Dr. Hussein Haji, Ph.D., has served for twenty years with the Ministry of Agriculture in Somalia. He worked as Senior Researcher and a lecturer of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Somali National University. He travelled to Canada where he obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding at the University of Guelph. Currently he is the executive director of SatgFilsan which is the leading organization in technology testing and introduction of agricultural innovations leading to economic growth in Somalia.