1. Secretary of the Department Board, 1974-1976.

       2. Students Tutor, 1976-1977.

       3. Advisor, Students Agricultural Society, 1976-1977.

       4. Faculty representative in the Technicians Board, 1977-1979.

       5. Representative of the Dept. in the Faculty Board, 1982.

       6. Acting Head Department, (Twice before 1982).

       7. Head Department, 1982 to 1986.

       8. Member of the Glasshouse Committee, 1975-1976.

       9. Member of the Faculty Examinations Committee 1975-1976,

           1981-1982.

       10. Member of the Faculty Curriculum Committee, 1979-1980.

       11. Member of the Faculty Research Board, 1982.

       12. Member of the Faculty Board, 1982.

       13. Representative of the Faculty in the University Graduate Faculty

           Board, 1983/1985.

       14. Member of the University Senate, 1982/1985.

       15. Acting Dean, Faculty of Agriculture (Twice in 1985).

       16. Scientist in charge of the ICIPE field research station. Completed the  establishment and supervise all activities of the station.

As the team leader of the Water Hyacinth Biological Control Project I was able to establish the following research facilities:

       1. Quarantine and Biological Control Research Unit, at the Faculty of Agriculture.     The Unit was built by NCR and equipped by the British ODA. It consists of two quarantine rooms, an anteroom and a laboratory. This unit now provides research     facilities for graduate students working in the various fields of crop protection.

       2. Two field stations at Malakal and Bor built by the Sudanese National Council for   Research (NCR) for the mass culturing of natural enemies.

As coordinator of the biological control of scale insects I established one major field release station at Karima in the Northern Province together with two other sub stations

in the Nile Province.

As Head Department I have worked in collaboration with my colleagues at the Faculty to promote the agricultural link between the University of Khartoum and the Queen’s University of Belfast during the period 1982-1986. As a member of the Department I contributed to arabization of the curricula (scientific terms used in insect ecology and biological control) and the development of the course unit system (outlines of insect ecology, integrated pest management and biological control).

I have presented to the faculty a proposal for the establishment of a biological center in 1991 and recently the proposal was discussed and adopted by the Faculty Board. Also in the same period and in collaboration with the director of the photography unit a proposal for the establishment of an audio visual unit was presented.

I have also cooperated with the examination committee to develop a computer aided system for easy processing and presentation of examination results. I am also continuously cooperating and helping my colleagues and graduate students from the various departments in computer word and data processing.

As Scientist in charge of the ICIPE field station, I Completed the established of the field station at the Red Sea Coast (RSC). The station consists of a guest hose facility, laboratory, and insectary for solitary and gregarious locusts, a one hectare farm and meteorological station.