaughter house feasibility project

 

Doing the socio-economic analysis component of the Sugar Potential Areas Identification Project in Kenya (with Kenana Engineering

and Technical Services Co Ltd (KETS)),

 

Doing socio-economic study for establishment of a number of water harvesting small dams in Bathat Um Adar, South Kordofan,

 

Doing socio-economic study on Alragaba Alzarga water harvesting projects in Abyei province – South Kordofan,

 

Doing socio-economic study on rehabilitation of Khor Abu Habil water harvesting small dams in North Kordofan (for FAO Specialized

Food Security Project),

 

Doing socio-economic study for establishment of water harvesting small dams in the Butana and the Red Sea State for FAO,