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Personal Data
| Name: |
Ahmed Eltigani Sidahmed |
| Date of Birth: |
January 1, 1946 |
| Place of Birth: |
Wadi-Halfa, Sudan |
| Nationality: |
Sudanese - USA Permanent Resident |
| Current Address: |
ICARDA, P.O.Box 5466, Aleppo,
Syria |
| Telephone: |
Office: +963-21-2210741
Mobile: +963-95-710195 |
| Fax: |
+963-21-2225105 |
| E-Mail: |
a.sidahmed@cgiar.org |
Education
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Modeling
& Mathematical Simulation of Crop-livestock Systems, USDA/ARC
(US Meat Animal Research Center) Clay Center-Nebraska & University
of California, Davis (UCD), USA, 1981-1983 |
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PhD Ecology (Range Livestock
Nutrition), University of California, Davis (UCD), USA, 1981 |
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M. Sc. Animal Science (Ruminants
Nutrition), University of California, Davis (UCD), USA, 1977 |
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B. Sc. Agriculture (Honors),
University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1969 |
Languages
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Fluent in Arabic and English
(writing, reading and speaking) |
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Fair in French (writing, reading) |
Summary of Experience & Expertise
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IFAD (Senior Technical Adviser):
Developed extensive experience in addressing and assessing the technical,
policy and strategic problems facing the livestock sub-sector at
country, regional and global levels. Provided advisory and technical
backstopping to the preparation and management of rural development
projects (design, review, supervision, and evaluation). Among leading
team of the DFID-supported Initiative for Mainstreaming Innovation
(IMI). IFAD's focal point to the OECD/DAC Poverty Network (POVNET)
responsible for the development of a Hot Topic paper on Revitalizing
Science and Technology for Pro-poor Agricultural Growth. |
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FAO (Senior Operations Officer,
Country Project Officer and Range Management Expert): Responsible
for leading field research, organization, management and supervision
of 50 country and regional projects, including the successful Newworld
Screwworm Eradication Program. |
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Winrcok International (Research
Coordinator/Animal Scientist): Responsible for managing the
implementation and supervision of multidisciplinary collaborative
research program that included teams of highly qualified and experienced
international scientists working for four USA universities and teams
from the Kenyan institutions. |
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CGIAR System: Task Manager
over 11 years of a number of IFAD-financed Agricultural Research
& Development Grants to ICARDA, ILRI, and IFPRI. Member of the
Strategic Planning Task Force, Rockefeller Foundation, which was
responsible for the preparation of the Strategic Plan for the International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Member of the Consultation
on ILRI's Global Research Agenda (Nairobi January 1995), prepared
the regional research agenda for WANA. Member of the Expert Panel
that reviewed and scored IARCs' project proposals submitted to ILRI
under the System-wide Livestock Initiative. The Inter-institutional
Panel for the formulation task of the proposed CGIAR Challenge Program
on Animal Health and Panelists for the Sub-Saharan Africa. Panel
of the CGIAR's iSC Standing Committee on Research Priorities and
Strategies in SSA and have participated in four of the iSC Phase
1 and Phase 2 panels (SSA, CWANA and Global) and in the review of
the SC report on Identifying CGIAR Systems Research Priorities for
2005-2015. Represented IFAD at the Board of Trustees of ILRI as
observer. |
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USAID (Global Livestock
- CRSP): Chair of the Program Administration Council (PAC);
Leader of the External Evaluation Panel (EEP) of GLCRSP for Latin
America and Central Asia projects; 2005: Interim Chair of the External
Program Administration Council (EPAC) and member of review panel
for Kenya project. |
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Donor and Development Organizations:
Contributed to several scientific, programming, policy and advisory
committees and panels with donor and development organizations (USAID,
GTZ, DANIDA, DFID, CIDA, SIDA, SDC, FAO, WB, OIE, UNDP, etc). |
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System Analyst by training
and experience: Experience in systems analysis and simulation
modeling at USDA - ARS. Has written and presented 30 analytical
articles and reviews including 18 invited contributions during tenure
with IFAD. Has demonstrated competence in reviewing and assessing
the impact of rural development programmes, and in obtaining relevant
field information through intimate interaction with, and understanding
of, the rural families. |
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Strong interest in ICT-KM:
Team Leader of IFAD's inter-departmental IS Reengineering Working
Group. Developed IFAD's Livestock and Rangeland Knowledge Base (LRKB)
(www.ifad.org/lrkm/index.htm). |
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Publications: Published
and presented more than 80 scientific papers and plenary reviews
and edited two books. |
Current Position
Director of Knowledge Management and Dissemination (KMD), ICARDA, 1 April
2005 to date (On leave from IFAD)
Main Task
To coordinate, develop, mobilize and anchor recourses aiming to enhance
effective and equitable access of the knowledge generated from ICARDA's
participatory research (IPGs) to the agricultural rural communities in
the dry areas.
