Ms. Bennani is a bread wheat breeder at the Plant Breeding and Conservation of Phytogenetic Resources Unit, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Rabat Center, Morocco.

For her P.h.D. degree, Ms. Bennani, is working on a thesis to identify the optimal combination of selection criteria for drought tolerance in bread wheat under different Moroccan drought scenarios at the Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Institute, Rabat, Morocco in collaboration with ICARDA.

Her research program aims to release bread wheat varieties adapted to local conditions and to achieve sustainable wheat production and improve farmer's income. One of her significant perspectives is to have a substantial contribution to wheat research and quality enhancement of farmers' life.