Papa Abdoulaye Seck

Professor
Papa Abdoulaye Seck
FAAS
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment of Senegal
In office
2 September 2013 – 5 April 2019
PresidentMacky Sall
Prime MinisterAminata Toure
Mahammed Dionne
Preceded byAbdoulaye Balde
Succeeded byMoussa Balde
Personal details
Born (1955-07-16) 16 July 1955 (age 69)
Dakar, French West Africa
Political partySenegalese Democratic Party
ChildrenAida Seck (daughter)
Ousmane Seck (son, deceased)
AwardsCertificate of Recognition, FARA
Medal of Honor, CORAF/WECARD
TW Schultz Prize, ICAE
Order of Agricultural Merit (Knight)
Legion of Honour (Knight)
Senegal Order of Merit (Knight, Officer)
National Order of the Lion (Knight, Officer)
EducationICHEC Brussels Management School (Diploma)
Université catholique de Louvain (PGR)
University of Burgundy (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAgriculture policy and strategy
InstitutionsAfrica Rice Center
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
CORAF/WECARD
African Union Council for Research
Food and Agriculture Organization
Cheikh Anta Diop University
ThesisL'approvisionnement de Dakar et la filière des légumes frais au Sénégal: éléments de réflexion sur la définition d'une stratégie d'avenir (1989)

Papa Abdoulaye Seck FAAS (16 July 1955, Dakar) is a Senegalese politician and scholar. He was the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment from 2013 to 2019.

Early life and education

Papa Abdoulaye Seck was born on 16 July 1955 in Dakar, French West Africa.[1] He obtained a Diploma from the ICHEC Brussels Management School, followed by a Postgraduate diploma from the Faculty of Agronomy, Université Catholique de Louvain.[2] He completed his PhD in Agricultural Economic Analysis and Policies at the National School of Agronomy, University of Burgundy, in 1989.[3]

Career

In September 2015, visiting the Kolda region as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment,[1][4] he reaffirmed the State's commitment to supporting cotton producers by equipping them with agricultural equipment.[5] In October 2015, he was convinced that Africa could export rice to Asia.[6][7] In January 2016, according to him, “The evolution of the world recommends food independence”.[8][9]

He has the title of Director of Research and has been a permanent member of the Senegal Academy of Sciences since 2005. Additionally, he serves on the advisory boards of many organisations, including the Strategic Orientation Council of Agreenium, France, and the Board of Trustees of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Seck served as the Director General of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) between 2006 and 2013),[10][11] a pan-African intergovernmental association and Research organization, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.[12]

He previously held the positions of Director General of the Senegal Agricultural Research Institute, Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister of Senegal, Chair of FARA, Member of the Governing Board of the West and Central African Council for Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD), Trustee of the Africa Rice Board of Trustees,[13] Member of the Executive Committee of the Global Forum for Agricultural Research, and Member of the African Union Council for Research.

Seck is an expert in researching and formulating agricultural policy and strategy,[14][15] especially rice.[16][17][18] He has written or co-written 80 publications, including articles, books, forewords to more than ten volumes, papers presented at international conferences with scientific committees, and articles.[19] He has been an affiliate professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University since 2018.[20] Seck was one of four worldwide experts the UN Secretary-General chose in 2009 to address Heads of State on the Millennium Development Goals. He is an Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Senegal to FAO.[21]

Awards and honours

Seck received the Certificate of Recognition from FARA in 2005, the United Nations Award for serving as the Director General of Africa Rice in 2006,[22][16] the Medal of Honor from CORAF/WECARD in 2007,[2] and the Award of Recognition from the Agriculture Ministry of Mali in 2010.[21][23] At the 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, he shared the 2012 TW Schultz Prize for Best Contributed Paper.[19][22]

Seck was Senegal's National Order of the Lion (Knight in 2005 and Officer in 2013) and Order of Merit (Knight in 2009 and Officer in 2010), and the French Order of Agricultural Merit (Knight) in 2009 and Legion of Honour (Knight) in 2013.[24][16]

Seck was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2012,[19] and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Senegal.[2]

Personal life

Seck is the father of four children. In September 2015, Aida Seck, his daughter, got married.[25]

