NSP - National Focal Points
 
Officially appointed National Focal Points for monitoring the implementation of the Second Global plan of Action for PGRFA and for the preparation of country reports for The Third Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Circular State Letters of confirmation/nomination of National Focal Points for monitoring the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the preparation of country reports for The Third Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture:
CSL C/AGP-30 (April, 2020) AR EN FR RU SP
CSL C/CBD-10 (June, 2019) AR EN FR RU SP
CSL C/CBD-7 (May, 2017) AR EN FR RU SP
CSL C/X/AGP/GPA-14 (August, 2013) AR EN FR SP
Country Name Position Institution Address Phone Email Date
Afghanistan Mr Qudratullah Soofizada Director of Agriculture Research Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Jamal Mina Opposite Kabul University, Kabul +93 700595938 [email protected] 03/02/2017
Albania Mr Belul Gixhari Responsable for Plant Genetic Resources Documentation Albanian Gene Bank Tirana +355 69211225 [email protected] 05/02/2013
Algeria Mr Salah Chouaki Directeur Adjoint Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRAA) 2, Av. des Frères Oudek, Hassen-Badi, 16200 El Harrach +213 023828569 [email protected] 19/06/2017
Andorra  
Angola  
Antigua and Barbuda  
Argentina Sra. Paula Cecilia Calvo Instituto de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). EEA Alto Valle Ruta 22 km 1190 CP 8332, Allen, Provincia de Río Negro. CC782 (8332) General Roca, Río Negro. +54-298-4439000 [email protected] 04/11/2019
Sra. Mariana Jimena Ferreyra Alternate Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). EEA Salta. Ruta 68 Km 172 Cerrillos. CP 4403, Salta. +54-387- 4902081/87 interno 274 [email protected] 04/11/2019
Armenia Mr Arthur Baghdasaryan  Head of Land Utilization and Melioration Department  Ministry of Agriculture Government Building 3
Republic Square
Yerevan		  +37410 297435 [email protected] 09/10/2013
Australia Ms Rosanna Chell-Ozdowski Assitant Director UN Organizations and International Environment Section Australian Government,
Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment		 18 Marcus Clarke Street
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601		  +61 2 6272 4740
 [email protected]/a> 15/02/2021
Mrs. Susan Hardcastle Assistant Director, Multilateral Agriculture Policy, Trade and Market Access Division +61 2 6272 3741 [email protected]
Mr. Ben Ross [email protected]
Austria Mr Phillip Judex Director, International Agriculture and Trade Policy Division Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Enviroment and Water Management Stubenring 12
1010 Vienna		  +431 711002812 [email protected] 06/10/2015
Azerbaijan Mr Zeynal Akparov Director, Genetic Resources Institute National Academy of Sciences     [email protected] 06/10/2015
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh Mr Md Abdus Salam Principal Scientific Officer (Crops) Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Farmgate, Dhaka-1215 +88-02-8110665 [email protected] 23/03/2015
Barbados
Belarus Mr Fiodar Pryvalov Director General Research and Practical Center for Arable Farming, National Academy of Sciences Timiryazev st. 1, 222160 Zhodino, Minsk Region +3751797033 [email protected] 31/01/2018
Belgium Ms Malgorzata Verleyen Szulc   National Focal Point for ITPGRFA Flemish Government
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Sustainable Agricultural Development Division		 Koning Albert II-laan 35 bus 40
Brussels
  +32 25527971

 malgorzata.szulc
@lv.vlaanderen.be		 25/03/2014
Ms Hélène  Klinkenberg  National Focal Point for ITPGRFA Service public de Wallonie
Direction Générale Opérationnelle Agriculture, Ressources naturelles et Environnement
Chaussée de Louvain 14
5000 Namur 		  +32 81649601
helene.klinkenberg
@spw.wallonie.be		 25/03/2014
Belize
Benin M. Marius Sinha Ingénieur Agronome en Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB) 01 BP 884 Cotonou (00229) 94 27 37 77
(00229) 66 67 01 10		 [email protected] 23/05/2017
Bhutan Ms Asta Tamang Principal Biodiversity Officer National Biodiversity Center  P.O Box 875
Thimphu		 [email protected] 20/02/2015
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Sr. José R. Campero Marañon, MSc. Responsable de la Unidad de Recursos Genéticos Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal   +591 777 00041
[email protected]
[email protected]		 12/12/2018
Alternate:
