Boubaker Ben-Belhassen

Boubaker Ben-Belhassen

Boubaker Ben­Belhassen is Director of the Trade and Markets Division at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Science in agricultural economics and an M.A. in economics and has some 20 years of work experience. His areas of specialization include commodity markets, price and policy analysis, projections and food security issues. Boubaker is also the Secretary of FAO's Committee on Commodity Problems and, since September 2013, he has served as the Organization's focal point for the Post­ 2015 process. He joined FAO in 2001 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including in the Office of the Director­General. In his current role, he leads the preparation of a number of high profile publications, including Food Outlook, Crop Prospects and Food Situation reports, the OECD­FAO Agricultural Outlook and The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets.