RESUME

 

 

NAME:             SHERIN AHMED SHERIF

 

Current Address and Contacts:

Alexandria University

College of Agriculture

Department of Economics and Agribusiness

P.O. Box 21545, El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt

E-mail:  sherifsherin@yahoo.com and sherifsherin54@gmail.com and sherin.sherif@alexu.edu.eg

 

 

NATIONALITY:         Egyptian.

SEX:                           Male.

BIRTH DATE:            September 2^nd, 1954

MARITAL STATUS:  Married, two daughters.

 

EDUCATION:

 

Doctor of Philosophy:  Applied Economics.  Major Fields of examination: Natural Resource Economics, Marketing, and Production Economics.  Minor Fields of examination: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.  Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., August 1986. Dissertation title: "Optimization of Groundwater Allocation and Utilization for the Anoka Sand Plain Aquifer in East-Central Minnesota, USA."

 

Master of Science: Agricultural Economics (Farm Business Management), Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EGYPT, August 1979.  Thesis title: "The Impact of Managerial Ability on the Efficiency of Agricultural Resources in Abu-Hommos County, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt."

 

Bachelor of Science: Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria, EGYPT, June 1975 (graduated with “Very Good with Honors, 83.43%).

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

Professor: Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt, from July 2014 till present.

 

Professor:

Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Science, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al-Ain, UAE, from September 1^st, 2004 till June 30^th 2014.

 

Professor:

Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt; from July 1998 till August 31^st, 2004.

 

FAO Consultant:

Regional Near-East Office, Cairo, Egypt.  Policy Assistance Branch (PAB), RNEP Policy Consultant (from January 15^th, 2003 to August 31, 2004), Duty Station: Cairo, Personal Services Agreement Contract (PSA). Under the direct supervision of the Chief Near East Policy Assistance Branch, support RNEP in initiating and implementing Filed Program Development and Implementation activities as a follow up to World Food Summit: Five years later (WFS:fyl).

 

Economic Consultant:

Newlands Agricultural Services Project (NLASP) which is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), from April to September 1999.  The project is designed to cover 200 thousand feddans of newly-reclaimed desertlands and has an estimated budget of nearly 40 million dollars.

 

Local consultant in a study titled: "Wheat Sub-Sector Baseline Study," which is funded by the USAID and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation; from November 1st, 1998 to February 28, 1999.  Representatives of the American side were Apt Associates Inc.; whereas those of the Egyptian side were Environmental Quality International (EQI).  The study was organized by the Monitoring, Verification, and Evaluation Unit (MVE) of the Agricultural Policy Reform Program (APRP) as part of their activities which are known as the impact assessment reports. Duties included, among other things, the estimation of wheat's demand function and its corresponding supply-response function.  Both time-series and cross-section data were used.  Interviews with almost every concerned body were conducted.

 

Associate Professor:

Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt, August 1992 till June 1998.

 

Senior economist of a soil and water project on the utilization of the Geographical Information System (GIS) in developing the Egyptian newlands, especially those located in the north-west region.  The project is funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada, and it is considered to be the second phase of a previous three-year project.  Its budget is over 200 thousand USD.

 

Head of a three-year project as the principal investigator from November 1st, 1996 to October 31st, 1999. The project is titled: "Socio-Economic Aspects of the graduates' Small projects in El-Nubareya Region, Egypt."  The project's budget is USD 50 thousand and is funded by the Regional Council of Research and Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt.  The project's main objective is to seek alternative ways through which graduates who reside in the Egyptian newlands can generate secondary incomes in addition to the agricultural ones to assist the Egyptian Government in settling them.

 

Senior economist of a one-year project (from January 1st, 1997 to December 31st, 1997) titled: "Alternative Agriculture Methods and Systems for Healthy Food Production."  The project is funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada.  the project's main objective is to examine alternative agricultural practices in Egypt which are environmentally friendly. Assessment of the viability of organic farming is also made for some chosen crops.

 

Presented a study on: "the impact of national policies on the marketing, finance, and utilization of fertilizers: case study from Egypt;" as part of the Regional Workshop on Fertilizer Use for Sustainable Agriculture; and under the supervision of the Regional Soils Officer in the FAO Regional Office for the Near East (RNE).  The workshop was held in the Jordanian capital city of Amman (4-6 November, 1996).

 

Associate Professor:

Department of Agricultural Economics, College of agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, King Saud University, August 1992 till July 1995.  

