1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed role in the mission: TL Policy & Capcity Development Or Agricultural Economist; Category: Senior _ CAT I
1. Family name: ELAMIN
2. First names: Eltighani Mirghani
3. Date of birth: 1 January 1954
4. Passport holder: Sudanese
5. Residence: Khartoum
6. Education:
Institution [ Date from - Date to ] Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Washington State University [Sep 1981 to May 1987 PhD _ Agricultural Economics – Production
Economics & Farm Management (3.4 GPA)
University of Khartoum [Sep 1978 to May 1981] MS – Agriculture – agricultural economics major
University of Khartoum [Jul 1972 to May 1977] BSc – Agriculture – agricultural economics major
7. Language skills:
Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Arabic mother tongue
English 1 1 1
French 5 5 5
8. Membership of professional bodies:
African Economics Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya; ++ Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt; ++ Association for
African Agricultural Economists, South Africa; ++ Association for Strengthening Ag Research in Eastern and Central
Africa, Uganda; ++ NEPAD & Economics Commission for Africa, Ethiopia; ++ WBI Alumni Network Program; ++ FSC-
Michigan and GTAP - Purdue Univ. Learning Network on Capacity Development-LenCD, UNDP; ++ European Evaluation
Society; ++ AGEG Consultants.
9. Other skills:
Economics and Social Statistics Software that include STATA, GAMS, SPSS, Commodity Chains software, GTAP, LINDO,
OLS / MLHM (Ordinary Least Squares/ Maximum Likelihood Method), NCSS, DASI, Experience in using DAC standards
and DeGEval Criteria and Templates for Evaluating Development Assistance
10. Present position:
Professor in Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Center in Khartoum, Sudan and International Consultant; Key
Expert for WB/GIZ AfghanStat Project (13 working months in 2 years)
11. Years within the firm: 10 & 1yr, respectively:
12. Key qualifications:
 Strong educational background with a BSc, MSc and PhD in agricultural & Development economics and
training. Over 15 courses offered by international institutes including WBI.
 Over 30 years of relevant professional experience in food security, agricultural and rural development, dry
land and rain-fed small holder agriculture, natural resource management and sustainable livelihood analysis with
over 10 years of experience in programme management with international organisations or institutions
 Strong experience of over 30 years working on a wide range of social transfer projects and related projects with
many of these specifically linked to nutrition/food security
 Knowledge on livestock and nutrition and on capacity development programmes for nutrition
 Over 5 years of experience with EU-funded programmes in implementation, motoring and/or evaluation.
 20 months as Senior Food Security Expert for the Delegation of the EU in Sudan
 In depth experience regarding Gender equality: women’s rights and empowerment; policy analyses; mainstreaming
gender equality; design and implementation of capacity building.
 Consolidated experience in all stages of PCM: identification; planning complex, large programmes;
implementation, management and coordination, administration, monitoring systems; performance reviews; mid-
term and end evaluations; preparation of related documentation; DCED Standard, DAC-Evaluation Guidelines,
Logical Framework, Policy Cycle Development
 Fluent English and Arabic, with basic French
13. Specific experience in the region:
Country Date from – to
Central Asia 2012 t0 present
North Africa & Middle East -MENA 2011 to present
Sub-Saharan Africa 1990 to present
Europe 2000 to 2003
North America and Canada 1981 t0 2001
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2. 14. Professional Experience:
Date Location Company Position Description
May 1987
Mar- to
Present
Sudan Agricultural Policy Research
Center. Dr. Abdeaziz Hashim.
abdelaz55@yahoo.com
Professor of agro-
economics and
policy
Agricultural quantitative policy modelling and project formulation relevant to the areas of production
economics and risk management, food security & livelihood, food reserves, pricing policies and
border trades in crops and livestock.
 Currently intensively using R4 Rural Resilience Initiative when work with INGOs and WFP as a
consultant
 Results-Based Management, M&E and Programme Development for CSO, INGOs and UN agencies
on consultant basis;
 Social cost-benefit and sector portfolio analysis.
 Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM), agricultural and livestock sector analysis and reforms towards
improving comparative advantages food security, regional trade and export market in Sudan and
South Sudan.
 Participation and often led a number of feasibility studies and agricultural value chains studies
during.
 1987-2003: Head, Socioeconomics Department in WSARP_ Western Sudan Agricultural Research
Project _ over 15 years of project planning and management, conducting farm feasibility and
agricultural modelling assessment studies and livestock economics and rural development in
western Sudan a dryland dominated by animal agriculture production
May 1987
Mar- to
Present
Sudan, East
Africa &
Germany
National Universities of
Khartoum, Gezira, Sudan and
Kordofan and Giessen University
of Germany
 Postgrarduate/graduate teaching of Macro economics, micro economics and agricultural policies
and capacity development
 Postgraduate teaching of research methodology and quantitative methds
 Supervision/cosupervison of Doctorate and Master students
16 – 30 May
016
Darfur -
Sudan
ECHO/IRW
Nagi.osman@islamic.relief.org.s
d
Lead Evaluation
Consultant
 Team leading End of Project of ECHO funded IRW implemented “ WASH and Health Emergency
Response Project –WHERP” in Nertiti in Central Darfur State.
 Drafting final report
April – July
016
Sudan Prospect Consulting & Services
s.a., COWI Consortium Thomas
T.Wouters@prospect-cs.be
Agricultural &
Rural
Development
Expert
 Mid-term Evaluation of Sudan Food Security Programme – Rural Smallholder Component” with
the identification number 2015/370455 – Version 1. This 23 million EU funded Food Security Project
managed by Lendill Mill consulting firm together with WVI, ZOA, WHH, and SOS INGO in Blue Nile,
Gedarif, Kassala and Red Sea States in East Sudan.
 My role as an expert 2 is assisting the TL from pre evalaution to writing up of the final report.
 Evaluated small ruminants and Fisheries enterprises in East Sudan
Novemeber2
015 –
January
2016
Juba in South
Sudan &
Khartoum in
Sudan
PARTICIP, GmbH Statutory
seat: Freiburg;
barbara.christ@particip.de
TL  Evaluation of the ECHO response to humanitarian crisis in Sudan and South Sudan 2011-2015 –
ECHO/ADM/BUD/2015/01204
 Development of proposed method and selection of both teams in North and South Sudan
 This work assignment is suspended for security reasons in Darfur & South Sudan
14-17
October
2015
Abu Dhabi Ministry of Economics & ASTF
amr.farrag@astf.net
Resource Person  A resource person for 17th
Conference for Arab Investors
 Present an a proposal for an International & Regional Market for MENA with emphasis on the GHoA
Agriculture, an $11 worse investment
7 July 26th
Oct 015
Hargeisa,
Somaliland
BMB Mott MacDonald
TeL: +252633501394
Nicodemus.Nyaure@sdf-
secretariat.org
TL Functional Review for the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Somaliland
 Review & update Draft National Strategic Papers before submission to the Parliament for
indorsement, these include
1. Master – Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Somaliland Agriculture Sector
2. Draft national agriculture (mainly livestock production) policy
3. Draft Agriculture Rules and Regulations
4. Somaliland Agriculture Sector Human Resource Assessment and Intervention Plan.
 Action Plan for the design and supervision for a Capacity development program including
establishment of a National Agricultural Research Center and upgrading the Curricula of national
universities to offer standard technical and professional trainings
March 015
(3wks)
Darfur Islamic Relief Worldwide/ECHO
Mr. Elsadig Enour ; Head of
Program, IRW,
External evaluator End of Project evaluation of the SDC funded – Jebel Mara WASH and Health Response Project –
Phase II in Nertiti locality, Central Darfur, SUDAN. Contract Number (81019358
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3. KhartoumSadig.elnour@islamic-
relief.org.sd
Jan - Feb.
