Dr. Osama Ahmed is a Research Associate in Agricultural Markets at IAMO as well as an Associate Professor at the agricultural economics department at Cairo University. He is holding a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma (DSPU) in Business Economics and Management from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece. Previously he gained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Catalonia Polytechnic University in Spain. Dr. Ahmed has a good command of Applied Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Food Economics and with broad geographical coverage in African countries, such as Egypt and Niger, as well as European ones, such as Spain and Greece, he has been able to combine teaching as well as academic and professional experience.