 

Participated, with a soil and environmental scientist, in a study on: "The Cost and Causes of Environmental Degradation."  The study was unpublished and was funded by General Dynamics (USA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the fall of 1993. 

 

Participated in the preparation and formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Wastewater National Strategy.  This has taken place in the Fall of 1994.  The assignment was to present suggestions on how to finance wastewater projects in the Kingdom. That is to say, to present to the Saudi Government some financing alternatives to wastewater projects.  The suggested alternatives are made for the three components of the wastewater industry: the major sewerage network, residential connections, and wastewater treatment plants. Financial alternatives included: user charge, financial notes, commercial papers, bonds, privatization, and domestic and international grants.  Some of which were short term and some were long term alternatives.  The advantages and disadvantages of each financial option are presented. Furthermore, financing the existing projects through system development charges is presented.  The design of the user charge system is suggested, in addition to the marginal cost pricing scheme. This assignment is considered a top priority project, from the Saudi Government point of view, due to its awareness of the importance of preserving a clean environment.        

 

Assistant Professor:

Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, King Saud University, October 1989 till June 1992.

 

Taught graduate courses in decision making under uncertainty.  Taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics,  and farm management.  This has been made in addition to conducting a number of research projects in the field of agricultural and/or applied economics.   

 

Assistant Professor:

Department of Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, September 1986 till October 1989.

 

Taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in Economic theory and Statistics.  Economics courses include: micro and macro economics, mathematical economics, natural resource economics, and marketing and price analysis.  Statistics courses include: econometrics and applied econometrics with microcomputer applications for graduates. 

 

Participated in a considerable number of research projects through the College of Agriculture, Alexandria University.  Some of these projects were funded by International Research Agencies such as the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada, and the GTZ of Germany, in addition to some national funding agencies.  The major task in these projects was mostly to economically assess the performance and feasibility of these projects in order to increase economic efficiency.

 

Students’ Supervision:

Supervised eight MS students and four PhD students within the College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, two students from the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Information Technology, Alexandria University, and two MS students from King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grants:

 

Funding Organization	Home Country	Funding Amount*	Project Title	Funding Year
Regional Council of Research and Extension; Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Egypt	Egypt	L.E. 180,000	socioeconomic aspects of the graduates' small projects in El-Nubareya region, Egypt	1996
International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada	Egypt	L.E. 367,000	alternative agriculture methods and systems for healthy food production	1997
General Dynamics (USA)	Egypt	L.E. 150,000	the cost and causes of environmental degradation	1993
International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada	Egypt	L.E. 800,000	utilization of the geographical information system (GIS) in developing the Egyptian newlands	2000
UAE University	United Arab Emirates	AED 20,000	”Food Consumption Behavior for Al-Ain Householders: A Cross-Section Survey”.	2005
UAE University	United Arab Emirates	AED 20,000	“Production determinants for Abu Dhabi Fishing Industry and Assessment of Economic Efficiency of Input Use”.	2006
UAE University and Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) (72,500 + 88,000) from UAEU and (76,800) from ADFCA	United Arab Emirates	AED 237,300	“Economic and Technical Analyses of Small Ruminants (Sheep and Goats), Poultry and Dairy Subsectors in the UAE Utilizing a Cross-Section Survey”.	2010

*L.E. and AED stand for Egyptian Pound and Arab Emirates Dirham, respectively.  The exchange rate of these two currencies to the American Dollar (USD) is set according to the prevailing exchange rate at the years of the project’s duration.

 

Part-Time Economist:

Desert Development Center (DDC), The American University in Cairo (AUC), EGYPT, from May 1987 till October 1989; and from November 1995 till May 1996.

 

Conducted a study on agricultural marketing in the South Tahrir Region of Egypt (desertlands) during the Summer and Fall of 1987. The study dealt with analyzing the farm-retail price spread (marketing margin) and marketing and production costs utilizing both time-series and cross-section data.  Multiple regression analysis was used to identify the relationship between farm and retail prices and to test the correlation between farm gate prices and marketing and production costs.  The seasonal variation in margin behavior was tested along with estimating the elasticities of price transmission and the farmers’ share of consumer’s expenditure.  The research was funded by the American University in Cairo through the Ford Foundation.

 

Estimated the supply and demand functions for the crops grown at South Tahrir along with their elasticities.  The analysis was performed during winter of 1988 and was funded by the American University in Cairo through the Ford Foundation.

