faculty of agriculture

Prof.Dr. Ayman Abd-AlKawy Shelaby

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084  6356731
Fax Number: 084  6334964
E-mail Address: aas07@fayoum.edu.eg
Office : Building of Agricultural Economics Department
Postal Address : Faculty of Agriculture – Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.) in Agriculture Sciences – Agricultural Economics from Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University – Fayoum Campus, Egypt, June 1995.
Specialized Post-University Diploma (D.S.P.U.) in Economics and Management Sciences from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (M.A.I.Ch.), July 1998.
Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) in Economics and Management Sciences from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (M.A.I.Ch.), Greece which is a constituent Post-Graduate institute of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (C.I.H.E.A.M.) in Paris in cooperation with The Netherlands Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship (N.I.C.E.) - Nyenrode University, The Netherlands, June 2000. Thesis entitled: Trends Indicating the Structured Development of the Largest Cooperative Companies in Agro-Food Sector in Market Economies.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Agricultural Sciences – Agricultural Economics from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, May 2007. Thesis entitled: An Analytical Study on the Impact of Electronic Commerce in Developing some of the Egyptian Agricultural Exports.
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: from  1996 to 2000
Assistant Lecturer: from  2000 to  2007
Lecturer: from  2007 to 2012
Assistant Professor: from  2012 To 2019
Professor:from 2019 Up Till Now
Academic Honors and Awards
Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation from the Faculty of Agriculture – Fayoum University for the Excellence in Research and Teaching, 2008.
Recipient, professor Saad Nassar’s prize for the best Ph.D. thesis, Cairo university, 2007.
Recipient, faculty of agriculture’s prize for the ideal student, 1995.
Research Interests
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Marketing
Agribusiness
Value Chain Analysis
Business Development
SMEs
e-Marketing
e-Commerce
Mohamed A. Said, Ayman A. Shelaby and Taha M. Zakaria (2020). Economic Study for Consumption of the most Important Preserved Food in Rural and Urban Areas in Fayoum Governorate. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Vol. 34(1) - 10th International Conference for Sustainable Agricultural Development.
https://www.fayoum.edu.eg/Agri/conference10/pdf/5.pdf Enas S. Sadek, Ayman A. Shelaby and Amr Mohammed (2020). Predicting the Production and Consumption of the most Important crops and Strategic Agricultural Commodities Until 2023 using the Box-Jenkins Methodology. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Vol. 34(1).
https://fjard.journals.ekb.eg/article_189711_3b81558a8e7c1c77048dd04167f83f02.pdf Enas S. Sadek, Ayman A. Shelaby and Amr Mohammed (2020). Estimation of the Food Security Coefficient of Cereal Crops and the most Important Food Commodities in Egypt. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Vol. 34(1).
https://fjard.journals.ekb.eg/article_189717_7e74b4ef7e729755c4701014ae9d6d4a.pdf Sayed S. Sayed, Ayman A. Shelaby, Etemad S. Othman, and Doaa E. Abd El Tawab (2020). Analytical Study for the Optimal Distribution of Egyptian Exports and Imports of Sugar. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Vol. 34(2).
https://fjard.journals.ekb.eg/article_190110_f99a6f004cdafcda162f2ae7db8445d9.pdf Sayed S. Sayed, Ayman A. Shelaby, Etemad S. Othman, and Doaa E. Abd El Tawab (2020). Analysis Study of the Food Security Factor for Sugar in Egypt. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Vol. 34(2).
https://fjard.journals.ekb.eg/article_190112_872d0c88a55dd6522b054dd99a27f287.pdf Ayman A. Shelaby (2019). What Affects the Birth of New MSMEs in Egypt? The Case of Agribusiness in Fayoum. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, Vol. 7 (4)
http://ijecm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/7417.pdf Shelaby et al. Processed Chili Peppers for Export Markets: A Capital Budgeting Study on the AgroFood Company. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2011.
https://www.ifama.org/resources/Documents/v14i1/Shelaby-Semida-Warnock-Hahn.pdf Shelaby A. The Impact of e-Commerce in Developing the Egyptian Herbs Exports. Journal of Agricultural Economics. The Egyptian Association for Agricultural Economists. December 2010.
Publications
Ayman A. Shelaby (2019). What Affects the Birth of New MSMEs in Egypt? The Case of Agribusiness in Fayoum. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, Vol. 7 (4).
Ayman A. Shelaby (2018). Value Chain Equity for Tomato and Onion Crops in Fayoum. IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), Vol. 20 (12).
Ayman A. Shelaby, Eid N. Faysal and Abdel-Azeem S. Abdel-Azeem (2018). Economic Impact of Different Feeding Schemes on Home-Raised Broiler Chicken in Fayoum. IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), Volume 20 (3).
http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jbm/papers/Vol20-issue3/Version-11/H2003116673.pdf
Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba and Ayman Shelaby (2018). Marketing Analysis of Selected Vegetables in Port Harcourt Metropolis Rivers State, Nigeria, IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS), Volume 11 (2).
http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-javs/papers/Vol11-issue2/Version-1/E1102012634.pdf
Faysal Eid N. and Shelaby Ayman A. (2017). Measuring the Degree of Market Power among Broad Bean Exporters to Egypt. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 45.
https://www.bioinfopublication.org/files/articles/9_45_3_IJAS.pdf
Adly S. Tolba, Ayman A. Shelaby and Noura A. Fattouh (2018). Risk Management in Export-Oriented Vegetables Farms in Fayoum Governorate, Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Fayoum University, Egypt, Vol 32 (1).
Sayed A. Abd-Elhamed, Ayman A. Shelaby, Mohamed A. Said and Shimaa M. Nagib (2018). Estimation of Demand Functions of Egypt Exports of Grapes and Oranges in the most Important International Markets, Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Fayoum University, Egypt, Vol 32 (1).