015 (3wks)
Darfur Islamic Relief Worldwide/ ECHO,
Mr. Elsadig Enour ; Head of
Program, IRW,
Sadig.elnour@islamic-relief.org.sd
External evaluator End of Project evaluation on the emergency “Water and Health Improvement “ Project in Nertiti Area
in Central Darfur State
Aug - Dec
2014
Sudan BENCHMARKS Ltd, Khartoum;
Mr. Ashraf;
ashraf.khalifa@benchmark-
sd.com
Agro economics
consultant
 Business and economic analyses
 Agricultural market surveys.
 Carry out two feasibility studies for Agricultural Crops Bourses, each with an initial investment of
$10 million, one in North State and another in North Kordofan State. Funded by Almasraf Al-Arabiya -
Dubai
 Draft the project design document incorporating SPS requirements as integral transboundary
certification
May 2014
(3 wks.)
Darfur -Sudan German Agro Action/OFDA-
USAID; Azza Mustafa:
aza.mustafa@welthungerhilfe.de
TL; Agro
economics
consultant
OFDA Project program formulation and proposal writing; a Lifesaving livelihood “Nutrition Sensitive
Agriculture Program” in North Darfur food crisis region, western Sudan.
January
2014 (2
wks.)
Kabul &
Sudan
Partner UDA Consulting
Ltd.Oguzhan AKYILDIRIM
oguzemail@yahoo.com
Agricultural
Statistics Key
Expert
Reviewed the Agricultural Statistics situation, for improvement, in Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq, where
core indicators of food safety and environments are amended to the National Accounts for the first time
October
2013 to Aug
2015
(13 mon in
2yr)
Kabul GIZ/WB/DFID;
AfghanStat Twinning Partnership
Project – Strengthening the
National Statistical System;
GIZ-IS
Germany
janosch.jerman@giz.de
Hendrik.buermann@giz.de
Hildegard.wolf@giz.de
Tel: 06196 79 2199
Agricultural
Statistics Key
Expert
Work with CSO AfganStat Twinning Project for compiling and managing meta data for policy
formulation and tracking development :
 The overall purpose is to build individual and institutional capacities in the Economic Statistics
Department and National Accounts Department of Central Statistics Organization (CSO) by the
means of advising, trainings and beyond in the field of economic, social and agricultural statistics
 Working with professors from National university colleges of economics and agriculture to strengthen
the statistics generated by CSO
 Worked with Mrs Kim, Statistics Adviser of the Joint Programme and Results Group, DFID
Afghanistan to develop the statistics value chains for improving the System of National Statistics.
 Assisted in developing core environmental and SPS agricultural statistics for CSO to include in their
Afghanistan statistics books and National Accounts.
 Adopted the WB Global agricultural statistics strategy to include climate, poverty and food security
and safety core indicators in Afghanistan National Accounts
Dec-2012 to
Nov-2013
(12 mon)
Iraq USAID/ICARDA-International
Center for Agricultural Research
in Dry Area,
Paul Gasparini ;
p.gasparini@cgiar.org
Saleh Bader
s.bader@cgiar.org
Mob:+964 7803977876
Sr. M&E
Research
Advisor
 Market monitoring and value chain analysis for commercial and staple food crops for “Harmonized
Support for Agriculture Development Project” including wheat, meat and palm dates.
 Building the MoA institutions concerned with agricultural input delivery systems emphasizing
decentralization of the input supply chains.
 Targets are farmers and agro businesses in Iraqi smallholder dry-land agriculture.
 Focusing on technology transfer including zero tillage and innovative cultivation methods.
 Developing the value chains for wheat, dates and meat for enhancing the competitiveness of Iraqi
agriculture with deep analysis of SPS accreditation of agrochemical Quarantines and seed
technology.
 Trained 30 senior Iraqi national staff in using the USAID On-Line PME Module.
 Drafts concept papers for revising and improving the agricultural policies product and input market,
seed laws & GM crops, SPS trade regulations and climate change and food security
Nov-2012
(2 wks.)
Kenya-Sudan European
Commission/ASARECA
/CARDNO/ Emerging Markets
Ltd; Juliah Mwashi
juliah.mwashi@cardno.co.ke
Country
Coordinator-
Sudan
End of Project Evaluations and Documentation of Lessons Learned for ASARECA (Association for
strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa)
 Participation on Inception Report, field work, analysis and elaborate on final report draft.
 Some of the projects evaluated are agricultural trading oriented projects
 Evaluating food safety and SPS standards supporting the development of the competitiveness of the
agriculture sector, through the development of agro businesses focusing on small holder
agriculture
 Evaluated the value chains for a number of cereals and legume crops in this evaluation mission.
Oct-2012 Sudan and European Commission/ Consultant ”Peaceful Social Coexistence and Improvement of Livelihoods for War Affected Populations and IDPs in
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4. (3 wks.) South Sudan German Agro-Action, Hartmut
Kowsky
kowsky.hartmut@yahoo.com
two transitional areas – Sudan/South Sudan”: Support the preparation of the final report; Agriculture
and food security; Water and sanitation hygiene for both human and livestock; Provision of Vaccines’
and vials; Livestock production and trade.
Sep-2012 to
10-2012
(1wks)
Darfur-Sudan UN-WOMEN;
Rabab Baldo;
rabab.baldo@unwomen.org
Agricultural &
Rural
Development
resource person
Women’s Consultation on the Darfur Joint Assessment Mission-DJAM; mostly Natural Resource
Management (NRM) and land tenure and usufructory rights, which are the root cause of conflicts in
Darfur
Aug-2012
(3wks)
Sudan-Darfur NCA-Norwegian Church Aid;
me@ncasudan.org; USAID
funded project
TL Formative evaluation of Norwegian Church Logistic Aid-Emergency Program and Response Unit-NFIs
(Non-Food-Items) in Darfur States using DAC-EVAL procedure: Evaluate the distribution of non-food
items and services to Darfur war affected communities; Designed format of data collection and analysis,
wrote inception and final reports.
