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BOUBACAR BARRY
WASCAL Coordinator
IWMI West Africa
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Boubacar Barry has 22 years of working experience as a scientist in hydrology and soil and water conservation engineering. He has extensive experience in planning, implementing and supervising research projects as well as development projects in Senegal and in several other West African countries. His research interests are soil and water engineering with interests in hydrology, water quality, drainage, irrigation and erosion control. These applications are supported with basic research in fields of GIS, numerical modeling and expert systems.
Boubacar Barry started his professional carrier as a researcher at the Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA). From 1982 to 1997 he was coordinator of the research programme on integrated watershed management in the Lower Casamance region. From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a scientific advisor of the Senegalese Farmers’ Association and helped implement and coordinate the FAO Special Food Security Programme. From 2000 to February 2003, Dr. Barry worked as an international consultant for FAO and IWMI on various programmes such as water resources development and intensifying rainfed agriculture in Sub Saharan Africa.
Dr. Barry joined IWMI on March 1st, 2003 as a regional Researcher. He is author and co-author of 35 conference papers, 58 reports and publications, co-editor of 2 books. He is member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and the West African Chapter of Agricultural Engineers.
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