Sr. Félix Marza Mamani		 Director Nacional de Inovación Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria y Forestal +591 673 46671 [email protected] 12/12/2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Đurić Gordana Institute of Genetic Resources, University of Banja Luka +387 51348080;348081 [email protected]
Botswana Ms Tiny Mpho Motlhaodi Head of National Plant Genetic Resources Centre Department of Agricultural Research P/bag 0033 Gaborone +267 366 8112 [email protected] 09/06/2017
Brazil Ms Aluana Gonçalves de Abreu Plant Germplasm Curatorships Supervisor Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Parque Estação Biológica (PqEB), Avenida W5 Norte (final)
Brasília-DF		 +55 (61) 3448-4890 [email protected] 10/03/2021
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria Ms Katya Uzundzhalieva Director Institute for Plant Genetic Resources "K.Malkov" Sadovo 2 Druzhba str. 4122, Sadovo city - Bulgaria +359 32629926 [email protected]
20/01/2020
Burkina Faso M. Mahamadi Ouédraogo Chef de Dèpartement des Ressources Phytogénétiques Agricoles Institut National de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles; Commission Nationale de Gestion des Ressources Phytogénétiques (CONAGREP) 01 BP 8645 [email protected] 30/05/2017
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia Ms Sophany Sakhan Deputy Director Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) PO Box 01
National Road N.3
Prateah Lang
Dangkor
Phnom Penn		 +855 12886619
+855 11886619 		[email protected] 27/07/2017
Cameroon Mme Gertrude Ngo Bahoya Mbom Ingénieur d'Études n.1 Sous-Direction de la Réglementation des Semences et de la Quarantaine Végétale + 237 677 58 18 61 [email protected] 25/06/2020
Canada Mr Axel Diederichsen Curator, Research Scientist, National Plant Germplasm Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Room P 104
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada S7N 0X2		 Phone: +1 (306) 385-9465 Axel.Diederichsen
@agr.gc.ca		 31/07/2017
Central African Republic Mme. Fatime Martine Directrice de la Sécurité Alimentaire et de la Nutrition Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural (MADR)  +236 75518960 [email protected] 09/04/2018
Chad M. Gapili Naoura Chargé de Recherche Institut Tchadien de Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement BP 5400 ITRAD N'Djamena +235 66574515 [email protected] 08/02/2021
Chile Sr. Fernando Ortega Klose
(Third report)		 Coordinador de Programas Nacionales de Cultivos y RRGG Centro Regional INIA Carillanca
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
Ministerio Agricultura		 Camino Caj6n - Vilcun km 10, Temuco +56-45-2297218 [email protected] 01/08/2017
Sra. Teresa  Aguero Teare
(Second GPA)		 Encargada asuntos ambientales,
bioseguridad y recursos genéticos		 Oficina de Estudios y Politicas Agrarias - ODEPA
Ministerio de Agricultura		 Teatinos 40, piso 8
Santiago		  +562 23973039 [email protected] 01/08/2017
China Ms Sun Wen Principal Staff Member
Department of Seed Management		 Ministry of Agriculture No.11 Nongzhanguan Nanli
Beijin 100125		  +86 10 59193186 [email protected] 25/01/2021
Colombia Sra. Carolina González Almario Jefe de Departamento Departamento de Agrobiodiversidad de nuestra Corporación de Investigación Agropecuaria-Agrosavia [email protected] 16/07/2020
Comoros
Congo M. Guy Romain Aimé Kombo Chef de Division expérimentation Centre de Vulgarisation des Techniques Agricoles, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche Brazzaville [email protected] 01/10/2020
Cook Islands Mr William Wigmore Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture PO Box 96
Rarotonga		  +682 28711
 +682 79306		 william.wigmore
@agriculture.gov.ck
[email protected]		 19/10/2013
Costa Rica Sr. Nevio Bonilla Morales Funcionario Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia de Tecnología Agropecuaria y miembro de la Comisión Nacional de Recuros Fitogenéticos (CONAREFI) San José (+506) 83798524 [email protected] 29/08/2019
Croatia Ms Ivana Rukavina Croatian Center for Agriculture, Food and Affairs
Institute for Seed Seedlings		 31000 Osijek
Usorska 19
Brijest		 + 385 31 275 718 [email protected] 04/05/2018
Cuba Sra. C. Lianne Fernandez Granda Jefa del Grupo de Recursos
Fitogenéticos y Mejoramento Vegetal		 Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales
en la Agricultura Tropical (INIFAT)		 Calle 1, esquina 2
Santiago de las Vegas
Boyeros
La Habana CP17200		  +537 6830098  [email protected]
[email protected]		 02/09/2013
Cyprus Mr Marinos Markou First Agriculture Research Officer Agriculture Research Institute P.O.Box 22016
1516 Nicosia		  +35 722403119 [email protected] 30/08/2019
Czechia Mr Vojtech Holubec Head of Gene Bank
