Overall supervision of the AKIS/RD activity: Ester Zulberti, Chief, Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE), and Isabel Alvarez, Chief, Research and Technology Development Service (SDRR).
Original design of the study including detailed terms of reference for the country studies, technical supervision and follow-up, review of draft reports of country study reports, review and preparation of the present publication: M. Kalim Qamar, Senior Officer (Agricultural Training & Extension), SDRE, and Henry K. Mwandemere, Senior Officer (National Agricultural Research), SDRR.
FAO National Consultants who conducted country studies in individual countries and prepared draft and final country reports are as follows:
Cameroon |
J.N. Ngatchou |
Chile |
E. Figueroa |
Cuba |
R.O. Suárez |
Egypt |
Ahmed Rafea |
Lithuania |
Romaldas Abugeris |
Malaysia |
Suleiman Yassin |
Morocco |
M.L. Firdawcy |
Pakistan |
Ansar Ali Khan |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Lawrence A. Wilson |
Uganda |
Silim Nahady, Dan N. Kisauzi. |
National workshops to discuss case study findings and recommendations, in which specific FAO Technical Officers participated along with the national consultants:
Egypt: May Hani, Agricultural Extension, Education and Communication Officer, FAO Regional Office for the Near East, Cairo
Malaysia: Malcolm Hazelman, Senior Agricultural Extension, Education and Communication Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
Uganda: M. Kalim Qamar, Senior Officer, SDRE; Vera Boerger, Agricultural Extension, Education and Training Officer, FAO Sub-Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa
Pakistan: M. Kalim Qamar, Senior Officer, SDRE
Lithuania: R. Krell, Research Information Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe
Analysis and synthesis of all country studies, and preparation of the draft and final text of this publication: William M. Rivera, FAO Consultant and Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, who would like to acknowledge the cooperation of the following persons: Gary Alex, Malcolm Wallace, Rosita Cortez, Rafael Merchan, Sarah Krones, Jose Luis Izursa, Luisa F. Robles, Flora Piasentin, and Sarah Buikema.