 

Conducted a major study in the South Tahrir Region to assess the scarcity, misallocation, and inefficiency of irrigation water in desert agriculture at the micro level. The sample was stratified according to the farmer status and method of irrigation.  Covariance analysis was used to test the structural change between the smallholders and the graduates’ farms; the difference between both types of farmers in terms of water use; and the difference between the flooding and the sprinkler systems.  A test of the returns to scale for nine estimated production functions was presented.  The allocative efficiency of water use was tested utilizing its value of marginal product and the imputed cost of irrigation water in South Tahrir.  Furthermore, the study emphasized a method of quantifying the amount of irrigation water applied to each crop through a combination of field measurements and survey results.

 

Conducted a study on assessing the efficiency of irrigation systems in the areas of Wadi-El-Natroun, South Tahrir, El-Bustan, and El-Nubareya of Egypt's newlands. Data was collected during the summer of 1995. A stratified random sample was drawn of 109 farmers who reside in the above four areas.  This project was funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada.  Analyzed the economic component of the project through estimating production functions for the major crops grown in the above four areas. 

 

Research Assistant:

University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., September 1979 till June 1984. 

 

Conducted research on groundwater and aquifer management in East-Central Minnesota, for the Ph.D. dissertation.  This included applying mathematical programming techniques to solve groundwater allocation and utilization problems.

 

Worked as principal investigator on an international irrigation project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  This project examined irrigation management, procedures, and water pricing in India, Thailand, Egypt, and Sudan.  Methods to improve irrigation management in these countries were suggested.

 

Research Assistant:

Alexandria University, Department of Economics and Agribusiness (formerly, Agricultural Economics), College of Agriculture, Alexandria, EGYPT, October 1975 till August 1979.

 

Conducted research leading to the Master of Science in agricultural economics.  The objective was to measure the managerial ability of these farmers.  Analyzed data using multiple regression analysis.

 

Conducted research on farm management as part of a research team from Alexandria University, Egypt.  The project was funded by an American Agency during the Summer of 1978.  Duties included data collection through personal interviews with farmers and preparing the data statistically to be computerized.

 

 

Teaching Assistant:

Alexandria University, Department of Economics and Agribusiness (formerly, Agricultural Economics), College of Agriculture, Alexandria, EGYPT, October 1975 till June 1979.

 

Duties included, among other things, teaching undergraduate courses in economic theory, production economics and farm management (over 2000 hours of classroom teaching).

 

Strengths:

 

• Teaching and conducting research in the fields of water resources, farm business management, production economics, food and agricultural policy, and marketing, in addition to knowing how to apply economic theory to real-life problems.

 

• Thorough understanding of economic theory.

 

• Excellent experience in using microcomputers (IBM's) and mainframes.  This experience includes teaching microcomputer courses for graduates; in addition to knowing the utilization of many software which deal with statistical estimation and/or mathematical modeling, this is in addition to fluency in word processing.

 

• Fluency in English and Arabic, in addition to very good knowledge of French.

 

Affiliation with Scientific Societies:

 

• Member of the Egyptian Association of Agricultural Economics EAAE) since its initiation.
• Member of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) from 1979 till present.
• Member of the Saudi Economic Association (SEA) since 1990.

 

Hobbies and Social Affiliations:

 

• Sports, both playing and watching, is the main hobby.  This includes tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and basketball.  Other hobbies include watching movies and listening to music (soft, pop, jazz, and hard rock).

 

• An active member at Alexandria Sporting Club, a top social and athletic club in Egypt, since 1963. 

List of Courses Taught in the Past Ten Years:

 

Since joining UAE University in fall 2004, the following undergraduate courses have been taught. The Department of Agribusiness will be starting an MS graduate program in Agribusiness Management (MABM) as of fall 2014.  This MS program was designed by me with the assistance of an Assistant Professor in the Department, Dr. Aydin Basarir, his e-mail address is: abasarir@uaeu.ac.ae.  The language of instruction was English.  They are:

 

• AGRB 200 (Agricultural Economics)
• AGRB 312 (Logistics in Global Agriculture)
• AGRB 391 (Application of Quantitative Research Techniques to Social Sciences)
• AGRB 360 (Global Agri-Food Trade)
• AGRB 422 (International Agribusiness Policy)
• AGRB 411 (Application of Marketing Research Techniques)
• ARAG 240 (Contemporary Agricultural Sciences) – course taught in collaboration with the Aridland Agriculture Department
• AGRB 371 (Linear Programming for Agribusiness)
• AGRB 408i (Internship Course) – I was the course’s coordinator in the past 4 years
• AGRB 480i (Senior Project Capstone Course)
• FDSC 362 (Food Services Management) – course taught in collaboration with the Food Sciences Department

 

All of the above courses taught at UAE University were laptop courses and some of them were developed by me (Logistics, LP, Policy, and Quantitative Research).

