Prof. Youssef M. Hamada is a professor of agricultural economy at the Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt and was a researcher at the Central Laboratory for Design and Statistics Analysis Research at the same institution. He received his B.Sc. (1983) in agriculture economics, his M.Sc. (1995) in the economics of the bread industry in A.R.E from Al-Azhar University, and his Ph.D. (2001) in the possibilities of the bread industry development in A.R.E from the University of Al-Azhar, Egypt. Further, he has a diploma in translation of Arabic into English from the Translation Center, American University, Egypt. He received training from ECARDA, Aleppo, Syria, 2005 (training course on building databases and electronic websites) and participated in an international training workshop on Economic Development Policies and Practices for Desertification and Dry Land for Affected African Countries from the Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China 2008.He has published more than 30 papers in national and international journals, as well as a book chapter.
