CIMMYT-WorldFish Joint Seminar
Channel: CIMMYT WebCast
Date: 06/07/2022

Presenter Information

Integrated Agriculture and Aquaculture (IAA) systems for Food Security -- Ahmed Nasr-Allah, Country Director (Egypt), WorldFish

Ahmed Nasr-Allah has worked in aquaculture development in Egypt and Africa for over 30 years. Ahmed started working with WorldFish in 2004. He has extensive knowledge in production system and became aquaculture economist by training. Ahmed currently is the country director of WorldFish (Egypt). He is leading the development of climate smart aquaculture (IPRS) technologies and integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture systems. Ahmed is leading a number of projects aimed at boosting aquaculture development in several African countries (such as Ethiopia, Eritrea and Nigeria). He earned an M.Sc. in Aquaculture Management and Planning from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom in 1997 and a Ph.D. in Aquaculture from the Egyptian University in 2010.

Designing integrated production practices to meet diverse objectives: biophysical and sociocultural insights from rice-fish innovations -- Sarah Freed, Scientist, WorldFish

Sarah Freed is a scientist with WorldFish. Her research focuses on fish in agroecosystems, community empowerment and equity in fisheries and agriculture, and the transformation of food systems to support biodiversity, nutrition, and climate and environmental change adaptation.

Shock-proofing wheat to build future resilience -- Alison Bentley, Director, Global Wheat Program, CIMMYT

Alison Bentley is the Director of CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program, based in Mexico. Her research combines genetics and genomics to develop and deliver new tools and technology to improve plant breeding, crop production and adaptation to climate change. At CIMMYT, Alison leads a team of scientists using scientific approaches to develop improved wheat germplasm. This germplasm captures packages of traits providing productivity, resilience, and broad adaptation, supporting global wheat improvement and smallholder livelihoods. Prior to joining CIMMYT in November 2020, Alison worked in the UK focused on translation of fundamental scientific breakthroughs into tangible impacts for the agri-food sector. She has a doctorate in agricultural science and PhD in agriculture from The University of Sydney, Australia. 

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