Head MCO, Country Director

Mohamed Abdelgadir

Mohamed Abdelgadir is a Country Programme Manager for the Near East, North Africa and Europe Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). He is currently responsible for Bosnia and Yemen. His responsibilities include managing the project portfolios; promoting capacity building of rural people to participate in local and national policy and advocating for programmes that improve the access of poor rural people to natural resources; agricultural technologies; financial services; markets; employment opportunities and enterprise development.

Before joining the Fund in 2005, Abdelgadir served in the FAO Regional Office in Cairo. He has contributed to many policies in the Near East region, including those related to agricultural trade, market access and food safety. His earlier positions include Director of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the National Council of Research, Director of the Finance and Investment for the Gezira Scheme and faculty member at the University of Gezira in Sudan.

Abdelgadir holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim in Germany.