Personal Information:

Name:	Prof. Dr.  Ali Mohammed Ali Al-Azaki
Gender:	Male
Place and Date of Birth:	Al-Mahweet Governorate, the city of Al Mahwaeet- 1971
Nationality:	Yemeni
Marital Status:	Married
Adress:	Yemen, Sana’a, Sheraton, Al-Arbaeen Street, Al-Fawares Al-Olaya
Mobile:	00967-777700620 / 00967-770578141

E-mail: a.alazaki @su.edu.ye

https://w a.me?967777700620

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LbB8XV0AAAAJ&hi=ar

 

Academic Qualfications:

1996-2000	Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, specialization (crop production), from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences- Tiriyazhev Agricultural Academy in Moscow (Russian Federation).
1994-1995	Master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, specialization (crop production), from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences- Tiriyazhev Agricultural Academy in Moscow (Russian Federation).
1990-1994	Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, specialization (plant production), from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences- Tiriyazhev Agricultural Academy in Moscow (Russian Federation).
1989-1990	After high school, I joined the Preparatory University of Agriculture and Irrigation in the Republic of Uzbekistan to study the Russian language (the former Soviet Union).

 

Master’s Thesis Title:

Study of the Effect of the Bacterial Preparation (TCKA-01) on the Organic Cultivation of Potatoes.

 

Ph.D. Thesis Title:

Potato Production: Russian and Foreign Varieties and Their Effect on Nitrogenous Fertilizers Added to Swampy Cultured Soils Growing in the Northern Part of the Russian Federation.

 

Courses I Teach:

Postgraduate Courses	Undergraduate Courses
Advanced Field Crop Production	Basic Crop Production
Production of Legumes and Oils	Production of Grain and Legume Crops
Seed Multiplication and Storage- Physiology	Seeds Multiplication, Testing and Storage
Advanced Crop Environment	Field Crops Environment
Advanced Cereal Production	Industrial Crops Production
	Agricultural Cycle and Cultivation of Reclaimed Lands
	Field Training

 

 

Research and Field Studies that have been carried out so far:

1. Response of sorghum cultivars to different amounts of nitrogen fertilizer under conditions of Sana’a region, Republic of Yemen.
2. Effect of nitrogen fertilizer application dates on the traits of some sorghum cultivars.
3. Effect of cultivars and amounts of nitrogen fertilizers on some traits of sorghum.
4. Effect of Levels of Potassium and Phosphate Fertilization on Crop of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench) and its Components under Al-Mahwit Conditions.
5. Yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata, L.) affected by different levels of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization.
6. The possibility of replacing mineral nitrogen fertilizer with organic fertilizer and its effect on some physiological characteristics and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) under different plant density.
7. The Effect of intercropping Patterns and Plant Densities on Yield and Yield components of Maize and Beans.
8. Growth and Yield Components Variation of Two Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Varieties as Response to Planting Dates and Hill Spacing.
9. Land equivalent ratio and several competitive relationships of intercropping Maize and Beans under irrigated Conditions.
10. Effect of Zeolite and Nitrogen Rates on Maize and Sorghum Productivity.
11. Effect of Different Planting Dates and Hill Spacing on Productivity of two Faba Bean (vicia faba L.) Varieties.
12. Influence of Plant Spacing on Growth and Yield characters of two Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cultivars under Sana’a conditions.

 

 

Research and Field Studies carried out with graduate students:

1. Effect of mineral fertilizers on fenugreek yield.
2. Studying some morphological and genetic traits in some wild cultivars of Yemeni castor bean.
3. Effect of irrigation periods and organic and nitrogen fertilization on the productivity of wheat crop in the eastern region of Yemen, Ma’rib.
4. Water use efficiency of some wheat cultivars under water shortage conditions in the eastern region – Ma’rib.

       Academic work and assigned tasks: 

