Souhila Aouali
PO.BOX.142, Bir Mourad Rais Algiers, ALGERIA
Cell Phone: (+213) 556 118844 E-mail:saouali@yahoo.fr CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a position at the University, or as an international consultant with the United Nation or an international organization.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2008 till today Technical Assistant of the General Director of the Institut Technique des Grandes Cultures (ITGC) (Technical Institute of Field Crops)
2009 Consultant for the PAPSTA project, Initiation and installation of Farmers Field Schools in the pilote zones of the PAPSTA project; Rwanda.
2008 Tutor on line, in the Distance Learning project of (IAM-Bari /CIHEAM) on organic agriculture in Mediterranean countries, responsible of the cropping systems module
2001-2007 Engineer in the Institut Technique des Grandes Cultures (ITGC) (Technical Institute of Field Crops)
2004-2006 FAO National Expert in the frame work of the FAO project TCP/ INT/ 3004, management of Orobanche parasitic weed in faba bean, (by the adoption of the Participtive Approach (Farmer Field School)).
2003-2006 Teacher on line, in the Distance Learning project of (IAM-Bari/CIHEAM) on sustainable agriculture in Mediterranean countries, responsible of agroecology module & IPM
2003 Teacher on line, in the Distance Learning project of (IAM-Bari /CIHEAM) on organic agriculture in Mediterranean countries, responsible of the cropping systems module
2002-2003 Coordinator of the follow-up committee of organic agriculture program.
1998-2000 Professor of Ecology at Institut National de la Formation Superieure des Cadres de la Jeunesse (INFSCJ-Bir Mourad Rais). (Algiers)
EDUCATION & TRAININGs:
20010 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures/ an online training course with the World Trade Organization.
2005 MSc in Agronomic Sciences, speciality: Phytopathology, Major: Improvement of Resistance of Plants to Diseases.
Agronomic National Institute (INA - El Harrach)
2004 Specialized certificate on Molecular Markers and their application in Agriculture, training course held at ITGC (Algiers), organized by Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut National Agronomique (INA) and International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
2004 Training course on the evaluation and management
mechanisms of risks related to the diffusion of GMOs. Algiers, 15 and 16 june, Organized by the Algerian ministry of the environment and territory amenagement.
2004 Exchange and training workshop on the impact of GMOs on the rural agriculture and the participation of the public in the biosecurity process and the preservation of the natural resources. Ghardaia- Algeria, 11-13 september. Organized by: the Algerian association of reflection, exchange and actions for the environment and development, Association of the protection of the environment of Beni Izguen (Ghardaia), the library of documentation and experience exchanges (BEDE- Montpellier- France) and GTZ.
2003 Specialized studies Certificate on distance learning of trainers in Mediterranean organic agriculture. Mediterranean Agronomic institute of Bari (Italy)
2003 Training course on ” Detection Techniques of Plant Viruses”, Institut National de la Protection des Vegetaux (INPV-Algiers.) 2001 Training course on ” Biotechonology and Molecular Markers, and their Application in the Field of Agriculture”, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
1996 State Engineer in Agronomic Sciences & Specialized State Engineer in Phytopathology, Institut National Agronomique (INA) El-Harrach- Algiers – Algeria.
1996 Diploma of English Language. MixClub , Algiers-Algeria. 1991 Baccalaureat – High School (Natural Sciences serie), El
Djamila High School (Ain Benian/Algiers) LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY :
Speak, read and write Arabic, French and English
2006 TWE, score of 4.5/5 AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2006-2007 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow (Fulbright Program), Agricultural Development & economics. University of California, Davis CAREER DEVELOPMENT:
2001-2006 Translated, from French to English and English to French, of project documents, contracts and technical documents
2005 till today Member of the group responsible of the setting up of the Algerian wheat breeding program
2004 Trainer at the workshop on breeding and improvement of cereals in Algeria
2004 Teacher of Technical English at ITGC
2003 Member of the thematic group N°6:"technological evel" of the Group of the Institutes and Centers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
2002 Organized a workshop on the development of organic agriculture of field crops in Algeria
2002 Participated as documentalist in the brainstorming workshop of the second phase of the Algero- Italian project IAO. and in the workshop on the development of the strategy of intervention of the GICMADR within the framework of the PNDAR
2002 Member of the Jury in the commission of evaluation of the scientific work of the Ministry of youths and sports
2001 Member of the ' reflection group ' on organic agriculture 1999-2000 Organized two exhibitions on Plant Ecology. (INFSCJ)
1998-2000 Supervised (5) thesis at the National Institute of youth's high executives (INFSCJ) (Algiers)
WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/CONGRESSES:
2008 International Conference onWheat Stem Rust Ug99 - A Threat to Food Security , from 6 to 8 November 2008-New Delhi, India (organized by FAO and the Government of India) (full information at : http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/core-themes/theme/pests/wrdgp/ug99intconf/en/)
2007 9th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, June 3-7, 2007. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2004-2005 Organizer and Trainer of the TOT on the participative approach in the framework of the TCP/INT/3004-FAO: Training of farmers in Orobanche management on food legumes.