National Coordinator for PGR
Head of National PGR Board
Curator of CWR, Triticeae		 Crop Research Institute Drnovska 507/73
161 06 Prague 6
Ruzyne 		  +420 233022497 [email protected] 01/07/2020
Côte d'Ivoire M. ESSO Kouadio Maxime Sous-directeur de la Recherche Agricole
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Developpement Rural 30 BP 247
Abidjan 30 		  +225 07 35 69 80 [email protected] 01/07/2020
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark Ms Birgitte Lund Scientific Adviser, Department of Environment and Biodiversity Ministry of Environment and Food, The Danish Agricultural Agency Nyropsgade 30, DK-1780, Copenhagen  +45 45263760 [email protected] 24/06/2020
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic Sr. Domingo Rengifo  Investigador Titular  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones
Agropecuarias y Forestales		 Av. Imbert # 5
La Vega		  +809 2422144
 +809 2233505
 [email protected]
[email protected]		 25/10/2013
Ecuador Sr. Cesar Tapia Resposable del Departamento Nacional
de Recursor Fitogenéticos		 Instituto Nacional Autónomo
de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP)		 Avs. Eloy Alfaro N. 30-350 y Amazonas   +593 22528650  [email protected] 10/08/2017
Egypt Ms Neveen Abdel Fattah Hassan Director National Gene Bank of Egypt 9 Gamaa St.
Giza PO Box 12619 		  +202 35693240
 [email protected] 11/05/2018
El Salvador Mr Linden Lissette Arias Ingeniera agricola Centro Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Forestal "Enrique Álvarez Córdova" (CENTA) +503 2497-7206 [email protected] 13/07/2020
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Mr Amanuel  Mahdere Zerezghi Director
Genetic Resources Division		 National Agricultural Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture		 PO Box 4627
Asmara 		  +291 108600003
 +291 07180770		 [email protected]
 19/09/2013
Estonia Ms Külli Annamaa Head of the Genebank Estonian Crop Research Institute (ETKI) J. Aamisepa 1
48309 Jõgeva		 [email protected] 22/01/2015
Eswatini Mr Thembinkosi Gumedze Senior Research Officer Department of Agricultural Research and Specialist Services tel. +268 25274071 [email protected] 04/05/2020
Ethiopia Mr Melesse Mario Salamo Director General Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity P.O. Box 30726
Addis Ababa 		tel. +251116615607
fax +251116613722		 [email protected] 10/05/2017
Faroe Islands
Fiji Mr Ropate Senibic iLigairi Permanent Secretary for Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture Private Mail Bag
Raiwaqa
Suva		  +679 3384233 ext. 275 [email protected]
[email protected]		 30/08/2013
Finland Ms Tuula Pehu Ministerial Adviser Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Natural Resources Department
P.O. Box 30
00023 Government
Finland
 +358407246132 [email protected] 26/10/2015
Ms Elina Kiviharju Ph.D. Principal Research Scientist
Coordinator of the Finnish National Plant Genetic Resources Programme		 Natural Resources Institute Finland Myllytie 1
FIN-31600 Jokioinen		 [email protected]
France M. Franck Da Ros adjoint à la cheffe de secteur, référent FAO Secrétariat général des affaires européennes, Comité interministériel à l'alimentation et à l'agriculture (SGAE-CIAA) 68 rue de Bellechasse
75007 Paris 		 [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] 06/05/2020
Alternate:
Mme. Mariem Omrani		 Chargée d'études semences et ressources phytogénétiques
Bureau des semences et de la protection intégrée des cultures
Direction générale de l'alimentation 		Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation 251, rue de Vaugirard
75732 Paris Cedex 15 		 +33(0)149555457 [email protected]; [email protected] 25/03/2020
Gabon
Gambia Mr Lamin B. Sonko Director General National Agricultural Research Institute [email protected] 28/07/2020
Georgia Mr Levan Ujmajuridze Director Scientific Research Center of Agriculture Marshal Gelovani ave #6 Tbilisi 0159 +995 322053500 [email protected]
[email protected]		 05/08/2019
Alternate:
Ms Tamar Jinjikhadze		 Head Standardization and Certification Department Plant Genetic Resources Center, Scientific Research Center of Agriculture   +995 593256267 [email protected]
[email protected]		 01/02/2019
Germany Ms Imke Thormann Federal Office of Agriculture and Food
Deichmanns Aue 29
DE-53179 Bonn		 +49 (0)228 68453438 [email protected] 30/08/2019
Ghana Mr Lawrence Misa Aboagye Director Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research     aboagyelawrencemisa
@yahoo.com		 06/10/2015
