I will be the director of the CRP 3.3 "Global Rice Science Partnership" as of September 1, 2012. I am currently Head of the Crop and Environmental Sciences Division and the Leader of the sustainable rice program of GRISP at IRRI. My background is on research on water management in agriculture and sustainable rice production systems.
SEED ANALYST FOR 17 YEARS AND HAVE EXTENSIVE WORK EXPERIENCE IN AGRICULTURE IN DIFFERENT WORK SETTING. OPERATING PRIVATE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Licenciate Veterinay Medicine. Agricultural Engineer PhD. I have been employed at investigation and management of the agrarian investigation. At present I am the Director of the Spanish National Institute for Agricultural anf Food Researcha and Technology
Iam working on development and validation of IPM for vegatbles and fruits, protected cultivation and oilseeds through farmers particiaption and organizing farmers field school
Mass production of bio control agents
Managment of Pests such as Spodoptera litura
Suevey of IPM practices and innivations in pest maangment techniques
My career as a scientist in the field of Biotechnology and Plant Pathology favored the cooperation with other countries, especially with those growing citrus, both in Latin-America (Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina), North Africa (Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco), Asia (India, Nepal, Vietnam and Bhutan) and the French Polynesia. Together with scientists of INRA and CIRAD, I participated in missions addressing the control of the “maladie des feuilles cassantes” of date palms, and the phloem necrosis disease of Hevea.
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi is the Director General of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, based in Dubai, UAE.
A agricultural extension and rural development specialist with interest in extension and rural development, poverty, ICT sustainability and livelihoods studies