At the end of December 2015, Papa Abdoulaye Seck lost his father. A week later, the minister lost his son Ousmane Seck.[26] Ousmane had been hit near the Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport by the vehicle driven by Nicolas Dacosta, the nephew of Viviane Bampassy, Minister of the Civil Service, Staff Rationalization and Public Service Renewal.[27][28] Seck granted his pardon to the young Nicolas Dacosta, but not without making him pay a fine of 206,000 CFA.[29][30] The defendant acknowledged the facts of manslaughter and asked for forgiveness from the deceased's family.[31]

References

  1. ^ a b "Papa Abdoulaye SECK". opensanctions.org. 16 July 1955. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  2. ^ a b c "Papa AbdoulayeSECK (Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'équipement rural) - Abidjan.net Qui est Qui". Abidjan.net. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  3. ^ Seck, Papa Abdoulaye (1989-01-01). L'approvisionnement de Dakar et la filière des légumes frais au Sénégal : éléments de réflexion sur la définition d'une stratégie d'avenir (These de doctorat thesis). Dijon.
  4. ^ IBP Inc. (2017-11-30). Senegal Business Intelligence Report Volume 1 Strategic Information, Regulations, Contacts. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4330-4408-3.
  5. ^ "Equipement en matériel agricole : Papa Abdoulaye Seck rassure les cotonculteurs". 2015-09-19. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  6. ^ Lequotidien (2018-09-26). "Autosuffisance en riz : Pape Abdoulaye Seck répond à ses détracteurs". Lequotidien - Journal d'information Générale (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. ^ "Papa Abdoulaye Seck, ministre de l'Agriculture : «C'est maintenant au tour de l'Afrique d'exporter du riz en Asie»". 2015-10-24. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  8. ^ "Papa Abdoulaye Seck, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment: "The evolution of the world recommends food independence". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  9. ^ Lequotidien (2018-06-12). "Autosuffisance en riz : Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck y croit encore". Lequotidien - Journal d'information Générale (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  10. ^ Rice Today. IRRI.
  11. ^ "AfricaRice | History". africarice-English. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  12. ^ "Africa: Emergency Rice Initiative Launched to Help Countries Severely Hit By Soaring Prices". AllAfrica.com. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  13. ^ Rice. IRRI. 1979.
  14. ^ Coudel, E.; Devautour, H.; Soulard, C. T.; Faure, G.; Hubert, B. (2013-03-15). Renewing innovation systems in agriculture and food: How to go towards more sustainability?. Springer. ISBN 978-90-8686-768-4.
  15. ^ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (2019-01-31). Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium on the Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 978-92-5-109330-6.
  16. ^ a b c Thomas, Abdul Rashid (2013-04-03). "New rice research guru – Dr. Papa Seck – giving hope for increased rice production". Welcome to the Sierra Leone Telegraph. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  17. ^ Rice Today Volume 6 Number 4. IRRI.
  18. ^ Wopereis, Marco C. S.; Johnson, David E.; Ahmadi, Nourollah; Tollens, Eric; Jalloh, Abdulai (2013-10-16). Realizing Africa's Rice Promise. CABI. ISBN 978-1-84593-812-3.
  19. ^ a b c "Seck Papa Abdoulaye | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  20. ^ Seck.
  21. ^ a b "Speakers and Panellists". ScienceTechnologyInnovation. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  22. ^ a b "La FAO honore Dr. Papa Abdoulaye Seck et l'Honorable Khady Fall Tall pour leur engagement dans l'agriculture". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  23. ^ "Speakers and Panellists". ScienceTechnologyInnovation. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  24. ^ "Papa Abdoulaye Seck". NEF Global Gathering. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  25. ^ Dakaractu. "Les images du mariage de Aida Seck, fille de Papa Abdoulaye Seck ministre de l'agriculture au Point E". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  26. ^ "ACCIDENT : Après son père, Papa Abdoulaye Seck a perdu son fils aujourd'hui". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  27. ^ "After his father, Minister Papa Abdoulaye Seck loses his son in an accident".
  28. ^ "ACCIDENT : Après son père, Papa Abdoulaye Seck a perdu son fils aujourd'hui". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  29. ^ "Décès de son fils : Papa Abdoulaye Seck pardonne au jeune auteur de l'accident". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  30. ^ "Après le pardon de Papa Abdoulaye Seck, le jeune Nicolas Dacosta libéré". DAKARACTU.COM (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  31. ^ "Pour avoir mortellement heurté le fils du ministre Papa Abdoulaye Seck : le neveu de la ministre Viviane Bampassy, condamné à une amende de 206.000 F | Actusen.com - Actualité au Sénégal". 2016-02-01. Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2023-01-01.