Country Focal Points to the Global Soil Partnership
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Afghanistan
Mr. Hamidullah Ahmadzai (Director for Soil Research)
Albania
Irfan Tarelli (Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Administration)
Algeria
- Medjahed Saddek (Ministère de l'Agriculture)
- Alternate: Abdelhakim Ouzzane (Algerian National Institute of Agronomic Research, INRAA)
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
- Agr. Carla Pascale Medina (Ministerio de Agroindustria)
- Alternate Omar Odarda (Ministerio de Agroindustria)
Armenia
Samvel Sahakyan (Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia)
Australia
- Nathan Sibley (Department of Agriculture)
- Alternate: Adrienne Ryan (Department of Agriculture)
Austria
Andrea Spanischberger (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management)
Azerbaijan
- Ilhama Gadimova (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Alternate: Firidun Taghiyev (Ministry of Agriculture)
B
Bahamas
Kenneth Richardson (Department of Agriculture)
Bahrain
-Rasha Ahmed Al Sherooqi (International Organizations Office)
-Alternate: Ali Hameed Al Shabani (Water Resources)
Bangladesh
Taiabur Rahman (Ministry of Agriculture-Soil Resource Development Institute, SRDI)
Barbados
Belarus
Aliaksandr Chervan (Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry)
Belgium
Martien Swerts (Government of Flanders - Environment, Nature and Energy department; Land and Soil Protection, Subsoil; Natural Resources Division)
Belize
Ina Iris Sanchez (Minister of Agriculture)
Benin
Agueh S. Gilbert Damien (Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'élevage et de la pêche, Directeur de la Qualité des Innovations et de la Formation Entrepreneuriale)
Bhutan
Karma Dema Dorji (National Soils Service Center ,NSSC - Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests)
Bolivia
- Miguel Vaca (Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras)
- Alternate: Leonor Ayma Morales (Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
- Chebukani Mpapho Fanani (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Alternate: Leonardi Matlhodi (Ministry of Agriculture)
Brazil
- Igor Andrade Vidal Barbosa (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Alternates: Jefé Leao Ribeiro (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture, Liverstock and Food Supply)
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
- Irena D. Atanassova (Institute of Soil science, agrotechnologies and Plant Protection)
- Alternate: Svetla Simeonova Rousseva (Institute of Soil Science, agrotechnologies and Plant Protection)
Burkina Faso
Zacharie Segda (Bureau National des Sols, BUNASOLS)
Burundi
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Cambodia
Seng Vang (Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management, General Directorate of Agriculture, GDA)
Cameroon
Ngomeni Arlende Fiore (Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le développement, IRAD)
Canada
Bob Turnock (International Engagement Division, Science & Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Cabo Verde
- Isaurinda dos Santos Baptista Costa (Instituto Nacionai de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário, INIDA)
- Alternate: Jacques de Pina Tavares (Instituto Nacionai de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário, INIDA)
Côte d'Ivoire
- Kouassi Bredoumy Soumaila Traore (Productions et sécurité alimentaire)
- Alternate: Anon Bertin (productison vivrieres et de la secuirte alimentaire)
Central African Republic
Chad
- Naitormbaide Michel (Centre régional de Recherche Agronomique pour la zone Soudanienne)
- Alternate : Mbaikoubou Melika (Centre régional de Recherche Agronomique pour la zone Soudanienne)
Chile
- Rodrigo Osorio Hermosilla (División de Protección de Recursos Naturales Renovales)
- Alternate: Jacqueline Espinoza Oyarzún (Ministero de Agricultura)
China
Lu Jing (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs)
Colombia
- Sebastián Acosta Triana (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Asuntos Económicos, Sociales y Ambientales)
- Alternate: Olga Lucia Ospina (Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible)
Comoros
Congo
Daniel Zéphirin Obambi (Centre National d'Etudes des Sols)
Cook Islands
William Wigmore (Ministry of Agriculture)
Costa Rica
Renato Jiménez Zúñiga (Departamento de Servicios Técnicos del INTA)
Croatia
Brigita Popovic (Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek)
Cuba
- Dagoberto Rodríguez Lozano (Instituto de Suelos del Ministerio de la Agricultura)
- Alternate: Olegario Muñiz Ugarte (Instituto de Suelos del Ministerio de la Agricultura)
Cyprus
Giorgos Theophanous (Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment)
Czech Republic
Radim Vácha (VUMOP – Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation)
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Jung, Kang-Ho (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elenga Bolumbu Entanga Gaius (Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development)
Denmark
Djibouti
Hami Said (Responsable du laboratoire de Pédologie du CERD)
Dominica
Dominican Republic
- Patricia Abreu (Ministero De Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
- Alternate: Dominga Polanco (Ministero De Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
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Ecuador
Manuel Carrillo (Instituto Nacional Autonomo de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAP)
