M Yusuf Ali Email and Phone Number

Finalizing a book on Evolution of Agriculture in the High Barind Tract of Bangladesh with Dr Chris Johansen of University of Western Australia and A. M. Musa. Also looking for suitable consultancy work and engagement.

I have completed the work (from July 25, 2020 to 31 January, 2021) as Urban Agriculture Consultant for Food and Agriculture Organization of UN under Dhaka Food System Project at Gazipur/Dhaka North and South City Corporations, Bangladesh. My duty was to develop training modules for training of Gazipur city/ Dhaka North and South City Corporation women and poor household on homestead vegetable and fruit gardening for producing own safe and nutritious food(edited by FAO, Rome based editor). I have successfully trained 420 women cooperators on selection of safe and nutritious food when procuring from market along with hands-on training on safe and scientific production, consumption and marketing of home grown vegetables and fruits. Each farmer got three times chronological trainings. I have also helped the FAO team and Gazipur Town Federation/ Dhaka North and South City Corporation women to select appropriate household and provide all sorts of technological supports for conducting home gardening pilot production.

Facilitating and helping the implementation of five Ganges basin project of WLE (Water , Land and Ecosystems)conducted at Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The projects are lead by respective project leader and partners from different world universities and international research institutions of CGIAR targeting towards better ecosystems services for improved production, income, nutrition, use of clean energy for irrigation and drinking water, poverty reduction, gender equity and overall improvement of livelihoods of small holders.

Sustainable intensification of post-rainy season fallow lands in the tidally flooded south-central Bangladesh though high value Rabi crops following short duration T.aman rice and application of small scale farm machinery such as bed planter, seeder, axial flow pump, multi-crop reaper and maize shller.A robust Hands-on training and farmers field school were organized to train the farmers, lead farmers and local service providers and linked to seed and machinery farm/company to make the input delivery route live. For getting better service and price of products value chain analysis was done and connected to interested companies particularly for maize. Maize and soybean commercialization was successfully done along with introduction of energy efficient axial flow pump for surface irrigation instead of traditional centrifugal diesel run pumps. Eco-system based planning was done and it was predicted that through intensification of Rabi cropping and by using farm machinery rural farmers production, income and nutrition could be improved markedly along with creation of new jobs and business opportunity.

April, 2012 to December, 2014To characterize the farming systems of Bangladesh along with indicating future research and development direction. To conduct adoption study study on a finished Pulse industry based big project conducted by different government research and development institutions through ACIAR funding.

It was in 2009 and 2010 (just eight months)The establish the hub area, to procure all logistic equipment.Finalization of research and development program based on conservation agriculture(CA) and other options for overall livelihoods improvements.

I have worked as a scientist in the On-Farm Research Division (OFRD) of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) for 26 years. OFRD is mandated for conducting Farming System Research and Development across Bangladesh. During these periods I have worked at different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh including the Indo-Gangetic Basin. In OFRD we have conducted Farming Systems Research and Development works for the improvement of small and marginal farmer’s income, food security and overall livelihood through different agricultural technologies intervention, including maize, wheat and pulses based cropping systems, field crops, homestead vegetables, high value vegetable crops, livestock, agroforestry, fisheries, management of water resource, appropriate off-farm activities and creation of marketing channel. We have developed innovative and sustainable farming systems based on the ecosystem of each area.I have expertise in present day most promising tool of poverty alleviation and overall improvement of rural farm income, designated as "Integrated Farming". I have worked as the coordinator of Farming Systems Research and Development (FSRD) sites. In 1995 I led a group of scientist and extension personnel to conduct PRA at a village in the Philippines. For the first time in total NARS systems of Bangladesh I have packaged all the components of farming systems (i. e. whole farm approach) in a book. Through creation of integrated farming we succeeded to uplift the resource poor small farmers above the poverty level ensuring food and nutrition security within short period without hampering their natural resource base.As a head quarter scientist (Principal Scientific Officer) of BARI I was involved in planning, designing, analyzing, supervising, coordinating and evaluating research and related development activities for the whole country. I have 34 articles journal articles. Worked as a Visiting Scientist at CIMMYT, Mexico in 2007.