Greece Ms Maria Papaefthimiou Administrator - Sientific Officer Ministry of Rural Development and Food Directorate of Spatial Planning, Environment and Climate Change
207 Patision Avenue, P.O. 11253
Athens, Greece		 +30 2102128179 [email protected] 23/04/2019
Alternate:
Ms Parthenopi Ralli		 Agronomist, MSc, PhD, Assistant Researcher Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DEMETER
Directorate General of Agricultural Research
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources		 Thermi-Thessaloniki 57001  +30 2310471110 (int. 0 177) [email protected] 23/04/2019
Grenada
Guatemala Sr. Mauricio Hernández de la Parra Jefe Departamento de Biotecnología y Coordinador Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos Dirección de Fitozoogenética y Recursos Nativos, Viceministerio de Sanidad Agropecuaria y Regulaciones
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación		 7ª. Av. 12-90 zona 13
Guatemala, Guatemala, C.A		 + (502) 2413-7468 [email protected] 30/08/2017
Guinea M. Mamadou Laho Barry Chercheur Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)  +224 628176241
 +224 666575745		 [email protected] 30/07/2020
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Mr Oudho  Homenauth Chief Executive Officer  National Agricultural Research
and Extension Institute (NAREI)		 Agriculture Road
Mon Repos
East Coast Demerara 414221H		  +592 2202249
[email protected] 23/09/2013
Haiti
Honduras Sra. Elizabeth Santacreo Jefe de Unidad de Frutales
Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (DICTA)		 Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG) Colonia Loma Linda
Avenida La FAO
Boulevard Centroamérica
Tegucigalpa		 [email protected]
Hungary Ms Borbála Baktay Director General National Biodiversity and Gene Conservation Center [email protected] 31/07/2019
Mr Levente Kőrösi Head Department of Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture   [email protected] 31/07/2019
Iceland
India Mr Shri R. K. Singh Joint Secretary (Seeds) to
the Government of India		 Ministry of Agriculture
Department of  Agriculture & Cooperation		 Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001   +233 81503
 + 9899772227		 [email protected] 10/10/2013
Indonesia Mr Sustiprijatno Deputy Director, Division of Collaboration and Dissemination Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) +62251 8338820 / 8333440 [email protected] 01/07/2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Mr Behzad Sorkhi Head, National Plant Gene Bank Seed and Plant Improvement Institute (SPII) Shahid Fahmideh Bldv., Karaj + 98 2632701260 [email protected]
[email protected]		 28/05/2015
Iraq Mr Farqad Mohammed
Khadhim Al Dabagh		 Head of Senior
Agricultural Engineers		 Seeds Examination and Certification Department
Iraqui Ministry of Agriculture		  +964 7703486225 [email protected] 18/12/2013
Ireland Mr Cara Mac Aodhain Agricultural Inspector Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Backweston Farm, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, Ireland.   Cara.MacAodhain
@agriculture.gov.ie		 15/04/2015
Israel
Italy Ms Petra Engel Department for International Collaboration
Council for Research in Agriculture and Economics		 Via Po 14, Rome 00198  +36 06 47836 681 [email protected]
Jamaica Ms Carla Douglas Senior Research Director Research and Development Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries  Bodles Research Station
Old Harbour Saint Catherine		  +876 8650483
 
 [email protected]
Japan Mr Yu Takahashi Assistant Director for Genetic Resources
Research Policy Planning Division		 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan 		1-2-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyodaku Tokyo 100-8950, Japan +81-3-3502-7436 [email protected] 21/04/2021
Alternate:
Mr Yuji Yasukochi		 Head,
International Relations Section, Strategic Planning Headquarters		 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8517, Japan +81 029 8386747 [email protected]　 21/04/2021
Jordan Mr Khaled Abulaila Director of Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) P.O. Box 639 Baqa'a Tel. +962 6 4725071
Mob. +962 2796602987		 [email protected]
[email protected]		 14/07/2019
Kazakhstan
Kenya Mr Desterio Nyamongo Director Genetic Resources Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) P.O. Box 30148 00100 Nairobi Kenya  +254 20 2519701/ 725 234249 [email protected]
[email protected]		 14/09/2015
Kiribati
Kuwait Ms Fadila Ayesh Al-Salameen Research Scientist Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)     [email protected] 06/10/2015
