Profiles
Featured in this issue
Dr. Ahmed Eltigani Sidahmed
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Dr. Ahmed Sidahmed is a Senior Advisor (Agric Investment, Resilience, Risk, Strategic Planning, Research, Policy & Economic Development, M&E and Risk Impact Assessment). He has Experience in 70 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas with University of California-Davis USDA, Winrock International, USAID, FAO, IFAD, WB, CGIAR, AU (AU-IBAR & PAP) and RCG. He guided, evaluated, directed research programs, reviewed and assessed food security, resilience & poverty reduction in fragile and climate risk environments. Dr. Sidahmed, recently developed IFAD-GCC Engagement strategy and FAO’s GAFSP and supported development of USAID Agric Sudan Project and Advised Sudan Post Army Coup Prime Minister in Agriculture Transformation; developed innovation scaling up plans in dry vulnerable countries. He is the Adviser Senior Consultant -Rapid Assessment of Covid-19 Impacts on the Animal Resources in Africa, Identification of Mitigation Measures and Resource Mobilization for IsDB, AfDB, EU Multidonor Project. In addition, he recently led evaluation /development of strategies & strategic plans for the AU, IGAD Food Security Nutrition and Resilience Analysis Hub, the Pan African Parliament and AOAD. He Participated in the evaluation of fragile and conflict affected states.; and in the evaluation of the USAID’s FtF/ AMA-IL with particular attention to index insurance for weather & farming risks management Lead EU agriculture sector assessment -Jordan; he was USAID Senior Agriculture Adviser for Agric assessment in the Greater Equatoria.
Dr. Ahmed has been very active during the past ten years as FAO Investment Center (TCI) Economist & Lead Technical Adviser responsible for the development & validation of past CAADP agriculture investment plans for Sudan and IGAD.
He was FAO Senior Operation Officer, IFAD Senior Technical Adviser, & ICARDA Director of Knowledge Management & Dissemination, Director, Diversification & Sustainable Intensification of the Production Systems & Head of Training & Capacity Development. He was Associate Director for Partnership & Development at the University of California Davis. He Led /participated in quality control/enhancement and innovation mainstreaming related tasks of major organizations.
Dr. Ahmed have published and presented more than 100 research results, invited keynote speeches, review & strategic reports.
Email contact: ahmedsidahmed.contacts@gmail.com
Dr. Ahmed has been a dedicated reviewer of AJFAND for more than ten years. His vast experience benefits the journal considerably. We value you Dr. Ahmed and wish you good health and more opportunities to continue serving mankind.
Editor, AJFAND
