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YOUNES NOUTFIA
Chef de Dept Scientifique
younes.noutfia@inra.ma
Recruitement year at INRA
Research Unit
Scientific Department
Regional Center
Brief Biography and or accomplishements
Dr. Noutfia Younes (M), native of Tangier-Morocco, is the head of Agrifood and quality department at INRA Morocco. His skills are focused on food technology and food analysis. His main areas of research concern the characterization, valorisation and conservation (cold storage and also drying technics) of local products of the oases regions of Southern Morocco: date fruits, goat dairy products, figs, etc. He has authored and co-authored more than 20 papers in the field of his expertise.
Keywords
- Date fruits
- Dairy products
- Fruits and Vegetables Characterization
- Biochemical quality
- Sensory Analysis
- Chain-value
- Food loss
Professional Appointments
| Position Title | Program Title | Project | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| chefdept | Agro-Food and Quality Department (DAAQ), Scientific division | INRA/Morocco | 2019 to current |
| chefsrd | Regional Center for Agronomic Research of Errachidia | INRA/Morocco | 2015 to 2019 |
| chercheur | Food-technologies, quality and valorisation of local products, Regional Center for Agronomic Research of Errachidia | INRA/ Morocco | 2010 to 2019 |
| chercheur | Processing and quality goat dairy products at Errachidia and Ouarzazate | MCGP initiative (ICARDA and INRA) | 2008 to 2010 ”, |
Awards and honors
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Degress held
| Degrees | Year | Discipline | College/institute | University | City/ Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD degree in life and environmental sciences | 2021 | Agri-food technologies, microbiology and biochemistry | Moulay Ismail University | Meknes/Morocco | |
| Advanced Master's degree | 2013 | Food Science and Technology | Catholic University of Louvain | Liège/ Belgium | |
| State Engineer Diploma , | 2008 | Agricultural and Food Industries | Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan II | Rabat/ Morocco | |
| Baccalaureate, , | 2002 | Science Exp. | High School | Tangier/ Morocco |