Kyrgyzstan Mr Aydaraliev Taalaibek Alimbekovich Director of the Department for Examination of Crops Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation   +0312 544197/0555 210909 [email protected] 19/06/2020
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia Mr Ruņģis Dainis Edgars Head of Genetic Resource Centre  Ministry of Agriculture Republikas laukums 2
Rīga, LV-1981		 +371 28344201 [email protected]  23/03/2015
Lebanon Mr Ali Chehade Research Engineer
Plant Biotechnology Department		 Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute Tal Amara Rayak
Zahle, Lebanon		 +961 8 900037 [email protected] 18/10/2017
Ms Joêlle Breidy Head, Genebank Unit Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute Zahle, Lebanon +9618900037 [email protected] 12/07/2019
Lesotho
Liberia Ms Nataline Baysah Ingénieur agronome
sélectionneur spécialiste des
semences		 Central Agricultural
Research Institute		 Suakoko
Bong County		  +231 880728332  [email protected] 27/09/2013
Libya Mr Mustafa Elaghel Director National bank for plant genetic resources Tripoli - Libya +218 4637308
Mobile Number: +218 8926487642		 [email protected] 31/05/2017
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar Mme. Herizo Lalaina Rakotoarisoa Chercheur sur les ressources phytogénétiques Centre National de Recherche Appliquée au Développement Rural (FOFIFA) Ampandrianomby Route d'Andraisoro, BP 1690, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar +261 344941102 [email protected] 05/10/2020
Malawi Mr Lawrent Pungulani Curator Malawi Plant Genetic Resource Centre P.O. Box 158, Lilongwe  +265 01707219 [email protected] 02/07/2012
Malaysia Ms Rosliza binti Jajuli Deputy Director, Agrobiodiversity Resource Utilization Programme Agrobiodiversity and Environment Research Centre, Malaysia Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI) Ibu Pejabat MARDI, Persiaran MARDI-UPM, 43400 Serdang, Selangor +603-89536302
+6019-2535989		 [email protected] 28/12/2018
Maldives
Mali M. Amadou Sidibe Chef Unité des Ressources Génétiques de l'Institut d'Economie Rurale, Ministère du Développement Rural IER/URG BP 258
Rue Mohamed V
Bamako 		  +223 66768757 [email protected] 18/07/2019
Malta Mr Louis John Fresta Principal Scientific Officer Plant Protection Directorate
Plant Biotechnology Centre		 110, Triq Annibale Preca, Lija LJA 1915 +356 22926562 [email protected] 22/07/2019
Marshall Islands
Mauritania M. Alioune Diagne Chef de Service Agrométéorologie
Direction de l'Agriculture		 Ministère du Développment Rural Nouakchott-R.I.   +22 351046
 +22 263127		 [email protected] 12/09/2013
Mauritius
Mexico Sra. Rosalinda González Santos Directora, Dirección de Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura Servicio Nacional de Inspección
y Certificación de Semillas (SNICS)		 Av. Presidente Juárez No.13
Col. Cortijo Tlalnepantla de Baz Edo. De México
CP 54000		 +5255 36220667 al 70 [email protected] 02/02/2017
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia Mr Bayarusukh Noov General Director Plant Science and Agriculture
Research Institute		 Darkhan-Uul  +976 1170378826
 +976 99014174		 [email protected] 05/11/2013
Montenegro
Morocco Mme. Yasmina El Bahloul Coordinatrice de l'Unité de Recherche d'Amélioration et de Conservation des Ressources Génétiques Centre Régional de Recherche Agronomique Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Avenue Ennasr BP 415 RP Rabat Phone: +212 660157241 [email protected]
[email protected]		 14/09/2015
Mozambique
Myanmar Mr Minn San Thein Deputy Director and Head of Myanmar Seed Bank
Department of Agricultural Research (DAR)		 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation DAR Compound, Yezin. P.O.Box. 15013
Nay Pyi Taw		 Tel. +95 9 49208124 [email protected] 02/06/2020
Namibia Ms Remmie Hilukwa Senior Forester and Curator National Plant Genetic Resources Centre
National Botanical Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture
Water and Forestry		 P/bag 13184
Windhoek		  +264 612022010 [email protected] 31/07/2017
Nauru
Nepal Mr Hari Bahadur K.C. Joint Secretary Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD)
Food Security, Agri Business Promotion and Environment Division		 Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal +977 14211915
Cell: +977 9841401287 		[email protected] 18/06/2020
Netherlands Mr Martin Brink Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN) Wageningen University and Research Centre P.O. Box 16
6700 AA Wageningen 		Tel: +31 317 483520 [email protected] 04/11/2016
New Zealand
Nicaragua Sr. Alejandro Maradiaga Parriles Director de Sanidad Vegetal y Semillas Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria Managua [email protected] 02/07/2020