2004 The Maghreb-USDA-ICARDA collaboration, on the
development of biotechnology in the Maghreb, held at INRAA-Algiers
2003 International workshop on rural development, organized by the Italian foreign affairs ministry, Algerian ministry of
agriculture and rural development and the CIHEAM-IAMB, and held at Algiers
2002 The information conference on cereal biotechnology as an Algerian delegate, held in Nebraska & Iowa-United States of America (US Grains Council)
Publications, Posters & Presentations:
Aouali S., Douici-Khalfi A., 2009: Recueil des principales maladies fongiques des cereals en Algerie: symptoms, developpement et moyens de lutte. Eds. Institut Technique des Grandes Cultures. 56p.
Aouali S. and Feliachi K. 2008: Orobanche management in Algeria. Progress on farmers training on Parasitic weed management. Edited by Ricardo Labrada. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED
NATIONS, Rome; pp :31-37. (PDF version at :
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/i0015b/i0015b00.pdf)
W. Thomas Lanini, Miranda M., Aouali S., 2007: Dodder (Cuscuta pentagona) control in Roundup Ready Alfalfa. Poster presented at the 9th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, June 3-7, 2007. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Aouali S., ,Bouznad Z., Zermane N., El Khishine D., Madkour M., Faied M., Chaabane M.: Genetic Diversity Among Orobanche crenata Ecotypes Revealed by RAPD and AFLPs Markers, in Algeria. Poster presented at the 9th World Congress on Parasitic Plants, June 3-7, 2007. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Aouali S., Feliachi K, Khaldoun AH., Bellah F. , 2002: Acts of the workshop on the development of the organic agriculture of field crops in Algeria
Aouali S., El Khishine D., Madkour Mr., Bouznad Z, Zermane N., 2002: Study of genetic variability of broad bean Broomrape O. crenata by the use of molecular markers RAPD- Control perspectives. Oral communication presented at the time of the first Maghrébine's Biotechnology jorneys, Hammamet, Tunisia, 15 to 18 December 18 2002)
Aouali S., El Khishine D., Madkour Mr., Bouznad Z, Zermane NR, 2002: Genetic variability of Orobanche crenata. Workshop on the becoming of food legumes in the Maghreb. Hammamet-Tunisien, 2002
Aouali S. 1997: Effects of the infection by CMV on the morphological characters of tomato Lycopersicum esculentum. 14th jorneys of plant protection,held at the National Institute of Agronomy (INA-El Harrach), 15 to 17 the March 1997
Aouali S. 1997: Effects of the infection by CMV on the biochemical characters (total soluble Sugars, total proteins, total nitrogen) in tomato Lycopersicumesculentum. 14th jorneys of plant protection, held at the National Institute of Agronomy (INA-El Harrach),15 to 17 the March 1997.
Aouali S., 1997: Effects of the infection by CMV on the biometric characters of tomato Lycopersicum esculentum. 14th jorneys of plant protection, held at the National Institute of Agronomy INA-El Harrach),15 to 17 the March 1997 Aouali S., Djaoud Z, 1996: Morphological and biochemical modifications induced by the cucumber mosaic virus in tomato (Lycpersicum esculentum Mill) Var.Marmande. Engineer Thesis, Agronomic National Institute (INA) El