May-2012 to
Nov-2012 (3
mon)
Kabul,
Afghanistan
WB/ USAID/ Ministry of
Agriculture, Irrigation and
Livestock
hekmat.soc@gmail.com
International
Consultant -
Senior Production
and Market
Monitoring
Specialist
Improving Agricultural Inputs Delivery System: Technical assistance for the Planning and M&E
Department of the WB funded project IAIDS;
 Formulation of three project interventions on seed policy, delivery of agricultural inputs and supply
chain for wheat seed, meat, and dry fruits.
 Draft of identification fiche and Action document and Logical framework Matrix
 Identification and formulation of sub projects for agricultural inputs including fertilizers and
agrochemicals
 Market monitoring covering main staple food crops (wheat, corn, barley and rice), industrial crops
(Bestows, Olive and Apple crops) and dry fruit markets.
 Agricultural market integration upcountry and with regional markets
 Development of the wheat seed supply and industrial fruit crops supply chains for Afghanistan
agricultural sector including the risks and hazards of SPS, Quarantines and food safety,
 Development of DAP fertilizers and other agrochemicals value chains.
Nov-2011 to
Dec-2012
(4wks)
Sudan European Commission/
German Agro Action
Azza Mustafa:
aza.mustafa@welthungerhilfe.de
Evaluation
consultant
Final Evaluation of GAA- Food Security, Livelihood and Flood Prevention Project in Kassala State,
East Sudan including Eritrean border household: Evaluation done using DAC Principles and
methodology of German Association for Evaluation (DeGEval).
Nov-2011 to
Dec-2011
Germany &
Sudan
GIZ CD Group, Carla Bracke;
Carla.Bracke@vvob.be
Reviewer in 2
workshop
VVOB’s Policy Note on Capacity Development, which has focussed on mainstreaming gender
education on the development of fragile states including South and North Sudan states.
Mar-2011 to
Apr-2011
(4wks)
South Sudan SCS-Sweden; Makk Idris
Makkali@yahoo.com
TL Assessment of SCS-Kadugli & Kauda Food/Nutrition Security and Livelihood Portfolio focusing on
empowerment of women producer groups: Identification of processing opportunities of forest based
products for new small and medium enterprises in resource rich areas in South Sudan.
May-2010-
Feb-2011
(10 mon)
Kenya AU-IBAR
Ahmed Elsawalhy
ahmed.elsawalhy@au-ibar.org
TL – Policies and
Capacity
Development
Programme
Policies and Capacity Development for AU-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources: Internship Short
Term Appointment under the EC-55-Support Programme:
 Strengthening decision support of decentralization of management away from Head Quarters of the
Regional Economic Communities-RECs
 Facilitated the formulation and harmonization of evidence-based and coherent policies;
 Strengthened the capacities of public and private institutions to effectively perform their core roles in
order to transform the African animal resources for greater impact on poverty reduction and hunger
alleviation;
 Led the project formulation missions and Concept Notes for request for proposal of the EC55-
Support Programme including risk based food safety measures and food trade barriers;
 Engaged in and developed institutional capacity enhancement of AU-IBAR mainly related to the M&E
and TAD (Trans boundary diseases) which require intensive SPS certification/accreditation system;
 Led the development of regional generic curricula responding to market demand for improved
Performance Veterinary Services (PVS);
 Project formulation, drafting of Action document and logical framework for EC of “Support Policy
Landscaping of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on African animal resources giving
emphasis to Trade and Value Chains”;
 Project formulation, drafting of Action document and logical framework for “Leveraging Animal
Agriculture to adapting to Climate Change and contributing to reduction of Poverty and Hunger.
Apri-2010 to Sudan Concern Worldwide, CD Concern Evaluation Evaluation of the Food Security and Livelihood Project in South Kordofan, western Sudan:
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5. May-2010
(3wks)
Sudan
sudan.cd@concern.net
Consultant –
Team Leader
Combating extreme poverty and hunger in dry-and agriculture dominated by livestock production;
Focus on livestock, water, land and forest resources management
May-2010
(3wks)
East Africa World Bank Agricultural
economist &
statistician
Nile Basin Initiative: Analysis and project formulation of backwater effects on agricultural production
and fishery in Blue Nile Basin, Eastern and North Africa including Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Egypt.
03-2010
(1 Mon.)
Sudan European Commission/
UNICONS Abda
Elmahadi.abda@unicons.org
Proposal Writer “Vulnerability and Mapping Assessment in the Greater Darfur Region”: Proposal and ToR by UNICONS
for the FAO/Sudan; Proposed methods of Beneficiary Assessment, Stakeholder Analysis, GAP analysis
and activity analysis;
Mar-2010 to
Apr-2010
(4wks)
Sudan-Darfur NSCE International, ITAD
Liz Gascoigne
nsce@postboxlane.com
Evaluation expert-
Team leader
Food security and livelihood assessment of Tear-Fund projects in South Darfur State: Combating
extreme poverty and hunger in dry-and agriculture dominated by livestock production; Focus on
livestock, water, land and forest resources management); Consult Ms Liza of NSCE
Jun-2008 to
Apr-2009
(10 mon)
East Africa
Region
European Commission/ ILRI,
Don Peden
pedenonpender@shaw.ca
Policy research
specialist
Livestock Health Nile River Basin project: Project formulation mission International Livestock Research
Center focusing on increasing water-use efficiency for food production through better livestock
management and disease control. Eritrean and Egypt covered.
Feb-2009 to
Mar-2009
(2kws)
South Sudan NSCE International, ITAD Institutional
expert evaluator
South Sudan - DFID Country Programme Evaluation, mainly water, food and health sectors, involving
MTDF funded projects. C/B Analysis employed in this assignment to strengthen the institutional capacity
of the Civil Servants and Civil Society agencies, partially North Uganda.
12/2009
(2wks)
South Sudan European Commission/
Mysa Izzeldi
mysa.izzeldin@ec.europa.eu
Institutional
Evaluation Expert
Verification evaluation of HPP II micro –project funded by the EC/DFID, Small-Scale Credit Projects
targeting women and poor.
Dec – 2008
(3wks)
Sudan Arab Organization for
Agricultural Development
(AOAD)
Development
economics
consultant
AOAD Annual Report for Agricultural Development in Arab World; Part II: Sustainable Agricultural
Development in the Arab Countries.
Apr-2008 to
May-2008
(42 wds)
Sudan European Commission/ S.A.
SOPEX N.V.
geoff@griffith.com
Agro-economist/
Food Security
Expert
Final Evaluation of the EC/DFID Humanitarian Plus Programme II (HPPII) in Sudan, both North and
South Sectors: Mainly Micro finance basic need projects; Provision of Micro finance for agriculture and
livestock small and medium enterprises.
Feb-2008
(2wks)
South Sudan Save the Children, USA
Sara Elnour;
selnour@savechildren.org.sd
Project
Formulation/
Proposal design
consultant
Youth and Gender Livelihood Protection Assessment and project formulation for family reintegration
activity: Developed the Log Frame for three project interventions, each costs EUR400,000.