Niger M. Issa Zakari Mahaman Mourtala Assistant banque de gènes Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN) Cerra Kollo BP 60 Tel: (00227) 96498520 / 90402624 [email protected] 07/02/2017
Nigeria Mr Sunday E. Aladele Director/Chief Executive Officer and Genebank Curator National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NCGRAB) P.M.B. 5382, Moor Plantation
Ibadan		  +234 8038074937 [email protected]
[email protected] 		23/03/2020
Niue
North Macedonia
Norway Ms Nina Sæther Head Norwegian Genetic Resource Centre
Division of Survey and Statistics
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research		  +47 99389469 [email protected] 01/07/2020
Oman Ms Safaa Alfarsi Head of seed research and plant genetic resources section
Directorate general of agriculture and livestock research		 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources
Muscat		 Office tel.+968 99342950 [email protected] 20/11/2020
Pakistan Mr Sadar Uddin Siddiqui Director and Chief Scientific Officer/Curator National Genebank Bio-resources Conservation Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad-45500 +92 519255203/5190733701 [email protected];[email protected] 14/07/2019
Alternate:
Mr Asif Javaid		 Principal Scientific Officer PGRP Bio-resources Conservation Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad-45500 [email protected] 14/07/2019
Palau
Panama Sr. Omar Alfaro Investigador Recursos Genéticos Vegetales División de Mejoramiento Genético, Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá (IDIAP) Panamá (507) 248 5585 [email protected] 01/05/2015
Papua New Guinea Mr. Sergie Bang (DG a.i.) The Director General National Agricultural Research Institute Sir Alkan Tololo Research Centre, Okuk Highway, 10-mile, PO Box 4415, Lae 411 +675 4300093 [email protected] 31/03/2020
Paraguay Sr. Santiago Bertoni Ingeniero agrónomo Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Yegros e/ 25 de Mayo y Cerro Corá
Edificio San Rafael		 +595 21447250 [email protected]v.py
[email protected]		 18/09/2013
Alternate:
Sr. Enrique Robledo		 Ingeniero agrónomo  Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Yegros e/ 25 de Mayo y Cerro Corá
Edificio San Rafael		  +595 21575003> [email protected] 18/09/2013
Peru Sr. Juan Carlos Guerrero Abad

 Director General
 Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) Avenida la Molina 1981, La Molina, Lima 15024, Peru +51(01)2402100, Anexo 315
+51 972832560
 [email protected]
 20/01/2020
Sr. Roger Becerra Gallardo

(Second GPA) 		Especialista de la Subdirección de Regulación de la Innovación Agraria Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) Avenida la Molina 1981, La Molina, Peru 349-2600, Anexo 355
349-5964
 [email protected] 08/09/2015
Philippines Mr George Y. Culaste Director Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture		 692 San Andres Street, Malate
Manila		  +632-5257909 [email protected]
06/09/2017
CC: Ms Amparo C. Ampil Food Agriculture and Fisheries Policy Division
Policy Research Service
Department of Agriculture		 Manila [email protected] 06/09/2017
Poland Ms Dorota Nowosielska Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Department of Climate and Environment
Biodiversity and Protein Safety Unit		 30,Wspólna Street
00-930 Warsaw		  +48 022 6232612
 +48 022 6231781		 Dorota.Nowosielska
@minrol.gov.pl		 15/05/2020
Portugal Sra. Ana Maria Barata Head of Portuguese Plant Germoplasm Bank Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV) BPGV
São Pedro de Merelim
4700-859
Braga		 [email protected] 04/11/2019
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova Ms Eugenia Partas Head of the Distinctivity, Uniformity
and Stability Testing Department		 Ministry of Agriculture Regional Development
and Environment (MoARDE) 		 162 Stefan cel Mare ave.of. 315
Chisinau, MD - 2004		  +373 22211308 [email protected] 12/06/2020
Mr Anatol Ganea Doctor in Biology, Associated Professor, Head of the Laboratory for Plant Genetic Resources Insitute of Genetics, Physiology and Plant Protection Chisinau [email protected] 12/06/2020
Romania Ms Silvia Strajeru National Coordinator on Vegetal Resources
for Agriculture and Food		 The Central Laboratory for the Seeds
and Propagating Material Quality
Vegetal Gene Bank Suceava		 Bdul 1 Mai No.17
Postal Code 720224
Suceava 		  +40 230521016 [email protected]
[email protected]		 24/10/2014
Russian Federation Ms Elena K. Khlestkina Acting Director N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of PLant Genetic Resources (VIR) 42, B.Morskaya Str.