Sayed S. Sayed, Ayman A. Shelaby and Mohamed A. Abdelhameed (2017). The Potentials of Developing Agricultural Trade between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries, Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Fayoum University, Egypt, Vol 31 (1).

Sayed S. Sayed, Ayman A. Shelaby and Mohamed A. Abdelhameed. The Available Economic Resources and potentials of Cooperation between Egypt and Nile Basin Countries (2017). Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Fayoum University, Egypt, Vol 31 (1).
Abd Elazem M. Moustafa, Adly S. Tolba, Ayman A. Shelaby and Safaa K. Mahmoud. Analysis of the Price Policy of the most Important Cereal Crops in Egypt. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, Fayoum University, Egypt, Vol 30 (2), 2016.
Sayed S. Sayed, Ayman A. Shelaby and Doaa E. Abd-Altawab. Economic Study for the Postharvest Loss from the Major Fruits' Crops in Fayoum. Journal of Economics and Social Sciences, Mansoura University, Egypt, Vol 6 (11), 2015.
Mohamed A. Said and Ayman A. Shelaby. Potentials of Egypt Agricultural Bilateral Trade with the Arab Countries: Gravity Model Evidence. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2014.
http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/vol2.no.1.pp133.pdf
Mohamed M.A., Chymis A. and Shelaby A.A. Determinants of Organic Food Consumption in Egypt. International Journal of Economics and Business Modeling, Volume 3, Issue 3, 2012.
https://bioinfopublication.org/viewhtml.php?artid=BIA0000493
Said M. and Shelaby A. An Economic Study for the demand of animal protein in rural and urban areas in Fayoum governorate. Journal of Socio-economic sciences - Mansoura University, April 2012.
Waleed Y. Sallam and Ayman A. Shelaby. Value Chain Analysis for the Egyptian Herbs & Spices Sub-Sector: Modeling and Estimating Export Potential, Journal of American Science, Volume 8, 2011.
http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0712/073_7534am0712_565_578.pdf
Enas E. Sadek and Ayman A. Shelaby. Organic Agriculture in Egypt: Production Economics and Challenges (A Case Study of Fayoum Governorate), Journal of American Science, Volume 7, 2011.
http://www.jofamericanscience.org/journals/am-sci/am0709/030_6573am0709_208_215.pdf

