aaa31@fayoum.edu.eg 

Ali is an assistant professor in food and agricultural economics and sustainable rural development at Fayoum University, Egypt, and a researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, Germany. He finished a postdoctoral fellowship at South China Agricultural University. Ali has more than 15 years of experience as a facilitator and consultant in many national and international projects in sustainable rural development. His research interests include global value chains, food-fuel-fertilizer co-movement price analysis, food systems transformation and resilience, economics of renewable energy management in developing countries, sustainable resource management, and rural development towards a circular economy. The geopolitical risks and market shocks impact global food systems, agricultural innovation, digital transformation, the environmental economy, sustainable agriculture, and poverty reduction in rural areas.

He pursues achieving sustainable agriculture, zero hunger, mitigating food losses and waste, and food security.