Dr Emadi is former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to Rome Based Agencies (FAO, WFP, IFAD). He is Agricultural scientist with 38 years of experience in agricultural, rural development and natural resource management. He has worked mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, Middle East, China, south East Asia and Central Asia on projects related to agricultural policy, research and development. He is experienced in policy formulation for Agriculture development, participatory approaches of NRM and Rural Development.He received his PhD in Systems Agriculture from Australia 1995 then served in research centers and universities as lecturer, researcher and research manager. He served in different level of public work, and appointed as Deputy Minister since 1996 in Ministry of Agriculture, and Rural Development untill 2005 in Iran. Since 2005 he Started working in post conflict Afghanistan and has played a major role in policy formulation as Senior Policy Advisor to Ministers in two Ministries (Ministry of Rural Development and Rehabilitation, MRRD and Ministry of Agriculture, MAIL). He was founder of Afghanistan Institute of Rural Development (AIRD)and was engaged with wide range of national projects and organizations (UNDP, APO, CIFOR, ICIMOD and FAO) till 2013. He has provided his consultancy to numerous International projects for Afghanistan reconstruction with UNDP, EU and DFID. He is Advisor in the area of Agricultural innovation and food systems in China since 2013. He appointed as Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP and IFAD in Rome since 2017. He was Chairman of COAG (Nov 2018-2020) and Vice Chair of Programm committee in FAO HQ (Oct 2019-2020)Dr. Emadi retired from public work since Sept 2020. He is University Professor (part time in Iran and China), freelance consultant and member of "National Biodiversity Council". He is author of 15 books &book chapters and 52 papers and wide range of articles in the field of agricultural systemic analysis and development and public policy formulation in food security.