Food and Nutrition Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 2

03.01.2025

Englisch

9783031467066

Springer International Publishing

Nein

492

Broschiert

Macroeconomic Policy and Its Implication on Food and Nutrition Security

Dr. Adam E. Ahmed is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University. He obtained his B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan (1994); M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the same university (1997). He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Giessen, Germany (2004). He joined the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum (1994) as a Teaching Assistant (1994-98); Lecturer (1999-2000); Assistant Professor (2004-2009), and Associate Professor 2010 to present. Dr. Ahmed has pursued a variety of works including teaching, research, and community outreach. In these contexts, he has published two books, 6 chapters, more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 20 conference papers. He is the founder of Albilad Bank Chair for Food Security in Saudi Arabia, as well as the Food Loss and Waste Research Chair. He is the initiator of King Faisal's initiative" Stop Food Loss and Waste" and the Initiative to strengthen Saudi Arabia's Rank in the Global Food Security Index. He had several consultancy assignments with FAO, WFP, ACSAD, and USAID. Dr. Ahmed participated in research projects funded by King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia. He was the PI of the national research project "Assessment of the patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding in infants in KSA".

Food security, Food waste, Water security, Global climate change

TVB - Agrarwissenschaften TDCT - Lebensmittel- und Getränketechnologie KNA - Agrarwirtschaft und primärer Sektor MBNH3 - Diätetik und Ernährung RB - Geowissenschaften

235 mm

15.5 cm