 

Moreover, While in King Saud University, Department of Agricultural Economics (from fall 1989 till end of spring 1995), the following courses have been taught in Arabic:

 

• Production Economics
• Consumption Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Marketing
• Decision Making Under Risk (Farm Management) (graduate level)

 

Whereas in Alexandria University, Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Alexandria, Egypt; a great number of courses has been taught, some in English and some in Arabic.  This is in addition to teaching graduate level courses; namely,

 

• Microeconomics (undergraduate and graduate levels)
• Macroeconomics (graduate level)
• Mathematical Economics (graduate level)
• Agricultural Marketing (undergraduate level)
• Natural Resource Economics (undergraduate and graduate levels)
• Production Economics (graduate level)
• Applications of Microcomputers in Economics and Agribusiness Studies (graduate level)

 

Research Interests:

 

My main research interest is to be able to use scientific research to solve real-life problems.  Historically, I have conducted research in almost all fields of agricultural and applied economics.  While being in Alexandria University, I had no need to write down research proposals, where work was usually sent to me by the different international organizations located in the country such as the IDRC, Ford Foundation, and USAID, via personal contacts.  Other projects were carried out through contacts between the Ministry of Agricultural and Land Reclamation and other governmental agencies in Egypt and Alexandria University’s College of Agriculture (agriculture contributes over 19% of the Egyptian national income). In Saudi Arabia, I have conducted only two consultancies; one with the American firm General Dynamics; and the other with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MOMRA).  The one with General Dynamics was on environmental degradation; whereas the one with MOMRA was on the preparation of the KSA wastewater national strategy.  Acquiring funded research while being in UAE University was a tough business as the country is not subject to receiving financial aid from international organization, in addition to having an almost negligible agricultural sector.  However, I have had three funded projects while serving there: one on household food expenditures; one on fishing industry in Abu Dhabi, and the biggest one was on small ruminants’ production and marketing aspects in the UAE.  I anticipate that funding opportunities in Oman will be almost similar but a little easier than the case in UAE due to the fact that the agricultural and marine sectors in Oman have more importance to the Omani economy when compared to those two sectors in the UAE. 

 

Teaching Philosophy:

 

I have been using the interactive cooperative learning methods ever since I was appointed in the UAE University.  I have developed laptop courses.  I have been using the Blackboard Learning system along with other modern techniques in teaching and the Internship and Work Integrated Learning iWIL.  I always avail myself to my students at all times, including weekends, and always communicate with them through e-mails and cell phone calls.  I always involve my undergraduate students in research through the senior project capstone course.  I always encourage them to present their projects as scientific articles in international conferences.  My teaching philosophy is simple: “make the student have fun in the class, make him/her eager to come to the class by possessing an amiable personality, make him/her feel proud of himself/herself, and always convince him/her that he/she is better that you”.

WORKING PAPERS:

 

Zahoor Ul Haq, Sherin Sherif, and Mohamed Gheblawi. 2014. “Impact of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of households on demand for Food Away from Home in the United Arab Emirates”.  Article in Press; G Model ARTICLE IN PRESS, HM 1523 1–8, International Journal of Hospitality Management (HM); Article Number: 1523; International Journal of Hospitality Management xxx (2014) xxx–xxx. Journal home page: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman

 

Eihab Fathelrahman, Aydin Basarir, Mohamed Gheblawi, Sherin Sherif, and James Ascough, II. 2014.  “Economic Risk and Efficiency Assessment of Fisheries in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE): A Stochastic Approach”.   Sustainability 2014, 6, 3878-3898; doi:10.3390/su6063878, Open Access, Sustainability, ISSN 2071-1050

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Eihab Fathelrahman, Safdar Muhammad, Sidiga Washi, Doaa Skaik^, and Sherin Sherif. 2014.  “Dairy Products Trade Potentials between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries, European Union Selected Countries and the United States - Gravity Model Approach”.  Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS), Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. 45, Issue 1, PP. 21-28, March 2014.