January 2024:   October 2023   February 2023	Appointed Deputy Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and               Environment for Academic Affairs, Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research. I was appointed a member of the team describing the levels of the National Qualifications Framework in the Republic of Yemen. I was appointed a member of the committee preparing the National Qualifications Framework Project in the Republic of Yemen.
September 2021  ‎	Appointed as a one of the Council for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the Republic of Yemen.
March 2019	Appointed as one of the consultants of the General Organization for the Development and Production of Cereals for field crop research.
January 2019	Assigned by the General Organization for the Development and Production of Cereals in the team of the committee in charge of sorting and evaluating scientific research submitted for the award of the Martyr President / Saleh Ali Al-Sammad for the year 2018.
September 2016	Appointed Head of the Academic Committee at the Faculty of Agriculture and a member of the Academic Council at Sana’a University.
July 2013	Appointed Director General of Scientific Research at Sana’a University until September 2014.
June 2013	Assigned by the Council for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education in the team setting standards for quality assurance of graduate programs (diploma, master’s and doctorate).
March 2013	Issuance of the decision to promote me to the rank of Professor, Department of Crops and Pastures, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
2010	Appointed as a member of the equivalency committee for master’s and doctoral degrees for Sana’a University delegates abroad.
2008	Appointed head of the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Unit at the College of Agriculture until 12/31/2012.
May 2008	Appointed as Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture for Graduate Studies, Scientific Research and Academic Affairs at the College until 31/12/2012.
June 2007	Appointed as the Acting Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture for Graduate Studies, Scientific Research and Academic Affairs at the College.
March 2007	Appointed as a youth pioneer at the Faculty of Agriculture.
July 2006	Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Crops and Pastures, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
2004 – 2005	Head of the College Registration and Admission Control Committee.
	Chairman of the final examination committee for the first and second semesters for fourth-level students.
2003 – 2004	Head of the College Registration and Admission Control Committee.
	Chairman of the final examination committee for the first and second semesters for fourth-level students.
2002 – 2021	Supervising postgraduate students. I have examined five theses for master’s students, including two as a main supervisor (committee chair), one as an external examiner and two as an internal examiner. I also examined two doctoral theses (external examiner) and I’m about to examin a master’s student as a main supervisor.
February 2001	Appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Crops and Pastures, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.

 

Some conferences, scientific symposia, workshops and courses which I participated in:

1. Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Agricultural Research in Grain Development and

Production – General Organization for the Development and Production of Grain – Sana’a, 21-

23/7/2019.

2. Preparatory workshop for implementing training courses for potato farmers in the bottom of the

field – Yarim, Ibb Governorate Office of the Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition and

Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ Sana’a, 11-12/6/2019).

3. Preparatory workshop for the implementation of training courses to enhance the role of agricultural

extension in Hajjah Governorate, Office of the Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition

and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ Sana’a, 13/3/2019).

4. Preparatory workshop for the implementation of training courses to enhance the role of agricultural

extension in Ibb Governorate, Office of the Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition and

Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ Sana’a, 14/8/2018).

5. Workshop to evaluate the intervention of the cultivation of improved sorghum seeds, Office of the

Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ

Sana’a, 17-18/7/2018).

6. The Expanded National Conference of Yemeni Universities and the Public and Private Sectors –

Sana’a, 25-26/10/2016.

7. The Third International Conference of the Arab Scholars Forum on (Scientific Research and

Development in the Arab World and Facing Challenges) Egypt.

8. Participation in the workshop of the Institutional Strengthening Project for Civil Society

Organizations (discussion of the Civil Society Organizations Management Diploma Program at

Sana’a University).

9. A scientific symposium entitled (Writing scientific articles and their conditions for publication) –

Prosecution of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research – Sana’a University – 24/3/2014.

10. Seminar of the Fourth Meeting of the Group for the Promotion of Human Rights (United Nations)

February 13, 2014.

11. The Eighth International Conference on Plant Breeding, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
12. The first workshop (Quality Weeks in Yemeni Universities) – Council for Academic Accreditation

and Quality Assurance of Higher Education 17-18/3/2013.

13. Water (International Integrated Water Management Applications).
14. Consultation meeting on climate change and biodiversity.
15. Workshop on climate change and biodiversity in the Republic of Yemen.
16. Yemeni traditional diets and their role in health and the environment.‎
17. The Seventeenth Technical Conference of the Federation of Arab Agricultural Engineers.
18. Workshop on water conservation (Water and Environment Center).
19. A training course in the field of meetings leadership.
20. The Sixth National Conference for Yemeni Women.
21. Electric Energy Symposium (Challenges and Solutions) – Sana’a University
22. Scientific Symposium (Food Security in the Republic of Yemen: Scenarios, Concepts and

Visions).

23.    Urban expansion symposium in Amanat Al Asimah.
24. The French-Yemeni Symposium (Water is a global issue and a Yemeni priority).
25. The Preparatory Committee for the first agricultural festival in Yemen.
26. The Seventh Conference of the Yemeni Life Sciences Society.
27. The Sixth Conference of the Yemeni Life Sciences Society.
28. Conference on local councils in Amanat Al Asimah.
29. The French-Yemeni Symposium (Yemen and the Horn of Africa).
30. First National Symposium (Agriculture and Environment).
31. The expanded meeting to discuss the future directions of Sana’a University.
32. Workshop on the Yemeni environment.
33. The reality of field crops and the prospects for their development in the Arab world (Aleppo

University – Syria).

34. Workshop on raising awareness of the dangers of environmental pollution and its effects on

humans and the environment.