09-2005
(1 Mon.)
Sudan UNICEF, European
Commission/
Abdel Bari Nasr;
anasr@unicef.org
Vulnerability
Analyst & Team
leader
Development of the Risk management, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit: Project formulation
and staff training on risk planning, monitoring and management of disastrous situation of flood and
food safety for children etc.; Conducted training on Strategic planning and Food Risk Management.
Sep-2005 to
Apr-2007 (3
yrs.)
Sudan European Commission/
AGRISYSTEMS
Paul Symonds;
pak.symonds@gmail.com
Mysa Izzeldi
mysa.izzeldin@ec.europa.eu
Food Security/
Senior
expert/advisor
Food Aid Specialist for Rural Development, Food Security and Social Services Section:
 Responsible for food security and aid policy analysis/advice in North Sudan and Darfur. Reported
on South Sudan food security/need since June 2006. Reviewed the final document and Log-Frame of
SIFSIA (Sudan Integrated Food Security In Action);
 Initiated the setting for an M&E and Reporting Unit;
 Monitored and supervised the EC funded projects in North Sudan; Participated and developing
guidelines for Call for Proposals;
 Drafted the EC Development Plan part of the MDTF fund for East Sudan Sector including Eritrean
border farmers;
 Assisted the rural development, food security and social support and EC Delegate in managing
over EUR 27,000,000 food aid/safety and rehabilitation fund, mostly in project formulation in Darfur
and South Sudan food and agriculture sectors;
 Team member of the CSFAM Crop supply and food assessment missions for 2005 and 2006.
Dec-2002 to
Oct-2005 (3
yrs.)
Sudan/ South
Sudan
European Commission/
VAM/ WFP/
Samia Saied;
samia.saied@wfp.org
Arif.husain@wfp,org
National
Programme
Officer;
Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Unit: Assessment of food vulnerable groups/areas, mapping and
project design on food aid; Drafted the Annual Need and Livelihood Assessment report (ANLA)
regarding food poverty of socioeconomic groups. Headed the Food Security Thematic Programme
Group (FSTP) initiated by WFP, FAO, and UNICEF with INGO; Food Needs Security Assessments
included:
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6. Getachew.diriba@wfp.org  Supervised the Eastern Africa Food Reserve and Market Study in 2004
 Member of the project formulation mission of WFP-South Sudan 777 million dollar road system,
2003-2005;
 TL for the Annual Need Assessment for the Eritrean Refugee Camps in East Sudan, 2004;
 ANLA and rolling needs assessment for IDPs in Upper Nile, Jongeli, and Greater Buhr el Gazal States
in South Sudan during 2003-2005;
 TL for Livelihood Vulnerability and Nutritional Assessment of Rural Kassala and Red Sea State,
Sudan, 2005 including Eritrean Refugee Camps in Kassala State;
 TL for Livelihood Vulnerability and Nutritional Assessment of North, West, and South Darfur
State, Eastern Sudan (mainly Eritrean refugees), 2004;
 TL for Livelihood Vulnerability and Nutritional Assessment of Eritrean Refugee Camps in Kassala
State, Joint Assessment Mission, Sudan, 2005.
2004
(3 mon)
Uganda-
Sudan
European Commission/
FOODNET,
foodnet@iitaesarc.co.ug
Team Leader Project preparation and implementation “Determinants of Sudan’s Cereals Comparative Advantage:
Perspectives for economic policy and technology transfer for food supply in Eastern Africa.
Participation in the development of regional wheat and corn supply chains” research grant
2002 to
2004
(2 yrs.)
Egypt-Sudan Economic Research Forum
(ERF); Ms. Hoda Azmi;
hazmi@erf.org.eg
Team Leader Two small grant research projects:
i) Reconciliation of Food Demand and Export Market in Sudan, and
ii) Private Returns to Higher Education in Sudan.
Jul 2003
(2mon)
Sudan GTZ-GA;
mohamed.adam@welthungerhilf
e.de
Economist Ex Post social costs/benefits analysis for German Agro Action Environmental and food security
projects in Darfur “NARMAP_Natural Resource Management Project
2001 to
2003
(2 yrs.)
Uganda-
Kenya-
Tanzania-
Burundi
European Commission/ USAID/
ECAPAPA/ ASARECA
Dr. Abdeaziz Hashim.
abdelaz55@yahoo.com
Team Leader Project preparation and implementation “Simulating the impacts of subsidy removal and the effects of
credit policy on the consumption of fertilizers and seeds by the sub-sectors of the Sudan Agriculture”
research grant. CBA extensively used in this research project
1998 Sudan UNDP Khartoum Socioeconomic
Consultant
Agricultural feasibility studies on:
 Farm economics of Solar Pumps compared to Diesel Pumps in western Sudan agriculture
 Refrigeration and lighting of clinics and schools and school feeding units in rural Sudan
9-10/1994 Sudan Animal Resources Bank Consultant
economist & TL
A Feasibility study for the establishment of sheep ranches in the rangelands of Greater Kordofan region
in western Sudan, now including part of South Sudan.
6-7/1997 Sudan-Darfur German-Agro Action Consultant An Ex Post Benefit/Cost Analysis for NARMAP_ Natural Resources Management Project, Sudanese-
German Cooperation. Wadi Kutum, North Darfur, Sudan.
1988-1990 Sudan University of Khartoum; Prof.
Mekki Omer –TL,
mekkiomer@hotmail.com
Water research
economist-
Principal
Researcher;
Co TL for project design and implementation of “Water harvesting research project-, Economic and
feasibility evaluation of water harvesting techniques in western Sudan region”, A two year research
project on Water harvesting management and farm economics sponsored by Ford Foundation/
National Research Council.
7/1999-
10/1999
Sudan CARE Consultant & TL Reviewed all CARE operational projects in Sudan during 1990-1999.
6/1998-
10/1999
Sudan SC-USA Consultant Development of a training manual for management information system (MIS/M&E). Conducted food
security household survey and crop assessment for the agricultural season 1998/99 in South
Kordofan (now A Transitional War Area)
11/1996-
2/1997
Sudan SC-USA, Consultant & TL Led the team and conducted food security household survey and crop assessment for the
agricultural season 1996/97 for Abeyye/South Kordofan State (now Transitional Area in South Sudan)
6/1997-
7/1997
Darfur,
Sudan
German
Agro Action,
Consultant An Ex Post Benefit/Cost Analysis for NARMAP_ Natural Resources Management Project, Sudanese-
German Cooperation. Wadi Kutum, North Darfur, Sudan.
7/1996-
9/1996
Sudan IFAD & Agricultural Bank of
Sudan Credit Consultant
Credit Market
Consultant
Developed a mobile banking service for small smallholder smaull ruminant agriculture in south-
western Sudan
June/1996 South Sudan UNDP/SUD/95/002 Resource person Training Program on Technology Generation and Transfer for Wau Agricultural Rehabilitation
Project, Wau, South Sudan
May/1996 Sudan, CARE Consultant Final evaluation for the Seed Production Recovery Project, western Sudan, now included part of South
Sudan of Rumbaik area.
