Background
Hassan, Rashid Mekki was born on February 22, 1953 in Karima, Northern, Sudan. Son of Mekki and Dihaiba Abdin (Ahmed) Hassan.
Hassan, Rashid Mekki was born on February 22, 1953 in Karima, Northern, Sudan. Son of Mekki and Dihaiba Abdin (Ahmed) Hassan.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Khartoum, Sudan, 1977. Master of Science, University Khartoum, Sudan, 1983. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1989.
Agricultural economist Minister of Agriculture, Khartoum, 1977-1979. Graduate assistant University Khartoum, 1980-1982. Teaching assistant University Juba, Sudan, 1983-1984.
Graduate assistant Iowa State University, Ames, 1984-1986, graduate research associate, 1986-1989. Rockefeller Foundation fellow International Maize and Wheat Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989-1991. Economist International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, 1991-1995.
Principal economist Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, 1995-1997. Associate professor University Pretoria, 1997-1998, professor and chair environmental economics Son of Africa, since 1998.
Member International Society Ecology Economics, American Agricultural Economic Association, International Association Agricultural Economists, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Entisar Osman Abdalla, October 2, 1986. Children: Mekki, Hatim, Mohamed.