Dr. Yahia Omar Adam
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Dr. Yahia Omar Adam

Professor
Department of Forest Management, University of Khartoum, Sudan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Forestry from Dresden University of Technical, Germany

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Biography

Dr. Yahia Omar Adam is currently working as Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, South Africa. He has completed his Ph.D. in Non-Timber Forest Products Development from Dresden University of Technical, Germany. Previously he was appointed as Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Management, University of Khartoum, and Field Research Assistant for researchers in the evaluation of land uses in central Sudan project. His area of research interest focuses on natural resource utilization and valuation in communal tenure systems, commercialization of wild resources/non-timber forest products and their role in poverty alleviation, rural livelihood systems, value chain analysis of forest products/marketing, poverty, change and ecosystem services, community-based resource management, forest economics, and social research methodology. He has also acted in an advisory role on a number of research projects and implementation initiatives and has been invited to review numerous journal articles and project proposals in his areas of expertise. Since July 2011 he has supervised 5 postgraduate students at MSc. level. He has experience in organizing large and small workshops, conferences and meetings, chairing and minute taking, proposal writing and fund-raising, budgeting, managing finances and project planning and coordinating. Dr. Yahia has published 18 research articles in journals, 6 conference papers and 11 abstracts, and 2 book and book chapters. He is also serving as member of Sudanese Environmental Protection Society, Khartoum, Sudan, Sudanese Social Forests Society, Khartoum, Sudan and African Forest Forum. He is member of editorial board in Journal of Forest Products and Industries, Agricultural Research and Reviews, Journal of Applied and Industrial Sciences, and Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies.

Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
100%
Forest Resource Management
62%
Forestry
90%
Forest Ecology
75%
Forest Meteorology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
1
Chapters
1
Articles
31
Abstracts
8

Selected Publications

  1. Weyer, D., C.M. Shackleton and Y.O. Adam, 2017. HIV/AIDS and other household shocks as catalysts of local commercialisation of non‐timber forest products in Southern Africa. Dev. Policy Rev., 10.1111/dpr.12261.
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  2. Gorashi, N.A., M.Y. Kordofani and Y.O. Adam, 2017. Ethnobotany of wild baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): A way forward for species domestication and conservation in Sudan. J. For. Environ. Sci. (In Press). .
  3. Adam, Y.O. and A.S. Bello, 2017. Relationship between local ecological knowledge and natural resources trade in Sudan. Int. J. Dev. Sustainability, 6: 385-398.
  4. Gebauer, J., Y.O. Adam, A.C. Sanchez, D. Darr and M.E. Eltahir et al., 2016. Africa's wooden elephant: The baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in Sudan and Kenya. A review. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol., 63: 377-399.
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  5. Daur, N., Y.O. Adam and J. Pretzsch, 2016. A historical political ecology of forest access and use in Sudan: Implications for sustainable rural livelihoods. Land Use Policy, 58: 95-101.
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  6. Adam, Y.O. and C.M. Shackleton, 2016. Distribution and use of cash income from basket and mat crafting: Implications for rural livelihoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. For. Trees Livelihoods, 25: 199-211.
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  7. Adam, Y. O. and A.M. Eltayeb, 2016. Forestry decentralization and poverty alleviation: A review. For. Policy Econ., 73: 300-307.
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  8. Eisa, M.A. and Y.O. Adam, 2015. Infestation of the longhorned beetles species (Cerambycidae) on Acacia seyal Del var. seyal in the Gum Arabic Belt of Sudan. J. Forest Sci., 2: 113-116.
  9. Daldoum, D., M.M. Massaud and Y.O. Adam, 2015. Distribution, fruit production and natural regeneration of Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. subsp. birrea in the Nuba mountains, Sudan. Agric. Res. Rev., 1: 148-152.
  10. Aung, P.S., Y.O. Adam, J. Pretzsch and R. Peters, 2015. Distribution of forest income among rural households: A case study from Natma Taung national park, Myanmar. Forests Trees Livelihoods, 24: 190-201.
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  11. Adam, Y.O., M.A. Eisa and D.M. Ahmed, 2015. Role of Adansonia digitata L. fruits in development and forest conservation in Rashad locality, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. J. Agric. Sci., 20: 314-328.
  12. Adam, Y.O., J. Pretzsch and D. Darr, 2015. Land use conflicts in Sudan: Perceptions and local coping mechanisms. Land Use Policy, 42: 1-6.
  13. Adam, Y.O., 2015. Cooking Fuel in Sudan: Utilization Patterns, Health Hazards and Cleaner Fuel Adoption. In: The Gender-Energy Nexus in Eastern and Southern Africa, Mihyo, P.B. and T.E. Mukuna (Eds.)., Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pp: 136-165.
  14. Adam, Y.O., 2015. Contribution of Some Tree Fruits to Rural Development in Sudan. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, Pages: 180.
  15. Abtew, A.A., T.E. Mohmoud and Y.O. Adam, 2015. Population structure, density and natural regeneration of Boswellia Papyrifera (Del.) Hochst in Dry woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan. J. Agric. Forest., 54: 41-50.
  16. Elhadi, H.M., A.E. Ahmed, Y.O. Adam and M.A. Eisa, 2014. Payment for Environmental Services (PES): A mechanism for adopting the agroforestry farming system among gum Arabic producers in Sudan. Int. J. Dev. Sustainability, 3: 1099-1112.
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  17. Adam, Y.O., 2014. Local knowledge on tree utilization and threats to their availability in Nuba Mountains, Sudan. J. Forest Environ. Sci., 30: 342-350.
  18. Adam, Y.O. and A.M. El Tayeb, 2014. Forest dependency and its effect on conservation in Sudan: A case of sarf-saaid reserved forest in Gadarif state. Poljoprivreda i Sumarstvo, 60: 107-121.
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  19. Adam, Y.O., J. Pretzsch and D. Pettenella, 2013. Contribution of Non-timber forest products livelihood strategies to rural development in drylands of Sudan: Potentials and failures. Agric. Syst., 117: 90-97.
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  20. Adam, Y.O., J. Pretzsch and D. Pettenella, 2013. An analytical framework for assessing the effect of income from non-timber forest products on poverty alleviation in savannah region, Sudan. J. Agric. Sci., 21: 1-25.
  21. Adam, Y.O. and E.A. El Siddig, 2013. A note on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in North Kordofan State, Sudan. J. Agric. Sci., 21: 134-139.
  22. Adam, Y.O. and D. Pettenella, 2013. The contribution of small-scale forestry-based enterprises to the rural economy in the developing World: The case of the informal carpentry sector, Sudan. Small-Scale Forestry, 12: 461-474.
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  23. Abtew, A.A., J. Pretzsch, T.E.S. Mohmoud and Y.O. Adam, 2012. Commodity chain of frankincense from the dry woodlands of Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan State, Sudan. Small-Scale Forestry, 11: 365-388.
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  24. Eldirdiri, F.E. and Y.O. Adam, 2010. Can fuel switching from wood to liquefied petroleum gas reduce the deforestation in Sudan? Res. J. Forest., 4: 194-201.
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  25. Adam, Y.O. and J. Pretzsch, 2010. Contribution of Local Trade in Ziziphus spina-christi L. fruits to rural household's economy in rashad locality, Sudan. J. Forest. Ideas, 1: 19-27.
  26. Sharawi, H.A. and Y.O. Adam, 2005. Estimating the effect of prices in some international markets on the demand for sudanese hashab (Acacia senegal L.) gum. Univ. Khartoum J. Agric. Sci., 13: 167-178.
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