8-9/1995 Sudan, CARE International, Consultant Developed a MIS (Management Information System) for the Seed Production Recovery Project for
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7. western Sudan.
1-5/1995 Sudan, CARE International, Consultant Formulation and design of North Kordofan Food Information System
2-6/1994 Sudan, CARE International, Consultant Baseline survey for Gubeish Credit & Extension Project on animal agriculture
7-9/1994 Sudan, RSED/UNDP (SUD/90/010), Consultant Impact evaluation of the Rural Solar Energy Development project: A prospective analysis for western
and South Sudan
1987-2002 Sudan-South
Sudan
Various Consultant &TL Participation in over 10 various field missions with NGO, UN, USAID, WB, CIPA, and DANIDA for
project formulation and evaluation in agriculture and rural development.
15. Other relevant information (e.g. Training & Publications):
15a Training:
A large number of trainings and conferences on a wide range of development dimensions: institutional policy and capacity development, training, poverty, food security & livelihood,
curriculum development, economic and social development; microeconomics and production/market risks and macroeconomic structural adjustment; management and leadership; RBM-
M&E development; Human Rights; civil society & NSAs; participatory methodologies; gender equality; PCM & logical framework. Over 30 years of full time Ag economics and policy
researcher with Agricultural Research Corporation (Sudan) and its think tank-Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Centre (Khartoum North). Fair experience in using the WB-ADePT
Software platform for applied economic analysis: ADePT software developed to automate and standardize the production of analytical reports. ADePT uses micro-level data from various
types of surveys, such, as Household Budget Surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys and Labour Force surveys to produce rich sets of tables and graphs for a particular area of
economic research. ADePT dramatically reduces time required for the production of analytical results, minimizes human errors, allows easy introduction of new techniques and methods to a
wide audience of policy practitioners, and allows users to free up resources for other activities, including drawing policy implications from the empirical evidence. I use the WB- ADePT
Software with the new module ADePT FSM (Food Security Module) developed in cooperation with the Statistic Division of UN FAO. ADePT FSM derives a rich set of food security statistics
from the National Household Surveys, such as Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), Household Budget Surveys (HBS), and other micro-level surveys containing data on household
food consumption
Year Institution Subjects and Qualifications Gained
2013 World Bank Institute Low Carbon Development: Planning & Modelling (E-Learning) Course – Nov 18 –Dec 8 2013
2013 USAID M&E and Performance Management On-line course
2013 UNICEF National Led M&E and Equity Evaluation on-line training courses
2012 UNICEF, Carolyn Miles, President & CEO Certificate of Appreciation- a Champion for Children.
2011 GIZ Training Center for Development Cooperation in Bad Honnef, Germany.
21-22 November;
Capacity Development Joint Learning Journey Course. GIZ <kerstin.kude-osman@giz.de>;
2011 DAAD & GIZ-(October – December 2011) Webinar “Public Policy & Good Governance - challenges in the MENA Region”
2010 AU-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources, Nairobi, Kenya, October 08 Basic Security in The Field-Staff Safety, Health, and Welfare
2010 AU-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources, Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 08 Advanced Security in The Field
2010 World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA, 5 April- 15 May Export Development and Diversification – E-Learning Course
2010 World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA, 30/11/2009 to 25/01/2010. Advanced Poverty Analysis: Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Poor - E-Learning
Course
2009 World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA, January 26- March 20 Trade, Growth, and Poverty- E-Learning Course
2007 World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA, April 15 to June 1 Standards & Trade Course: Challenges & Opportunities for African Agro-Food Trade
2007 Global Development Network, Cairo, Egypt, June 11-13 Conference on Knowledge Management as an Enabler of Change & Innovation in Africa
2005 WFP-Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan, Sept-2005. Results Based Management Training.
2003 Building UN Capacity Workshop, Cape Town, 8 – 12 Dec. Early Warning and Preventive Measures
2002 ECAPAP/ASARECA, workshop - 23-28 July, Nairobi, Kenya Policy Analysis Networking.
2002 Global Biodiversity Institute, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA and CEEST,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Jul 16 - Aug 10.
GBDI/CEET East African Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Law Training Course
2001 ISNAR, Mauritius, October 2-14. Agricultural Research Management Training for NARS Program Leaders in Sub-Saharan
Africa.
2001 IFDC, Arusha, Tanzania, April 3-8. International Training Program on Agricultural Input Marketing.
1999 ARC and International Atomic Energy Agency, 4-6 December. National Training Workshop on Screening Techniques for Drought Tolerance In Groundnut.
1996 IAC, The Netherlands, 6 - 19 October. The 3rd International Course on Gender in Policy Development for Sustainable Land Use.
1991 Egerton Univ., Kenya, Sept 30 - Oct 21. Survey, Experimental and Social Data Analysis.
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8. Year Institution Subjects and Qualifications Gained
Date SEMINARS KNOWLEDGE GAINED
2011 Public Policy and Good Governance –Challenges in the MENA Region
sponsored by DAAD, quass@daad.de
Participation in identifying problems and Ex-ante solutions of public policies and Governance in
Middle East and North Africa focused on Gender
2007 Congenital Seminar on Food Security- Nairobi, Kenya, organized by the
European, Commission in Brussels, March
Gained knowledge on the EC future aid for Africa with respect to food security, food aid and
Linked Recovery, Rehabilitation and Development programmes
2007 National Consultative Workshop to Launch the project “Support for Food
Security and home economics In Eastern Africa”, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
February
Gained knowledge on Crop and Food Assessment Missions in terms of methodology, analysis
and dissemination in Eastern Africa.
2006 National Consultative Seminar on Crop and Food Assessment Missions in the
HoA, Khartoum, Sudan, June.
Gained knowledge on Crop and Food Assessment Missions in terms of methodology, analysis
and dissemination in the Horn of Africa.
2005 National Consultative Seminar on Crop and Food Assessment Missions for
Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan, Nairobi, Kenya, October.
Gained knowledge on Crop and Food Assessment Missions in terms of methodology, analysis
and dissemination in Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda.
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9. 15b Selected published research papers:
1. Samar Abdalla, Eltighani Elamin, and Abdelmoneim Taha (2016). Assessment of Food and Nutrition Security in Khartoum
State using Frequency and severity of the coping Strategies. Paper presented in the 2nd international conference on
"Agriculture, food security and biotechnology" October 17th -18th , 2016 Khartoum, Sudan
2. Samar Abdalla, Eltighani Elamin, and Abdelmoneim Taha (2016). Assessment of the nutritional Status for the under Five in
khartoum State. Paper presented in the 2nd international conference on "Agriculture, food security and biotechnology"
October 17th -18th , 2016 Khartoum, Sudan
3. Samar Abdallah, Abdelmoneim Taha and Eltighani Elamin (2016). “Measuring Households Food and Nutrition
Security/Insecurity Using Frequency and Severity of the Coping Consumption Strategies in Khartoum State” Agricultural
Research & Technology: Open Access Journal. Juniper Publishers.
