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Director
General
| Name: |
Mahmoud
Mohamed Bachir El-Solh |
| Date/Place
of Birth: |
12
January 1947/Sidon, Lebanon |
| Nationality: |
Lebanese |
| Marital
Status: |
Married
with 3 children |
| Current
Position: |
Director
General, International Center for Agricultural Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
| Current
Address: |
ICARDA,
P.O.Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria |
| Telephone: |
Office:
+963-21-2225517 |
| Fax: |
+963-21-2225105 |
| E-Mail: |
M.Solh@cgiar.org |
| Website: |
http://www.icarda.org |
Areas of Particular Interest and Experience
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Food security, poverty alleviation
and sustainable agricultural development |
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Planning,
implementation and evaluation of agricultural research and development
programs and projects |
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Linking
agricultural research with development |
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Increasing
agricultural production through crop improvement, sustainable natural
resource management and integrated agricultural production systems |
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Capacity
building and human resource development for national agricultural
research systems |
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Initiation
and development of agricultural research partnerships: north-south
and south-south cooperation |
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Coordination
of agricultural research at regional and international levels |
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Resource
mobilization/fund-raising and donor relations in support of agricultural
research and development |
Education
| Institution |
Degree |
Year
|
Specialization |
| National
Evangelical Institute, Sidon-Lebanon (Gerard Institute) |
High
School Diploma (with distinction) |
1965
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| Lebanese
Baccalaureate I |
1965
|
Sciences |
| Lebanese
Baccalaureate II |
1966
|
Mathematics |
| American
University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon |
B.S. |
1969
|
Crop
Production |
| M.S. |
1972
|
Agronomy |
| University
of California at Davis (UCD), California, USA |
Ph.D. |
1978
|
Genetics |
Awards, Honors and Scholarships
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Dean's
Honor List, 1967 and 1968, American University of Beirut (AUB),
Beirut, Lebanon. |
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Penrose
Award, 1969, which is an "honorary award made on the basis
of scholarship, character, leadership and contribution to university
life, awarded to the outstanding graduate of each faculty"
of AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. |
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United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) Scholarship,
1966-1969. |
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Rockefeller
Foundation Scholarship, 1975-1978. |
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Phi
Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1978, University of California at Davis
(UCD), California, USA. |
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Sigma
Xi, 1981, AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. |
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Award
of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences of AUB, 2004, "In
Recognition of Outstanding Achievements in the Agriculture Sector",
AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. |
Employment History
|
Current
Position:
|
Director
General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the
Dry Areas (ICARD), May 2006 - present.
|
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2002 (May)
- 2006 (May)
|
Director,
Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO, Rome, Italy, Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale
delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
|
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1999 (Sept)
- 2002 (May)
|
Assistant
Director General for International Cooperation, International
Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo,
Syria.
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1997 (July)
- 1999 (Aug)
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Director
of International Cooperation, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria.
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1991 -
1997
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Regional
Coordinator, Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program (NVRSRP),
ICARDA, Cairo, Egypt.
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1990 -
1991
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Regional
Research Coordinator, Nile Valley Regional Program (NVRP), ICARDA,
Cairo, Egypt
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1986 -
1990
|
Food Legumes
Senior Scientist (Breeder) in North Africa, ICARDA, Rabat, Morocco.
|
| 1980
- 1986 |
Assistant
Professor (1980-1983) and Associate Professor (1984-1986), Agronomy
and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, AUB,
Beirut, Lebanon. |
| 1978
- 1979 |
Lentil
Breeder, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria. |
| 1972
- 1974 |
Project
Assistant, Cereal Breeding, the Ford Foundation's Arid Lands Agricultural
Development (ALAD) Program in the Near East Region, Beirut, Lebanon. |
| 1969
- 1972 |
Full-time
Research Assistant, Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science,
AUB, Beirut, Lebanon. |
Publications
Author/co-author of more than 120 scientific publications, chapters of
books and conference proceedings.
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