Short
Biodata Staff
profile

Name:

Baboucarr Manneh

Nationality:

Gambian

Position held:

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Year of Employment:

August 2005

Qualifications:

PhD Plant Breeding – March 2004 at Wageningen University, Netherlands
MSc Crop Science specialization Crop Breeding – Jan 1998 at Wageningen University, Netherlands
BSc Agriculture General at Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone – July 1993

Experience:

• August 1st 2005 – Present: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biotechnology Unit of Africa Rice Center – (WARDA)

• March 1994 – July 2005: National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), The Gambia

• January 2005 – July 2005: Director of Science, National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), The Gambia

• July 2004 – July 2005: Programme Leader Seed and Biotechnology Programme of NARI, The Gambia

• May 2004 – July 2005: Programme Leader of Cereal Research Programme of NARI, The Gambia

• April 1999 – 2001: Focal point for National Task Force on plant genetic resources of The Gambia

• May 1998 – August 1998: Station Manager of Sapu Agricultural Research Station, The Gambia

• February 1998 – August 1998: Programme Leader of Cereal Research Programme of NARI, The Gambia

• March 1996 – August 1996: Assistant Research Officer in Socio-economics Unit of NARI, The Gambia

• March 1994 – February 1996: Assistant Research Officer in Agricultural Engineering Unit of NARI, The Gambia

Major Achievements:

• Successful management of the research division of a national agricultural research institute
• Successful management of an agricultural station with more than 100 staff and families
• Management of several agricultural research programmes
• Successful completion of a baseline survey of an FAO-funded vegetable production project in The Gambia
  National counterpart to an FAO consultant in designing a 2-year joint FAO/EU funded seed project for The Gambia
• Adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture of The Gambia on Crop Biotechnology