Post-Doctoral Program through the Partnership and Ownership Agreement (ParOwn) funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research. Program has been implemented at the Department of Agricultural Economics of Purdue University – Lafayette Campus, Indiana, USA www.agecon.purdue.edu. A Joint Research on Small Business Development was developed jointly with Dr. Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu, the host professor.
Scientific Activities
Participant, round table about the Labor Force into the Global Food Value-Chain conducted by AERI Institutional Linkage Project - MUCIA, Cairo, March 22nd 2008. Participant, the preparatory stages of the National Forum about Development and Modernization of the Egyptian Agricultural Sector conducted by Sues Canal University and other organizations in 6 governorates from January 16th to February 24th 2008. Participant, the annual scientific conference of the Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University. Participant, the annual scientific conference of the Egyptian Association of Agricultural Economists. External Reviewer: from October 2010 to present. The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education in Egypt. Director of IT Unit : at Faculty of Agriculture – Fayoum University, October 2012 to present. Marketing Consultant: for Zaytun Project funded by the United States Agency by International Development (USAID) and implemented by CNFA Foundations from April 2012 to present.Certified Associate Trainer : in the National Center for Faculty and Leadership Development (NCFLD), which is the certified center by the International Board of Certified Trainers (IBCT) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division from February 2012 to present.Consultant: for the project Strengthening the Farmer Field Schools Centre of Excellence funded by the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NICHE) and implemented jointly by Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL), the Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), the International Centre for Development-oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA) (Netherlands), and Faculty of Agriculture - Fayoum University (Egypt) from October 2011 to present.Deputy Director : of the Development's Research & Consultation Center (DRCC) - Fayoum University - Egypt from January 2011 to April 2012.External Reviewer: from October 2010 to present. The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education in Egypt. Consultant: from April 2008 to January 2009. AERI Value-Chain Training Project for Agricultural Technical Schools VCT which is a part of the Agricultural Exports and Rural Incomes Project AERI funded by the United States Agency by International Development USAID and implemented by the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities MUCIA in coordination with Ministry of Education – Department of Technical Education.
* Provided training the Agricultural Technical Schools' teachers to help them improving the teaching process. Trainings included; using audio & visual aids, teaching methods, active learning, teaching agricultural economics' skills, life skills, and several other topics.
* Monitored teachers of the Agricultural Technical Schools in upper Egypt. Consultant: from September 2005 to March 2008. AERI Institutional Linkage Project which is a part of the AERI Project funded by the USAID and implemented by MUCIA in coordination with Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
*Provided market research studies of the potential markets for the Egyptian food and agricultural products through visits to local and international organizations related the agricultural exports industry.
*Provided training to Non Governmental Organization NGOs to assist them improving the marketing and managerial skills and open new markets for their members' products.
*Developed case studies for classroom use.
*Provided training to teachers of the Agricultural Technical Schools in Egypt to help them improving the teaching process. Trainings included using audio & visual aids, teaching methods, active learning strategies, and several other topics.
*Monitored teachers of the Agricultural Technical Schools. Certified Trainer for several organizations : which include but not limited to: Fayoum Trade Chamber, AERI Institutional Linkage Project, Fayoum Agro Organic Development Association, AERI Value Chain Project, Fayoum Farmer Field Schools Project, German Technical Cooperation, Integrated Center for Business Support BEST, Development Research and Consultation Center at Fayoum University, Faculty and Leadership Development Center (FLDC) at Fayoum University, Center of Excellence at Fayoum Directorate of Agriculture, and Zaytun Project. Training Programs include but not limited to: Communication Skills - Negotiation Skills - Skills of Teaching Economics - Principles of Marketing - Student Assessment and Evaluation - Life Skills - Skills of Teaching Agricultural Economics - Lesson Plans - Teaching Methods and Curricula Development - Customer Satisfaction - Business Planning and Development - Marketing of Agribusiness Products - Marketing and Art of Selling - Computer Sciences.
Conferences
Professional Affiliations
Lecture on Marketing and Electronic Commerce for Rotary Club members in Fayoum, February 24th 2009. Participant, the project (Fayoum Changing – Youth are the development partners 2008) implemented by Fayoum Governorate in cooperation with the National Council for Youth during the period July 3rd 2008 to September 11th 2008. Owner and administrator of a Get Paid for Reading Emails website (www.pyramids-emails.com) and a Pay Per Click search engine (www.megappc.com), 2005.
Other Activities
Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Item Banks
conducted by the Arab Group for Assessment in Fayoum University, October 5th – 6th 2010 and October 9th – 10th 2010. Several Trainings conducted by the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education in Egypt :
• Information Systems for External Reviewers of Pre-University Education.
• External Reviewing of Pre-University Institutions .
• Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Maps for Pre-University Institutions .
• External Reviewing of Higher Education Institutions .
• School Self-Evaluation and Improvement Plans for Pre-University Institutions .
• Self-Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions . Training of Trainers Program conducted by the Council for Economic Education, USA, (www.councilforeconed.org), the program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and carried out in coordination with the U.S. Department of State. The program is a series of four one-week long Training of Trainers seminars :
-Seminar A: November 9th – 15th 2008, Mexico City, Mexico
- Seminar B: January 25th – 31st 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
-Seminar C: March 22nd – 28th 2009, Mexico City, Mexico
- Seminar D: June 7th – 13th 2009, Jakarta, Indonesia. Writing and using Case Studies Series of Workshops Organized by the American University in Cairo AUC.Several Trainings conducted by AERI Institutional Linkage Project and AERI Value-Chain Project including:
- Student Assessment.
- Economics of Value Chain, Decision Making Competencies and Agribusiness Skills.
- Training of Trainers – Agricultural Technical Schools Internship Programs.
- Training of Trainers – Agricultural Technical Schools Lesson Plans.
- Training of Trainers – Using Active Learning and Audio & Visual Aids.
- Business Planning.
- Introduction to Agribusiness Management.
- Active Learning & Teaching Methods.
- Business Development.
- Introduction to Agricultural Marketing. Several Trainings conducted by Faculty and Leadership Development Project FLDP at Fayoum University including
- Management of Research Teams. :