4. Samar Abdallah, Abdelmoneim Taha and Eltighani Elamin (2016). “Assessment of Malnutrition Children under-five in
Khartoum State - A policy making perspective” Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal.
Juniper Publishers.
5. Samar Abdallah & Elamin E. M. (2015). Farming System and Food Security in the Traditional Agricultural Sector of Sudan:
An Overview Approach, Poster Presentation, Deutsher Tropentag, September, 2015, Berlin, Germany
6. Eltighani Elamin, Sitana Elmubark and Samar Ahmed (2015). QUANTIFYING THE TRADE EFFECT OF SANITARY AND
PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES ON SUDAN’S GROUNDNUT EXPORT; submitted
for the Second Arab Conference – FOOD &DRUGS, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
7. Abdallah S. et al (2013). Factors influencing crop diversity in dry land sector in Sudan. Sky Journal of Agricultural Research
Vol.2(7), pp 88 -97, August,
8. Abdulla S. et al (2013). Households Coping Strategies and Food Consumption Gap in Sudan. NAF; International Working
Paper Series; paper n. 13/06
9. Mekki A. Omer and Eltighani M. Elamin, 2011. Supplementary Irrigation and Soil Amendment Management with Sorghum on
Khor Abu Habil (Sudan). Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, USA,
10. Elzaki Raga & Elamin, Eltighani et al (2010). “Comparative Advantage Analysis of the Crops Production in the Agricultural
Farming Systems in Sudan”. Application of PAM thru GAMS, No 259600050
11. Elzaki Raga M, Elamin Eltighani M. & Shams Eldein H. Ahmed, (2010). Poverty and Agricultural Development, International
Journal of Sudan Research, Vol. 1, No. 1.
12. Raga M. Elzaki, Gezira University, Sudan; Eltighani M. Elamin, Ministry of Science & Technology, Sudan;Shams Eldein H.
Ahmed, Sudan University for Sciences & Technology, Sudan. Sustainable agricultural development in rural Sudan; first
volume of our Africa book series entitled ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Science, Technology and
Innovation Trajectory published in 2010.
13. Eltighani Elamin, 2009. “Humanitarian Aid or Trade: Case of Sudan”. Microeconomics in Service of Humanity; Symposium in
Honour of Doug Young’s Career. Conference organized by Western Agricultural Economics Association, Kauai, Hawaii.
14. Eltighani M. Elamin and Hamid M. 2009. “Reconciling the trade-off between Domestic Demand and Export Market: The Case
of Sudan Dry land Agriculture”. Economics of Resource Use and Farming Systems Development in the Middle East and East
Africa, Editors Werner Doppler, Mohammed Majdalawi and Salwa Almhamed. Margraf Publishers, Germany.
15. Hamid Faki, Eltighani Elamin and Mohamed Dingle, 2009. “Food Aid and Trade under WTO”. Economics of Resource Use
and Farming Systems Development in the Middle East and East Africa, Editors Werner Doppler, Mohammed Majdalawi and
Salwa Almhamed. Margraf Publishers, Germany.
16. Ahmed et.al, 2007. “Economic Evaluation of the Crop Combinations in the Gezira Scheme (Sudan). Issues and Challenges in
Rural Development, Vol. 1, edited by Siegfried Bauer & Lila Karki in Farming & Rural Systems Economics, Giessen,
Germany.
17. Eltighani M. Elamin, 2007. Trade-off between Expected Income/Food grain and Risk among Dry land Smallholders in Sudan.
Issues and Challenges in Rural Development, Vol. II, edited by Siegfried Bauer & Lila Karki in Farming & Rural Systems
Economics, Giessen, Germany.
18. Khalid Siddig, Mohammed Al Feel and Eltighani Elamin, 2007. “Applying Co-integration Procedure to Measure Sesame
Markets Integration in The Sudan. Issues and Challenges in Rural Development, Vol. II, edited by S. Bauer & Lila K in
Farming & Rural Systems Economics, Giessen, Germany.
19. Gibreel et.al, 2007. “Commercialization and Household Food Crop Production in the Traditional Dryland Sector in Sudan.
Issues and Challenges in Rural Development, Vol. II, edited by Siegfried Bauer & Lila Karki in Farming & Rural Systems
Economics, Giessen, Germany.
20. Bodil Elmqvist, Lennart O., Elamin E.M., and Andrew W., 2005. “A Traditional agro-forestry system under threat: An analysis
of the gum Arabic market and cultivation in the Sudan.” AGRISYSTEMS Journal, UK.
21. Osman A. Osman and Eltighani M. Elamin, 2004. “Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Tomato
(Lycopersicon Esculentum M.) Under Semiarid Conditions of Western Sudan. A workshop on Agricultural Development in the
Arab Nations, Obstacles and Solutions, Assiut University, January. www.erf.org.eg/ Conferences.
22. Eltighani M. Elamin, Bauer S. and Osman A.A. 2003. “Commercialization and Food Security; Can They Go Together for. The
Sudanese Agrarian Economy”. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab
Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF), Sectoral economics, December. This is a price awarded paper by ERF-WB.
23. Eltighani M. Elamin (1998). Towards understanding the behavior of small farmers facing additional risk of a cash oriented
agricultural policy: The case of the dry land of Western Sudan, Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 1(1998) PP. 79-
85
24. Yasir G. A. Bashir, Elamin M.E., and Ali K.A. 2002. “The Role of Community Participation in the Success of IPM Programs:
A Case Study of Watermelon Pests Control in North Kordofan State, Sudan. International Conference on IPM in Sub-Saharan
Africa, Uganda.
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10. 25. El-Hag, F.M. et al. 2002. “Seasonal performance of Baggara cattle under two production systems in South Kordofan, Sudan”.
Tropical Science (UK).
26. Khidir A.K. and Elamin E.M. 2000. “Effect of Production Package on Yield and Profitability in Rain-fed Groundnuts”. Arab
Agricultural Research Journal, Volume 4- Number 1. Arab Organization for Agricultural Development.
27. Elamin E. M., H.M. Dirdiri and A.E. Nasser 2000. “Pricing policies and agricultural export performance in Sudan: the lessons
from the 1970s through1990s”. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum for the
Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey (ERF), Sectoral economics, August.
28. Omer, M.A. and Elamin E.M. 1997. Effect of tillage and Contour diking on sorghum establishment and yield on sandy clay
soil in Sudan. Soil & Tillage research 1121, Elsevier Science B.V., P.O. Box 2759, 1000 CT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
29. Faisal M. El-Hag, et al, 1997. The response of lactating Cows to bone meal supplementation in south Kordofan, Sudan.
JONARES, Vol. 1, No. 1, July.
