Prof. Awad Suwar (King Abdul Aziz University) KSA

Professor Awad Osman M. Abu Suwar earned both BSc (1977) and MSc (1982) degrees in Agriculture, majoring in Agronomy at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum and a PhD (AgronomyRangeand Pastures) from the University of Arizona, USA in 1986. He is a Professor with the Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Meteorology, Environment and Arid land Agriculture, King A/ Aziz University of Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on forage production and range management with emphasis on re-vegetation of arid lands, water harvesting, utilization of marginal land for forage production and desertification control. He is the author of more than 35 peer-reviewed journal papers and seven books. Professor Abu Suwar has supervised more than 34 MSc and 11 PhD candidates.