Günter Hemrich, FAO (ESAF)
Food Systems Economist, has worked on food security issues since 1992 for FAO, the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the German Foundation for International Development (DSE). Recent articles include "Addressing the risk factor common to conflict and food insecurity" (State of Food and Agriculture (SOFI) 2002) and "Food insecurity and HIV/AIDS: when short-term emergencies intersect a long-wave crisis" (SOFI 2003).
E-mail: guenter.hemrich@fao.org

Clement Obonyo Jabwor, Independent consultant

E-mail: ojabwor@yahoo.com

Fatima Jibrell, Horn Relief
Somali environmental, pastoralists' and women's rights activist, winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002 and founder of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (http://hornrelief.org/index.html). A child of nomads, Jibrell eventually became an American citizen. She recently achieved a major victory by securing an enforced ban on the export of charcoal from the Puntland government in northeast Somalia. While halting the "charcoal wars," Jibrell and Horn Relief have educated rural local communities on sustainable alternatives to charcoal production and helped them work together in peace.
E-mail: horn-relief@netcostg.com

Brian Jones, Oxfam GB
Based in Oxfam GB's humanitarian department in the Food and Nutrition Section. Interested in the interaction between nutrition and food security as outcomes of livelihood activities. Special areas of interest: livelihood assessment and development of innovative livelihood programming.
E-mail: BJones@oxfam.org.uk

Anne Joseph, EC AidCo
Dr Anne Joseph has worked on the banking and financial sectors in African countries and is the author of one book and several articles on the subject. She has been working on poverty and food security at the European Commission since 2000. Previously based in Madagascar, she works in the Food Security Unit of EuropeAid Co-operation Office at the EC Headquarters in Brussels.
E-mail: anne.joseph@cec.eu.int

Allan Jury, WFP (SP)
Chief, Food Security, Safety Nets and Relief Service, WFP Strategy, Policy and Programme Support Division. Manages and directs WFP policy development and programme support activities, including research in four areas (each of which has its own unit chief): Gender, Emergency Relief and Recovery, HIV/AIDS and General Food Security Policy.
E-mail: allan.jury@wfp.org

Samuel Kona, FEWS NET
PhD student in Conflict Resolution, Lancaster University, UK. Specialist and consultant in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Consultancies include for USAID, Oxfam GB, World Vision, UNITAR. Former Programme Manager for Peacebuilding and Conflict Management with Oxfam GB and worked for Government of Kenya. Main areas of research include: the role of culture in peacebuilding and conflict causation; building peace from below; conflict early warning systems and building synergies in conflict resolution approaches.
E-mail: ekonas@hotmail.com

Prof Sue Lautze, Tufts University, US

E-mail: Slautze@aol.com

Dr Kate Longley, ODI/ICRISAT
Research Fellow, ODI Humanitarian Policy Group, and Special Project Scientist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), based in Nairobi, Kenya. Current research interests include the impacts of complex emergencies on livelihoods and agriculture, and policy and programming options for appropriate agricultural rehabilitation.
E-mail: k.longley@cgiar.org

Christian Romer Løvendal, FAO (ESAF)
Economist, FAO Food Security and Agricultural Projects Analysis Service. Areas of work include vulnerability analysis, food security assessment and policy development and support to the Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) initiative with particular focus on Asia.
E-mail: christianromer.lovendal@fao.org

Nisar Majid, SC-UK
Food security adviser for Save the Children UK. Focus on the Horn of Africa. Extensive experience in the use of the Household Economy Analysis approach, as applied to early warning, emergency needs assessments and food security information systems.
E-mail: N.Majid@scfuk.org.uk

Dan Maxwell, CARE

E-mail: maxwell@care.org