30. Omer, M.A. and Elamin E.M. 1996. Effect of in-situ water harvesting and contour bunding on yield of sorghum in marginal
lands. U.K.J. Agric. Sci. 4(1), Univ. of Khartoum, Khartoum North, P.O. Box 32.
31. Elamin E. M., et al, 1996. Resolving the food problem in dry lands farming: Application of a mathematical programming
approach to Um Rawaba area, Sudan. U.K.J. Agric. Sic 4(2), Univ. of Khartoum, Faculty of Agriculture, Khartoum North,
P.O. Box 32.
32. Khidir A.K. and Elamin E.M. 1996. Inter-cropping as an instrument for optimal land resources utilization and conservation:
Case of western Sudan dry land farming. U.K.J. Agric. Sci 4 (2), Univ. of Khartoum, Khartoum North, P.O. Box 32.
33. Khidir A.K. and Elamin E.M. 1996. Manual weed control in rain-fed groundnut in western Sudan. International Arachis
Newsletter, ICRISAT.
34. Elamin, Eltighani M. and Rogers, Le Roy F., 1992. Estimation and use of risk aversion coefficient for traditional Dry land
Agriculture in western Sudan. Elsevier Science Publishers, The Netherlands.
35. Elamin, Eltighani M. (1987). Capital Productivity and Returns-Risk Analysis of South Kordofan Agricultural Sector, in Sudan.
Published PhD dissertation, WSU Press, Pullman, USA.
Etc.
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11. ANNEXES:
January 5, 2012
Eltighani M. Elamin
Policy Research Economist - Agricultural Economic and Policy Research Center
Dear Dr. Elamin:
Countries in the Arab region still face numerous challenges in food security. The historic events of the “Arab Awakening”
have manifested that these challenges must be overcome urgently. There are discussions from many voices on what Arab
country governments should do, both in the short‐ and longer term, to reach their food security, poverty reduction, and job
creation goals. Yet the roadmap to reach these goals remains subject to much debate. The International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI), jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ‐ESCWA),
invites you to participate in an international conference, ”A Food Secure Arab World: A Roadmap for Policy and Research,”
which aims to set priorities to achieve these goals. This conference is organized in collaboration with the Economic
Research Forum, the University of Cairo, the American University of Beirut, the University of Rabat, and the International
Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area. The conference, which will take place on February 6 and 7, 2012, in Beirut,
Lebanon, will present a situation analysis of food security and poverty in the region, and identify promising policies,
technological and institutional innovations, and priorities of investments. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan and UN‐
ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khouri will give welcoming remarks. We would be honored if you would agree to
participate in the conference proceedings. The first day will feature presentations from high‐level regional and international
experts and policymakers on issues related to:
 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION
 AGRICULTURE, WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
 GOVERNANCE, TRADE AND CONFLICT
 HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SOCIAL TRANSFER
The second day will focus on priority setting, and will feature:
 MAKING FDI WORK FOR FOOD SECURITY
 SETTING FOOD SECURITY POLICY PRIORITIES: AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS’ PERSPECTIVE
 SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FOOD SECURITY RESEARCH AND ACTION
Your experiences and insights will provide a valuable contribution to the anticipated deliberations and priority setting
process. For our planning purposes, please confirm your participation no later than January 12 online at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FoodSecureArabWorld or by sending an email to Marcia MacNeil at m.macneil@cgiar.org.
For further information on the conference and program, please visit http://fsaw2012.ifpri.info. Please, do not hesitate to
contact Marcia MacNeil with any questions. We very much hope that you will participate and look forward to hearing from
you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
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12. Shenggen Fan
Director General, IFPRI
Nadim Khouri
Deputy Executive Secretary, UN‐ESCWA
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14. Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials Australian Institute ABN: 68 126 426 917 DUNS Number: 756271982 NCAGE
Code: Z0KG4 Tel (Direct): +61 (4) 2265 2433 Fax: +61 (7) 4978 2604 Skype Name: AUSIHEM E-mail: contact@ausihem.org
Web: http://www.ausihem.org
____________________________________________________________________________________
To: Prof. E. Elamin
AU-IBAR, Nairobi, Kenya
Re: Application for an Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials
Dear Prof. Elamin,
We have reviewed your application for an Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials and we
are glad to inform you that your candidature has been approved.
The Honorary Fellowships of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials are awarded on an annual basis to
prominent scientists working in the interdisciplinary areas of chemical and mechanical engineering and other relevant
subjects. The Honorary Fellows may be invited to participate in the development of the research projects of the Institute on a
collaborative basis. The Honorary Fellows are also invited to participate in the process of preparation of the lecture notes for
the courses organised by the Institute and in the teaching process. The rates and conditions of the payments received by the
Honorary Fellows for their work on the research projects of the Institute and for their participation in the teaching process
are individually negotiated with the Director of the Institute. The Honorary Fellows are required to sign Confidentiality
Agreements with the Institute prior to the commencement of research projects.
The Honorary Fellows are expected to participate in the organisation of the conferences and symposia that are organised by
the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials. The Honorary Fellows are encouraged to publish discussion papers,
research reports and briefing notes in the Research Bulletins of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials.
Participation in V-Conferences organised by the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials is free of charge to the
Honorary Fellows and their co-authors.
Sincerely yours,
Dr V. Stamatov
Director of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials
Gladstone QLD, Australia
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16. Professur Projekt- & Regionalplanung,
Senckenbergstr.3 , 35390 Gießen
Dr. Siegfried Bauer
Gießen, den 15. 07. 2005
Siegfried.Bauer@uni-giessen.de
www.uni-giessen.de/Regionalplan/
Tel.: (49) 0641 99-37310
Fax. : (49) 0641 99-37319
Reference and Evaluation Letter for Dr. Eltighani Mirghani Elamin
Dear Celine Baker, Agrisystems,
I know Dr. Eltighani Mirghani Elamin personally since 2001. Because of his advanced scientific qualification and his very
engaged research activities in Sudan and at international level, I encouraged him to apply at the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD) for a postdoc research scholarship for Germany. The successful application led to a research visit at the
Department of Project- and Regional Planning at the University of Giessen / Germany during the time 01 April to 30. June
2003.During this time I had intensive contacts and close collaboration with Dr. Elamin. He worked on several research topics,
particularly on subsistence agriculture and commercialization of agriculture and their determinants in various developing
countries. For this research, Dr. Elamin applied advanced econometric methods and mathematical programming models.
After his return to Sudan, I have permanent contact with Dr. Elamin and I meet him several times during research trips in
Sudan.
Mr. Elamin is very active and successful in publishing to outcome of this research in scientific journals and through
contributions in scientific national and international conferences.