St. Petersburg		 +7(812)3125161 [email protected] 20/06/2019
Rwanda Mr Jean Gapusi Head of Forestry and Agro-forestry Research Station, RAB Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) RWA023
P.O. Box 5016
Kigali		 [email protected]
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia Ms Hannah Dupal-Romain Senior Research Officer Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Natural Resources and Co-operatives +758725-6335/468-5601 [email protected] 08/06/2020
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia Mr Ahmed bin Khalaf Al Shamri Director, Bank of Plant Germplasm National Research Centre for Agriculture and Livestock       06/10/2015
Senegal Mr Cheikh Alassane Fall Chef du Bureau de gestion de la Propriété intellectuelle
Coordonnateur du Mécanisme national d'échange
d'information sur les ressources phytogénétiques du Sénégal (NISM-GPA)		 Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) BP: 3120
Route des Hydrocarbures (Bel-Air)
CP: 18523 Dakar 		  +221 33 8591778
 +221 776191966		 [email protected]
[email protected]		 05/11/2013
Serbia Ms Milena Savić Ivanov Head of the Genebank Directorate for National Reference Laboratories
Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management
 11 080 Belgrade +381113772081 milena.savicivanov
@minpolj.gov.rs		 17/09/2015
Seychelles Mr Keven Nancy Principal Officer (Director)  Research and Development Section
Seychelles Agricultural Agency		  +248 2724850
 +248 2574643
 [email protected] 03/09/2013
Sierra Leone Mr John Solomon Kamara Director of Crops
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry
and Food Security		 Brook Fields, Youyi building, Second floor, Freetown +232 76866768 [email protected] 17/07/2020
Singapore
Slovakia Mr Pavol Hauptvogel Director Research Institute of Land Production, National Agricultural and Food Centre Bratislava
  +421 337947272 [email protected]
Slovenia Ms Joži J .Cvelbar Ministry of Agriculture and
Environment Directorate 		 Dunajska cesta 22
SI-1000 Ljubljana		  +386 14789118 [email protected] 13/11/2013
Alternate:
Mr Vladimir Meglic		 Agricultural Institute of Slovenia Hacquetova ulica 17
SI-1000 Ljubljana		  +386 12805262
 [email protected] 13/11/2013
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa Ms Noluthando Netnou-Nkoana Director: Genetic Resources Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Directorate Genetic Resources		 Private Bag X973
Pretoria 0001		  +27 123196024 [email protected] 03/05/2016
South Sudan
Spain Sr. José Antonio Sobrino Mate Subdirector General de Medios de Producción Agrícolas y Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetales Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación C/ Almagro 33
7ª planta
28010 Madrid 		 Phone: +34 913476593 [email protected] 29/08/2019
Sri Lanka Ms Samanthi Kumari Wasala Additional Director, Head PGRC Plant Genetic Resources Centre
Department of Agriculture		 Gannoruwa, Peradeniya +94 718003296 [email protected] 16/08/2020
Sudan Mr Ibrahim Mohamed El Tahir Director Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Research Centre, Agricultural Research Corporation P. O. Box 126 Wad Medani PO Box 160 Tel.: +249-511-840031 (Office), +249-912536114 (Mobile) +597 8574097 [email protected] 16/07/2017
Suriname Ms Patricia Y. Milton M.Sc., Chairperson of Suriname's
National Plant Genetic Resources Commission		 Ministry of Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries		 Paramaribo
Letita Vriesdelaan 8-10
PO Box 160 		 Tel: (597) 479112
ext. 1313 0r 1314		 [email protected]
[email protected]		 06/09/2017
Sweden Mr Jens Weibull Senior Officer Swedish Board of Agriculture
Plant and Control Department
Plant Regulations Unit		 P.O. Box 12, SE-230 53 Alnarp  +46 36155864
 +46 705732248		 [email protected] 29/08/2019
Switzerland M. Christian Eigenmann Coordinateur Plan d'action national
pour les ressources phytogénétiques 		 Départment Fédéral de l'Économie
de la Formation et de la recherche DEFR
Office Fédéral de l'Agriculture OFAG		 Schwarzenburgstrasse 165
CH-3003 Berne		  +41 584651704
 christian.eigenmann
@blw.admin.ch		 26/08/2019
Syrian Arab Republic Mr Hussein Al Zu'bi Director General General Commission for Scientific
Agricultural Research (GCSAR)		 Quatli Street
PO Box 113 Douma 		  +963 119746
 +963 115743037 		 [email protected] 28/10/2013
