Mohamed Sadiki (born 1957) is the Moroccan Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests. He was appointed as minister on 7 October 2021.

Education

Sadiki holds a Doctor in

Agricultural economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

from the IAV Hassan II and obtained his

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

in 1990.

Career

In 1984, Sadiki was a teacher and researcher at the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute. From 2005 until 2009, he served as director of the scientific research and doctoral training. In addition, he was in charge of administrative affairs at the institute from 2007 until 2008. In 2009, he was appointed Director General of the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, where he was also a professor of

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. Additionally, Sadiki has been on the board of directors of the International Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research, a member of the

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) is a French agricultural research and international cooperation organization working for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions. It is a publ ...

(CIRAD), and the president of the Board of Directors of the Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM). Since 2000, Sadiki has been an expert at the

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization that delivers scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to attain global food- and nutrition security, w ...

(IPGRI) and at the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), since 2010. In 2013, Sadiki was appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests. Since 7 October 2021, Sadiki has been the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests.

References

Living people 1957 births Agriculture ministers of Morocco 21st-century Moroccan politicians {{Morocco-politician-stub University of Minnesota alumni