 

M. S. Gheblawi, M. K. Alashry, S. Sherif, A. Basarir and Z. Ul- Haq. 2013.   Analyzing UAE’s Imports of Fresh Fruits Utilizing an Almost Ideal Demand System.  Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 19 (No 4) 2013, 792-800, Agricultural Academy.

 

S. Sherif, S. Al-Shorepy, A. Al-Juboori, and E. Fathelrahman.  2013.  “Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production Systems under United Arab Emirates’ Aridland Constraints”.  Sciverse Sciencedirect.  APCBEE Procedia 00 (2013) 000-000. ELSEVIER. 4th International Conference on Agriculture and Animal Science, CAAS 2013, held in Phuket, Thailand in November 23rd-24th, 2013.

 

A. Hussein, S. Sherif, A. Al-Juboori, A. Al-Mansorri, and K. Alsharafi.  2013.  “Technical and Economic Analyses of Poultry Production in the UAE: Utilizing an Evaluation of Poultry Industry Feeds and a Cross-Section Survey”.  Sciverse Sciencedirect.  APCBEE Procedia 00 (2013) 000-000. ELSEVIER. 4th International Conference on Agriculture and Animal Science, CAAS 2013, held in Phuket, Thailand in November 23rd-24th, 2013.

 

Meena Al-Mansoori, Aydin Basarir, and Sherin Sherif.  2012.  “Demand for Gasoline in United Arab Emirates”.  Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Applied Life Sciences (ICALS2012), Turkey. September 10-12, 2012.

 

 

Aydin Basarir* and Sherin Sherif.  2012.  “Consumers’ awareness of food labeling: A case study of United Arab Emirates”.  African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(28), pp. 4021-4028, 24 July, 2012.  ISSN 1991-637X ©2012 Academic Journals

 

 Sherif, Sherin A. and Aydin Basarir.  2010.  “Consumer Awareness and Demand for Food Labeling”.  Lupcon Center for Business Research LCBR European Marketing Conference 2010.  Munich, Germany, June 2-4, 2010

 

El-Ashry, M.K., M.S. Gheblawi, and Sherin A. Sherif.  2010.  “Analysis of Export Demand and United Arab Emirates’ Dates in World Markets”.  Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Sciences BJAS, (accepted for printing December 22, 2009), Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010.

 

Muhammad, S., M.S. Gheblawi, Sherin A. Sherif.  2010.  “Consumers' Attitudes and Perceptions to Food Safety in the United Arab Emirates.”  Journal of Food Distribution Research (JFDR), Mississippi, USA, Vol. 41, No. 2, July 2010.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  2009.  “The Agricultural Sector in the UAE: An Analytical Economic Study”.  The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR).  Strategic Studies, First Edition 2009, Issue No. 145, ISSN: 1682-1203, ISBN: 978-9948-14-000-0.

 

Sherif, Sherin A., and Aydin Basarir.  2009.  “An Analysis of the United Arab Emirates’ Household Preferences for Different Food Categories.” Proceedings of the 4^th International Congress on Applied Economics and Informatics (AVA4), Debrecen, Hungary, March 26-27, Paper No. 23, PP. 81-88. 2009.

 

Sherif, Sherin A. and Mohamed S.Gheblawi.  2009.  “Revenue Determinants for Abu-Dhabi Fishermen and Assessment of Input Allocative Efficiency.” Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Scientific Research, Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 14:17-25 (2009).

 

El-Mallah, Gallal A. and Sherin A. Sherif.  2008.  “Food Policies to Achieve Food Security and Self-Sufficiency Goals in the Arab World: An Overview”.  Alexandria, Egypt, November 27^th, 2008.  Proceeding of the Conference on Food Security in Egypt and Future Challenges.  Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, El-Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt

 

Sherif, Sherin A. and M. El-Mahy. 2007.  “Irrigated Agriculture in the Egyptian Newlands: Issues and Concerns.”  Paper Submitted on August 21^st, 2008.  Journal of the Arab Agricultural Economics Association (the Association is established in 2006 and registered in 2007 under No.1192).

