Dr. Muhammad Ahmad Yahaya is a crop scientist specializing in plant breeding at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Nigeria. With a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Dr. Yahaya's research focus is on developing resilient sorghum crop hybrids tailored to the needs of smallholder farmers and sutibale for cultivation in the arid and semi-arid regions of the West and Central Africa with support from the Africa Dryland Crop Improvement Network (ADCIN)