Bezaiet is a Social Scientist with a solid academic background supported with over 20 years of work experience in a wide range of international development issues, including - sustainable agricultural diversification and intensification; gender...
Aymen Frija is an agricultural economist with ICARDA’s Social, Economic and Policy Research Team. He is also the coordinator of ICARDA’s activities in Tunisia and Algeria. His current research interests focus on farm modeling, farm efficiency...
Mariana Yazbek is an ICARDA Scientist and the Genebank manager at ICARDA Lebanon, where she is responsible for the conservation and management of the rich and unique “Crop Wild Relatives collection” originating in the Fertile Crescent. She is a...
An agricultural economist with more than 25 years of experience in applied research, 15 of which are in the non-profit international research industry. Girma has designed and implemented research projects and taught various courses in different...
Principal Scientist - Small Ruminant Physiology and management
Mourad Rekik
Dr. Mourad Rekik is a livestock scientist with more than 25 years of experience in animal reproduction and small ruminants’ production and management in drylands. His expertise includes sheep and goat reproduction, and its interaction with...
Mira Haddad draws on 17 years of experience as an environmental and geographic information system (GIS) specialist. She is a Research Associate: Spatial Analysis and Database Management. She is part of the Resilient Agro-silvopastoral Systems...
Akmal Akramkhanov is a senior scientist at ICARDA with over 15 years of experience in natural resource management, with current research interests in knowledge management to promote sustainable land management, land degradation, sand and dust...
Filippo Bassi is a senior scientist leading ICARDA's Durum Wheat Breeding Program, which aims to deliver superior varieties with increased yields against a backdrop of rapid climate change. He also works in Ethiopia, India, Senegal, Mauritania...