 

Gheblawi, Mohamed S and Sherin A. Sherif.  2007.  “Determination of factors affecting expenditures on three major food groups in Al-Ain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).” Emir. J. Food Agric. 2007. 19 (2): 16-24.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.   2002.  “On the Scarcity of Water Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Overview.  Invited Paper. Symposium on Agricultural Development and Water Security, King Faisal University, College of Agriculture, El-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  January 28-30, 2002. 

 

Sherif, Sherin A. 2000.  “The Impact of Economic Reform Policies on the Most Prominent Variables Associated with Rice in Egypt.”  Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research. Vol. 47, No. 1, April 2002. ISSN  0044-7250.  PP. 77-102

 

Sherif, Sherin A. and Safer H. Al-Kahtani.  1999 “Managerial Efficiency under Risk for Broilers Producers in Saudi Arabia.” Agricultural Economics 20 (1999) 69-74. The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). Elsevier Science.

 

Al-Ibrahim, Basem, Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1998.  “Eliciting the Least Risky Pesticide Production Plans for Greenhouse-Tomato Varieties: A Risk Programming Application to Saudi Growers.” Dirasat, An International Refereed research Journal published by the Deanship of Academic Research, University of Jordan.  Vol. 25, Agricultural Sciences, No. 1, January 1998.

 

Al-Hamoudi, K.A., Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1997.  “Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia Between Feasibility and Efficiency.” Agricultural Economics 16 (1997) 35-45, The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). Elsevier Science.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1997.  “Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers in Egypt between Existing and Targeted Levels of Application.” El-Mansoura Scientific Journal. El-Mansoura, Egypt. Vol. 22 No. 10, October 1997.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1997.  “On the Production and Exportation of Egyptian Potatoes: Can We Satisfy Our Exportation Quota Demanded Through the Egyptian-European Partnership?” El-Mansoura Scientific Journal.  El-Mansoura, Egypt. Vol. 22, No. 10, October 1997.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1997.  “Economic Evaluation of Crop Production Functions Under Different Irrigation Systems in the Egyptian New Lands.” Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research.  Alexandria University; El-Shatby; Alexandria.  Funded by the IDRC of Canada through the Desert Development Center DDC, the American University in Cairo. Vol. 42, No.2, August 1997.

Al-Ibrahim, Basem, Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1997.  “Use of Quadratic Risk Programming in Measuring the Effect of Resource Constraints on the Efficiency Use of Pesticides in Tomato-Greenhouse Projects in Riyadh and Kharj Area.” Journal of King Saud University, Agricultural Sciences (1), Vol. 10, No.1, 1997.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1996.  “The Impact of National Policies on the Marketing, Finance, and Utilization of Fertilizers: Case Study from Egypt”. Regional Workshop on Fertilizer Use for Sustainable Agriculture, Under the Supervision of the regional Soils Officer in the FAO Regional Office for the Near East (RNE), Amman, Jordan (4-6 November 1996).  Jerusalem International Hotel. Amman, Jordan.

 

Al-Kahtani, Safer H., Sherin A. Sherif, and Moustafa M. Mansour.  1996.  “Optimizing Production of Wheat and Barley Under Food and Water Security Goals in Saudi Arabia”; Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 35-62, Agricultural Sciences (1),1996.

 

Al-Qunaibet, Mohammad H, Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1995.  “Financing Broilers' Projects in the Kingdom Between Theory and Reality: Which Deserve More Funds: Large or Small Projects?”, Journal of King Saud University, Agricultural Sciences (1), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 71-94, 1995.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1994.  “Development and the Environment: Mutually Exclusive or Inclusive Goals.” Symposium on Desert Studies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, "Extent and Implementation," Center for Desert Studies, King Saud University, pp. 1-30, 2-4 October 1994.

 

Sherif, Sherin. A. and Sherif, S.A.  1993. “Economics of Groundwater Management and Utilization.” An Invited Paper, 1st International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, June 7-11, 1993, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, The University of Mississippi.

 

Al-Ibrahim, Basem, Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1993.  “Estimation of Cost Functions for Tomatoes Grown in the Non-Conditioned Greenhouses in the Riyadh and Kharj Area”. Bull. Fac. of Agriculture, Cairo University, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 1993.

 

Al-Qunaibet, Mohammad H, Sherin A. Sherif, and B.E. Sofian.  1993.  “Potentials for Improving the Returns of Financial and investment Decisions for the Saudi Specialized Agricultural Projects”. Agricultural Research Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Research Bulletin No. 30, Agricultural Economics, pp. 5-43, 1993.

