I am a professor at the at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Jordan, conducting research and teaching graduate courses on the area of plant breeding and plant genetic resources. Currently, I am ICARDA Regional Coordinator for West Asia Regional Program, coordinate the Center’s activities in this region, manage some of the projects and capacity development activities and develop new partnerships.

Association for Farmers Rights Defence, AFRD established in 1999, is a non-profit, democratic organization dedicated to stimulating agricultural economic growth and policy reform in the Georgia’s transitional economy. By the help of ACDI-VOCA, American National Farm Bureau and local farmers and farmer organizations was founded AFRD. AFRD mission to help Farmers to create market-oriented, economically viable farmer and agribusiness enterprises.