Major Elements and Duties
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Researching, developing, and
implementing a systematic approach to strengthen and use ICARDA's
empirical information platform (scientific databases, tools and
methodologies, etc) |
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Managing the generation and
dissemination of pro-poor knowledge (TIPOs, lessons learned, Best
Bet Practices, and innovations) |
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Developing frameworks for up-scaling
pro-poor knowledge |
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Institutionalizing participatory
and pro-poor community-based research approaches that contribute
to strengthening public/private partnership |
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Enhancing management and delivery
of research products and knowledge to end-users through new tools
such as expert systems, scientific information systems and databases,
and the development of integrated knowledge management systems |
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Strengthening national seed
systems through technical assistance to formal seed delivery systems
(development of effective and competitive seed market), action research
on alternative seed supply systems (e.g., community-based seed enterprises),
and research and technical assistance in developing policy and regulatory
reforms needed to diversify seed delivery systems by encouraging
community and private sector participation |
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Strengthening national agricultural
information and communication systems |
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Strengthening capacity to support
rehabilitation of agricultural research in conflict/post-conflict
countries |
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Developing and supporting training,
capacity building and innovative learning programs in KM&D |
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Integrating the Center's work
on knowledge management (e.g., generation, documentation, publication)
and dissemination into the overall research and capacity building
program |
Previous Employment
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Senior Technical Advisor/Focal
Point for Livestock and Rangelands Systems, International Fund for
Agricultural Development of the UN (IFAD), 1992-31 March 2005.
Lead Adviser for the Technical Review Committee; managed technical
assistant grants and represented the institution in different meetings
and panels, etc. Acted as Senior Officer-in-Charge of the Technical
Advisory Division. Assisted the Director in monitoring the implementation
of divisional scorecards and in monitoring the preparation of professional
rolling work plan. Represented the Division in some in-house functions
such as Project Supervision Task Force, IT Task Force. Interacted
with all of the PMD regional divisions and other departments and
units, and contributed to the design, review and supervision of
many loans and grants implementation. Core member of the Task Force
that designed the new Project Development Cycle. Assisted in the
development of the corporate scorecards and contributed to the preparation
of IFAD's Poverty Report and the Strategic Framework for 2002-2006.
Represented IFAD in inter-agency, regional and international events
and played a significant role in several livestock development initiatives
such as inter-agency meetings on livestock development research,
Steering Committees of Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD),
Program Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT), Chair Program Advisory
Council, and EEP Team Leader for USAID's GL-CRSP. Among the leading
team of the DFID-supported Initiative for Mainstreaming Innovation
(IMI). IFAD's focal point to the OECD/DAC Poverty Network (POVNET)
responsible for the development of a Hot Topic paper on Revitalizing
Science and Technology for Pro-poor Agricultural Growth. |
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Senior Operations Officer,
Screwworm Emergency Centre for North Africa (SECNA), Animal Production
and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
(FAO), 1985-1992: Responsible for the co-ordination and management
of FAO national and regional projects in many Near East, North Africa
countries. Field: Range Livestock Field expert in Libya. Status
upon transfer to IFAD: continued employment; responsible for duties
such as recruitment and supervision of senior experts (17 international
experts from 10 countries); negotiating and dealing with 30 donor
agencies and countries; managing funds according to the budgetary
specifications of each donor; and preparation and negotiation of
contracts and procurements worth of tens of millions of US dollars;
managed a wide range of project related activities: design, approval,
recruitment and supervision of field experts, implementation and
evaluation. |
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Animal Scientist & Research/Site
Coordinator, Winrcok International/USAID, for the Small Ruminant
Collaborative Support Program (SRCRSP) in Kenya, 1983-1985:
Responsible for the management and coordination of a program conducted
by five US universities and the Kenyan livestock and veterinary
research institutions and universities, as well as budget and personnel
management. Technical core: nutrition and management of dairy goats.
Lead a multidisciplinary team of international development professionals
from five USA institutions and several professionals from the Kenyan
Veterinary Research Organization. Manager of the financial resources,
budgets and technical components of the multimillion US dollar program. |
Publications
More than 80 publications, including scientific articles, review and plenary
papers, expert consultations, workshops, seminars, etc. In addition, I
have presented many papers at several international professional meetings
in several parts of the world as keynote speaker, chairperson of sessions,
leader of working groups, and responsible for the analysis and synthesis
of the outcome and edited two books.
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