- Presentation Skills.
- Teaching Using Technology.
- Scientific Research Methods.
- Thinking Skills. Improving Faculty Members’ Teaching Skills conducted by Faculty of Education – Fayoum University, Fayoum, August 20th – September 14th 2006.Faculty Development Training Program conducted by AERI Institutional Linkage Project at University of Minnesota, USA from April 8th to May 6th 2006. Program Activities included workshops organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning Services at University of Minnesota on the following subjects:
- Using active learning and modern teaching methods in classrooms.
- Using technology in the classrooms.
- Using case studies in the teaching process.
- How to develop case studies for classroom use.
- Standards of Teaching Process
- University Management Market Research and Development Training Program conducted by AERI Institutional Linkage Project, the program is a 2 phases program:
- First phase: Cairo – Egypt from September 19th - 28th 2005.
- Second phase: visits to Poland and Hungary from November 20th to December 4th 2005. Poland: in cooperation with the Egyptian Polish Businessmen Association. Hungary: in cooperation with ALTAGRA Business Services.
Activities included visits to wholesale markets, supermarkets, ports, trade chambers, Production Firms, and many of the organizations involved in the export process.   Training Of Trainers TOT
conducted by EduCamp Training of Trainers Modules on Education for Sustainable Development Project. The project funded by TEMPUS EU.

Module one: "My life – Our World", limerick University, Ireland, 1st – 5th May, 2012.

Module two: "Agriculture", CEIFA, Torres Vedras, Portugal, 3rd – 7th September, 2012. Module three: "Education for Sustainable Development", University of Graz, Austria, 25th – 29th November, 2012. Training Of Trainers TOT
conducted by National Center for Faculty and Leadership Development (NCFLD), which is the certified center by the International Board of Certified Trainers (IBCT) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division, October 9th - 13th 2011.
Trainings
Member of the Egyptian Association for Agricultural Economists. Chairman of MEGA, a Cooperative for Computers, Business Solutions, and Computer Supplies, Fayoum - Egypt Vice Chairman of Pioneers Association for Development, Fayoum. Member of the Information's Association for Development, Fayoum - Egypt.
Memberships