Youssef Brouziyne

Regional Representative & CGIAR Water System Lead in MENA region

Research team

Water data science > Water futures data and analytics

Areas of expertise

agronomy services hydrology Climate change

Dr. Brouziyne brings significative experience in sustainability stewardship and resilience building across the water and agricultural value chains in North Africa, West Africa, and Southern Europe from his experience with multinational corporations such as: Corteva Agriscience, Driscolls, and WalMart-ASDA. He was also a professor and researcher at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco from 2019-2022, where he managed and contributed to a portfolio of research and innovation projects around climate change impacts on agro-hydrological systems, climate-smart water and crops systems, as well as social and digital innovations for resilient and sustainable water and crops systems.

Recent Publications

Changement climatique, options d’adaptation transformatrice, gouvernance polycentrique chelles multiples et bien-tre rural dans le bassin de la rivire Oum Er-Rbia, Maroc: recommandations politiques. In French. Note de synthse sur les politiques.

Understanding the trade-offs between climate change-induced aridity and agricultural water demand in the Souss Basin, Morocco.

Changement climatique, options d’adaptation transformatrice, gouvernance polycentrique chelles multiples et bien-tre rural dans le bassin de la rivire Oum Er-Rbia, au Maroc: Cadre d’valuation. In French. Dossier sur l’innovation.

Assessment of crop evapotranspiration and deep percolation in a commercial irrigated citrus orchard under semi-arid climate: combined Eddy-Covariance measurement and soil water balance-based approach.

Towards lower greenhouse gas emissions agriculture in North Africa through climate-smart agriculture: a systematic review.

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Current Projects

(3 ongoing projects listed)

From Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa

Water and Energy for Food- MENA Regional Innovation Hub

Supporting MALR strategic objective to Modernize the On-Farm Irrigation Systems – Egypt (Design Phase)