Tajikistan Mr. Sharofiddin Karomatov Director Republican Center for Genetic Resources
Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan		 +992 (37) 378804021 [email protected] 22/04/2020
Alternate:
Mr Jobirov Shonazar Shohovich		 Researcher Crop Department of the Republican Center for Genetic Resources
Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan		 +992 933 252 628 [email protected] 22/04/2020
Thailand Ms Duangduen Sripotar Senior Agricultural Research Specialist Plant Varieties Protection Office
Department of Agriculture		 Phochakorn Building
Chatuchak
Bangkok 10900		 duangduen_sripotar
@yahoo.com		 24/08/2017
Timor-Leste
Togo M. Akla-Esso M'baw Arokoum Director de l'Agriculture Ministere de L'Agriculture, de l'Elevage
et de la Pêche		 B.P. 385 Lomé  + +228 90 19 46 84 [email protected] 11/09/2013
Alternate:
Mr Koffi Kombate		 Chercheur Istitut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA), Ministere de L'Agriculture, de l'Elevage
et de la Pêche		 B.P. 1163 Lomé  +228 19 46 84 [email protected] 11/09/2013
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago Ms Albada Beekham Director (Ag) Research Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries		   1 868 646 7657/756 0548 [email protected]
[email protected]
Tunisia Mme Mariem Bouhdida Chercheur Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie (INRAT) +216 98 368 447 [email protected] 30/07/2020
Turkey Ms. Naciye Çakir Coordinator, Working Group on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Department of Horticultural Research General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 161, 06800 Çankaya, Ankara +90 312 307 6121 [email protected] 12/03/2020
Ms. Havva Merve Yilmaz Agricultural Engineer, Working Group on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Department of Horticultural Research General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 161, 06800 Çankaya, Ankara +90 312 307 6126 [email protected] 12/03/2020
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda Mr John Wasswa Mulumba Curator, Head Plant Genetic Resource Centre, National Agricultural Research Organization Berkeley Lane Plot 2-4
P.O Box 40
Entebbe		 +256-414-320638
+256-414-321070
cell:+256782671698		 [email protected]
[email protected]		 15/02/2016
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom Ms Rachel Davis SEO Policy Advisor, Genetic Resources Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (DEFRA)		 Sterling House, Dix's Field, Exeter, EX1 1QA +020-80264347 [email protected] 23/10/2019
United Republic of Tanzania Ms Margaret Jonathan Mollel Principal Research Scientist and Curator National Plant Genetic Resources Center (NPGRC)     [email protected] 06/10/2015
United States of America Mr Mark Freeman Plant Products Trade Specialist
U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service		 USDA/ARS 1400 Independence Avenue SW
Washington
DC 20250		  +1 202 720-4743
 		 [email protected] 20/01/2020
Uruguay Sr Marcos Martínez Coordinador Unidad de campo natural Dirección General de Recursos Naturales de MGAP +598 99856871 [email protected] 05/08/2020
Uzbekistan Mr Ibraim Olimovich Khodjaev Head, International Relations Department Ministry of Agriculture +998 (99) 8299909 [email protected] 13/08/2020
Vanuatu
Venezuela Ms Margaret Gutiérrez Presidenta Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias – INIA Av. Universidad, Vía el Limón, Al frente de la Zona Educativa, Maracay, Estado Aragua   [email protected]
[email protected]
Viet Nam Ms Nguyen Giang Thu Deputy Director General Department of Science, Technology and Environment (DOSTE) 0902261339 [email protected] 28/08/2020
Yemen Mr Ali Ahmed Al-Jarmouzi Maeen General Director National Genetic Resources Center  Dhamar  +967 6 423917
 +967 772555669		 [email protected] 22/04/2014
Zambia Mr Graybill Munkombwe Senior Agricultural Research Officer Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) Private Bag 7
Chilanga
Zambia		   [email protected] 10/02/2020
Zimbabwe Mr Kudzai Kusena Curator Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Institute Fifth Street Extension, P.O. Box CY550, Harare +263 (0)718 714527/(0)773 041186 [email protected] 30/08/2019
Alternate:
Mr Cames Mguni		 Director Department of Research and Specialist Services Fifth Street Extension, Opposite Royal Club, Harare +263 (0)712 611772 [email protected] 30/08/2019