Adel El-Beltagy

Adel El-Beltagy is currently Chair of the Int'l Dryland Dev. Commission (IDDC); Professor, Arid Land Agric. Graduate Studies and Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams University, Egypt; Chair, Food and Agric. Res. Council, Egyptian Academy of Science and Technology; Member, Advisory Board, Bibliotheca Alexandrina; and Board member, Regional Action for Climate Change (RACC), Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS), Kyoto, Japan. El-Beltagy served as President, Governing Board, Int'l Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) (2010-2015), Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (2014-2015), Board Member, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2006-2012), Chair, BA Executive Board (2015-2018). Council member, Consultative Group on Int'l Agric. Res. (CGIAR) (2006- 2011), Chair, Global Forum on Agric. Res. (GFAR) (2006-2010), Member, FAO High-Level Committee addressing the implementation of the UN millennium dev. goals (MDGs) (2006-2011), Board Member, UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Board (2004-2005), Chair, Global Consortium to Re-build Agric. in Afghanistan (2002-2006), Chairman, CGIAR Consortium for Sustainable Agric. Dev. in Central Asia&the Caucasus (CAC) (1996-2006), DG, Int'l Center for Agric. Res. in Dry Areas (ICARDA) (1995-2006), Member, CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (1994-1999), Chairman, Sci/Tech. Council of the Int'l Sahara and Sahel Observatory (SSO) (1993-2002). Awards include The Golden Medal of the Int'l Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM); Commander of the Order of Agric. Merit, in recognition to his efforts in the Int'l Agric. Dev., particularly in the Mediterranean countries, Government of France.; The Sultan Qaboos "First Class" Order for Culture, Sciences and Arts, Oman; Al-Istiklal Medal by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan; Fellow of the University of Wales.