 

 

 

 

Al-Ibrahim, Basem and Sherin A. Sherif.  1992.  “Estimation of Production Functions for Tomatoes and Cucumbers Grown in the Non-Conditioned Greenhouses in the Riyadh and Kharj Area”. Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Vol.37, No. 2, pp. 1-13, August 1992.

 

Salem, Kamal S. and Sherin A. Sherif.  1992.  “Some Indicators of Technical Change in Saudi Agriculture”. Bull. Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Supplement), January 1992.

 

Sherin, Sherin A. 1992.  “Agricultural Output Response to Water Use”. The First Annual Conference of Agricultural Economists EAAE, March 6 and 7, 1991. And Journal of the Egyptian Association of Ag. Economists, Vol.1, No. 1, 1992.

 

Al-Hamoudi, K.A. and Sherin A. Sherif.  1991.  “Analysis of the Milk Food Gap and the Factors Affecting the Net Imports of Milk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”. Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 36, No.1, 1-29, April 1991.

 

Sherbiny, Naiem A. and Sherif, Sherin A.  1991. “Productivity in Desertlands: What to Measure? How and Why?”  Second Conference of the Economics Department on "the Productivity in Egypt," College of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University, April 23-25, 1991.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1990.  “Some Economic and Technological Indicators for the Industry of Faba Bean Products in Egypt: An Exploratory Survey for the City of Alexandria”. The First Conference of Food Sciences, College of Agriculture, Alexandria University, March 1990.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1990.  “The Most Important Factors Affecting the Production of Faba Bean Products in Egypt: An Applied Study in the City of Alexandria”. The First Conference of Food Sciences, College of Agriculture Alexandria University, March 1990.

 

Sherif, Sherin A. 1988.  “Analysis of Marketing Margins at South Tahrir Utilizing Time-Series Data. A Paper Presented at the Second Conference on Agricultural Development Held at Ain-Shams University, Cairo, December 17-19, 1988.

 

Sherif, Sherin A.  1988.  “Analysis of Marketing and Production Costs at South Tahrir”.  A Paper Presented at the Second Conference on Agricultural Development Held at Ain-Shams University, Cairo, December 17-19, 1988.

 

Dissertation, Thesis, Unpublished Papers, and Technical Reports:

 

Sherin A. Sherif.  “Estimation of the Supply and Demand Functions for the Crops Grown at the South Tahrir Community”. A Report Submitted to the Ford Foundation, Desert Development Center, The American University in Cairo, March 1988.

 

Sherin A. Sherif.  “Optimization of Groundwater Allocation for the Anoka Sand-Plain Aquifer in East-Central Minnesota”. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, July 1986.

 

Sherin A. Sherif.  “Irrigation in Northern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography”. Unpublished Paper, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1982.

 

Sherin A. Sherif.  “The Effects of Rising Energy Prices on Development and Management of Irrigated Agriculture”. Unpublished Paper, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1982.

 

Sherin A. Sherif.  “The Impact of Managerial Ability on the Efficiency of Agricultural Resources in Abu-Hommos County, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt”.  M.S. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Alexandria University, Egypt, August 1979.

 

References:

Dr. Carlos A. Santana, Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (USA); Senior Agricultural Policy Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Agricultural Policy Support Service (TCAS), Policy Assistance Division, FAO/UN Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, Tel:  39-6 5705 2382, Fax: 39 6 5705 5107, 5705 6885, E-mail: carlos.santana@fao.org

 

Dr. Dyaa K. Abdou, Former Chief, Policy Assistance Branch (PAB), Regional Near-East Office (RNEP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: dyaa.abdou@fao.org or dyaaabdou@gmail.com Phones: +20 100 178 3414 

 

Dr. Naiem A. Sherbiny, Former Senior Economist at The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. Currently, a free-lance economist.  2807 N.Lorcom Lane, Arlington, VA 22207 Tel. 703-524-3470, Fax 703-524-3873, E-mail: abulnoam@gmail.com

 

Dr. Safdar Muhammad, Department Head, Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al-Ain, UAE; Cell Phone: +971 50 216 6770 and +971 50 138 3275.  E-mail address: smuhammad@uaeu.ac.ae

 

Dr. Mohammad H. Al-Qunaibet, Professor, King Saud University, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2454 Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Cell Phone: +966 55 544 0500, E-mail address: qunaibet@yahoo.com