Mutasim Abdel Rahman Ali is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Nile Valley University, Sudan. He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics in 2011 from Khartoum University. He specializes in production economics and farm management science. Some of his publications include “Evaluation of the Privatization of Government Agricultural Schemes in the River Nile State, Sudan”, (2013), The International Journal of Environment and Water).