35. 3rd Life Sciences Conference.
36. Support guidance towards integrated management of rain-fed areas.
37. Agricultural development and its relationship to the natural ecosystem.
38. Agricultural protection in international agreements – repercussions and resolution of its disputes

– Ministry of Agriculture.

39. The first science conference in the Republic of Yemen.
40. Study of the current situation and future prospects for the production, propagation and

circulation of potato seeds – Ministry of Agriculture.

41. A training course in evaluating and improving final exams in the faculties of Sana’a University.
42. A training course in the field of creating interactive presentations for lectures and scientific

research and preparing an achievement file.

43. A training role entitled (Academic Administration).
44. Higher Education Conference on Curriculum and its Development.
45. A training course in strategic planning for university education.
46. A training course at the British Center on (the quality of higher education in Britain).
47. Training course in higher education leadership skills development programmes.
48. A training course in the field of quality assurance in higher education (self-evaluation of

university programs in the Republic of Yemen) in cooperation with the German Academic

Exchange Service (DAAD).

49. Symposium on future visions in open and distance education (local and global experiences).
50. Special training courses (development of leadership skills) for college deans and their deputies,

general managers and trustees of colleges and centers.

51. A workshop for preparing and drafting the academic standards necessary to develop academic

programs in the faculties of Sana’a University.

52. Participation course in the program for preparing academic program development experts.

(Council for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education).

53. A member of the committee for setting standards for the first level of the postgraduate program.

(Council for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education).

Other Tasks:

‎           1.1‎     Carried out a course in the training and extension activity of the optimal methods and

techniques for cultivation, production and marketing of potatoes in Utomah District, ‎Dhamar

Governorate, for potato growers 05/10- 12/10/2021.‎

2.1Carried out a course in the training and extension activity of the optimal methods and

techniques for cultivation, production and marketing of potatoes in Doran Anas District, Dhamar Governorate, for potato growers 01/31- 4/2/2021.

3.1 Carried out a course in the training and extension activity of the optimal methods and

techniques for cultivation, production and marketing of the wheat crop in Al-Shaar District,

Ibb Governorate for wheat farmers 9-14/11/2019.

4.I Carried out a course in the training and extension activity of the optimal methods and

techniques for cultivation, production and marketing of potatoes in Yarim District – Qaa al-

Aql, Ibb Governorate for potato growers 15-18/6/2019.

5.I Prepared the part on the nutritional and health value, methods of preparation of some field

crops, cash crops and vegetable crops, as well as the nutritional, health and therapeutic value

of honey and methods of eating it, for the Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition and

Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ).

6.I Worked as a consultant to evaluate the agricultural projects of the General Organization for

the Development and Production of Grain and made proposals and agricultural courses for

grain crops in the farms of the Corporation 13-27/2/2019.

7.I Carried out training courses in the field of field crops to enhance the role of agricultural

extension for agricultural extension workers in Hajjah Governorate, by the Global Program for

Food Security and Nutrition and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ) in Hajjah

Governorate 16-21/3/2019.

8.I Carried out training courses in the field of field crops to enhance the role of agricultural

extension for agricultural extension workers in Ibb governorate, by the Global Program for

Food Security and Nutrition and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ) in Ibb Governorate

13-18/10/2018.

9.1 A member of the review of the guidelines, first edition, for each of: The guideline in cash

crops, the guide in vegetable crops, the guide in water harvesting and methods of irrigating

crops, the guide in agricultural pests and ways to control them, the guide in animal care and

health, the guide in the foundations and skills of agricultural extension and rural development,

the guide in the techniques of Beekeeping and honey production.

10.1A member of the first edition curriculum review for: Cash crops, vegetable crops, water

harvesting and irrigation methods, agricultural pests and their control methods, animal care

and health, foundations and skills of agricultural extension and rural development, beekeeping

and honey production techniques.

11.1 Prepared the field crops curriculum and the field crops guide for the Global Program for

Food Security and Nutrition and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ) to enhance the

role of agricultural extension in the governorates of Ibb and Hajjah.

12.1 Prepared the two training bags for the trainer and trainees in the field of cultivation and

production of targeted improved sorghum seeds from the Global Program for Food Security

and Nutrition and Strengthening Resilience – Yemen (GIZ) for Hajjah Governorate.

13.1Trained in the field of cultivation and production of sorghum crop, one of the agricultural

groups targeted by the Global Program for Food Security and Nutrition and Strengthening

Resilience – Yemen (GIZ) in Ibb Governorate. 10-16/3/2018.

    

Civil society organizations I am participating in:

1) Peacebuilding and Human Rights Organization	Director of Studies and Research Department
2) Association for Awareness and Environmental Protection	Consultant
3) Society of Life Sciences	Member
4) Environment Association	Member
5) Arab Scholars Forum	Member