Given this background and the personal knowledge, I can fully recommend Dr. Elamin for the position at Food Aid Technical
Assistant in Sudan with any hesitation. I am sure, that he will fulfil all the profile requirements, particularly since he has
 An advanced University Degree and comprehensive postdoc experiences in various research areas
 Professional experiences in the field of food supply and demand, including food security and food aid
 Experiences in teaching and capacity building in the food sector (he successfully provided several courses in GAMS
mathematical programming and econometrics to our group of 22 Ph. D. students from developing countries)
 Detailed knowledge of the agricultural and food sector in Sudan, Mideast and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
 Excellent communication skills and speaks fluently English as well as Arabic and he knows all the details of the Arabic
culture in MENA region
 Finally, he has advanced knowledge and practice of computer application, in standard computer programmes, like MS office
and in advanced special software for quantitative economic research.
In total, Dr. Elamin’s knowledge and experiences fits very well to the requirements of the position at Food Aid Technical
Assistant Sudan. Therefore, I would like to congratulate the Agrisystems LD /UK for such a qualified and experienced
applicant for your position. I am completely sure, that he will completely and successfully fill out the position without any
disappointments.
Gießen, 15.07.2005
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bauer
The World Bank1818 H Street N.W. (202) 477-1234
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Washington, D.C. 20433
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17. Cable Address: INTBAFRAD
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION U.S.A.Cable Address: INDEVAS
Date: 19 May 2006
HR, IFPRI, 2033 K Street, Washington DC 20006, USA
IFPRI-HRINTL@cgiar.org
Subject: Application for a Research Fellow – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Ref # 05-127)
As per Dr. Elamin’s request, I would like to provide this letter of recommendation in support of his candidacy for the above
post. I have known the candidate since the early 1990s, when I was the Research Director of the African Economic Research
Consortium (AERC), for five years (1993-98), on leave from the World Bank. The Nairobi-based AERC is a leading economic
research network in SSA. Dr. Elamin has been one of the most active researchers in this network and has contributed very
interesting policy-oriented research in the area of the economics of rain-fed agriculture. The very important issues of coping
strategies by farmers in rain-fed agriculture have been one of the main themes that he studied. In this context, he managed
to collect a very comprehensive data on markets, prices and food surplus from Kordofan region.
More recently, the Cairo-based Economic Research Forum has awarded Dr. Elamin research grants for the Arab World, Iran
and Turkey (ERF), another equally distinguished research network. His policy experience is equally impressive. He has a
long and distinguished career with the Agricultural Economics & Policy Research Center (AEPRC), Agricultural Research
Corporation (Sudan), which was capped by his assuming the position of Head of the Socioeconomic Section in Western
Sudan. Since 2002, he joined the WFP, which further broadened his operational and policy experiences, and in 2005, he
joined the EU Mission in Sudan as an international consultant in the area of food aid harmonization that put him into the
arena of global food policy.
As his resume suggests, Dr. Elamin is by all accounts one of the leading professionals on the economy of Sudanese
agriculture, especially rain-fed agriculture. Since I had the privilege of knowing him, I have always found Dr. Elamin to be a
colleague of high personal and professional integrity. He has also been a team player who was able to cooperate and blend
very nicely with his colleagues in the network. Therefore, I would like to very strongly recommend Dr. Elamin for this job,
given his superb technical and field experiences, his regional and international exposure and that he has already been
undertaking serious work on the issues that underlie the TOR for this job.
Sincerely,
Ibrahim A. Elbadawi
Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group (DECRG)
The World Bank, MC3-357
1818 H Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20433
Tel: (202) 473-9434
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18. Recommendation
To Whom It May Concern
Based on my quite long knowledge of Dr. Eltighani and acquaintance with most of his activities, I am pleased to provide you
with an account of his capabilities.
Dr. Eltighani is competent in his field of agricultural economic and has conducted research spanning a range of multi-
faceted disciplines, including dry land agriculture and food security issues. He possesses good skills in analyzing, with
relevant economic models, aspects related to production in dry land agriculture, and its associated risks in terms of food
security, poverty and policy considerations. He collaborated with biological scientists from various disciplines including
livestock, cropping aspects and land and soil management under vulnerable farming conditions to provide a useful interface
between biological and economic knowledge. His collaboration extended outside the research community to integrate in
consultancy work with various NGOs with interest in food security. I believe that his recent work with the WFP must have
widened his experience in food aid issues.
His engagement in research work, partly in collaboration with various NGOs and donor organizations, has equipped him with
good reporting skills both for scientific as well as for donor requirements. He possesses good skills in employing relevant
analytical economic models; an advantage that would allow him a rather comfortable handling of various analyses
requirements.
Dr. Tighani is a self-motivated and active person. He is skilful in developing contacts and designing research proposals that
resulted in many of his research activities. He is capable of recruiting and mobilizing staff for the conduct of such research
and enhancing teamwork. In the process, he has been engaged in areas of training and human resource development
including supervision of postgraduate students and short-term training.
Hamid Faki
Director, Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Centre
Agricultural Research Corporation
P.O. Box 30 Khartoum
Mob: +249 912999450
Email: hmfaki@yahoo.com
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19. April 21, 2003
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Fellowship Committee:
I am pleased to recommend Dr. Eltighani El-Amin for a Fellowship position. I knew Dr. El-Amin during his successful
matriculation through our Ph.D. program in Agricultural Economics. He achieved a strong level of performance in both
Masters and Ph.D. level agricultural production economics courses, which I taught. He has a well-balanced background in
economic theory, quantitative methods, and the specialty areas of farm management and production economics.
I also served as a member of Dr. El-Amin's Ph.D. committee. His Ph.D. dissertation evaluated management and technical
systems for increasing production and raising living standards in the Nuba Mountains region of the Western Sudan. This
work involved analysis of primary survey data, econometric estimation, and mathematical programming procedures. Dr. El-
Amin took full consideration of the important role of risk in Sudanese agriculture by using the MOTAD mathematical
programming procedure.
If I can be of further assistance in evaluating this candidate, please feel free to contact me. I would be happy to oblige. If a
mailed signed copy of this letter is required, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Douglas L. Young
Professor
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20. Smart Village Building 144/A 3rd
Floor
Cairo-Alex Desert Road, Cairo Egypt
Tel: + 202 539 2420■ Fax: 202 539 2422
Mr. Eltighani Mirghani Elamin
Senior researcher / Management
Agricultural Economics and Policy Research Center,
Ministry of Science & Technology
Sudan
May 3, 2007
Dear Mr. Elamin,
It is my great pleasure to formally invite you to participate in the Conference on Knowledge Management as an Enabler of
Change and Innovation in Africa. The Conference will be held on June 11-13, 2007, at The Conrad Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. The
conference will bring together about 100 senior leaders and decision-makers from various African institutions to discuss key
KM issues in the region. This is a wonderful opportunity to network with peers and colleagues, explore the practical aspects
of knowledge management, share lessons about experiences to a larger audience, and examine more systematically the
impact of KM within organizations, its role in broader changes, and how it had been used innovatively in specific sectoral
areas.
GDN will arrange and pay for your economy-class travel, single accommodation, and all of your meals in Cairo. We look
forward to meeting you in June.
Yours sincerely
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
Sherine Ghoneim
Director,
GDN-Cairo
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