-Alternate: Eddie Pesántez (Viceministro de Desarrollo Productivo Agropecuario)
Egypt
Alaa El-Bably (Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation)
El Salvador
- Edgard Mayen Velasquez (Centro NacIonal de tecnologia Agropecuaria y Forestal, CENTA)
- Alternate: Ana Yaneth Valencia Rodriguez (Centro NacIonal de tecnologia Agropecuaria y Forestal, CENTA)
Equatorial Guinea
Don Clemente Popo Lobede (Ministerio de agricultura, ganaderia, bosques y medio ambiente)
Eritrea
Dermas Sultan (National Agricultural Research Institute, NARI)
Estonia
Alar Astover (Ministry of Rural Affairs)
Eswatini
Patrick B. Dlamini (Ministry of Agriculture)
Ethiopia
Fanosie Mekonen (Ministry of Agriculture)
European Union
- Mirco Barbero (European Commission - DG ENV)
- Alternate: Luca Montanarella (European Commission DG JRC)
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Fiji
Ami Sharma (Ministry of Agriculture)
Finland
- Aleksi Lehtonen (Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke)
- Alternate: Jaana Kaipainen (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
France
- Frank Da Ros (Secrétariat général des affaires européennes)
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Gabon
- Ngadi Litadi Raphael (Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'élevage, de la pêche et de la sécurite alimentaire)
- Alternates: Medang Meye, Emma Bernice Bouanga (Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'élevage, de la pêche et de la sécurite alimentaire)
Gambia
Abdou Rahman Jobe (Soil and Water Management Services, Ministry of Agriculture)
Georgia
Ekaterine Sanadze (Ministry of Agriculture)
Germany
Ingeborg Bayer (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture)
Ghana
Joseph Opoku Fening (CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
Greece
Sideris Theocharopoulos (Institute of Soil and Water Resources)
Grenada
Allyson Haynes (Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment)
Guatemala
- Sigrid Gabriela Castellanos Méndez (Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
- Alternate: José Antonio Miguel Duro Tamasuinas (Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Rui Néné Djata (Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Developement)
Guyana
Oudho Homenauth (National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute, NAREI)
H
Haiti
Jean Serge Antoine (Ministère de l'Agriculture)
Honduras
Arturo Varela Ocón (Dirección de Ciencia y tecnología Agropecuaria (DICTA) de la Secretaria y ganaderia)
Hungary
- Katalin Berényi-Üveges (National Food Chain Safety Office Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment)
- Alternate: Ilona Szabados (Ministry of Agriculture, Food Chain Control Department)
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Iceland
Arni Bragason (Soil Conservation Service of Iceland)
India
S K Chaudhari (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)
Indonesia
Dedi Nursyamsi (Ministry of Agriculture)
Iran
- Jahanbakhsh Mirzavand (Ministry of Agriculture Jahad)
- Alternate: Reza Sarafrazi (Ministry of Agriculture)
Iraq
Iman Sahib Salman (Directorate of planning and follow-up, Ministry of Agriculture)
Ireland
Israel
Alon Maor (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)
Italy
Filiberto Altobelli (Center for Policy and Bioeconomy - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - CREA)
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Jamaica
Joan Brown Morrison (Agricultural Land Management Division)
Japan
- Katsuyoshi Masukawa (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
- Alternate: Yasuhito Shirato (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
Jordan
Mahmoud Hasan Alfraihat (Ministry of Agriculture/Land and Irrigation Department)
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Kazakhstan
Ms Gulzhakhan Bimendina (Ministry of Agriculture)
Kenya
Anne Muriuki (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization| KALRO)
Kiribati
Kabuati Nakabuta (Ministry of Agriculture)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
- Jigitali Jumaliev (Ministry of Agriculture and Melioration)
- Alternate: Ermek Baybagyshov (National Kyrgyz Agrarian University)
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Laos
Nivong Sipaseuth (Department of Agricultural Land Management | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
Latvia
Laura Liepina (Ministry of Agriculture)
Lebanon
- Fatima Beydoun (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Alternate: Ralph Zoghaib (Ministry of Agriculture)
Lesotho
- Maseeiso Hlongwane (Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation)
- Alternate: Refuoe Boose (Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation)
Liberia
Marcus T. Jones (Central Agriculture Research Institute, CARI)
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
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Madagascar
Valérie Benjamin Ramahavalisoa (Ministère de l'environnement et du développement durable - MEDD)
Alternate: Rakotomanana Noro (Ministère de l'environnement, de l'écologie, de la mer et des Forêts)
Malawi
- Gilbert Kupunda (Land Resources Conservation)
- Alternate: Thomas Chigowo (Land Resources Conservation)
Malaysia
- Khazana Ibrahim (Soil Resource Management and Conservation Division, Department of Agriculture Malaysia)
- Alternate: Ismail Bin Hashim (Soil Resource Management and Conservation Division, Department of Agriculture Malaysia)
Maldives
Mali
Dr DIAKITE Lamissa (Agence d'Aménagement des Terres et de Fourniture de l'Eau d'Irrigation (ATI)
Malta
Marshall Islands
Risa Kabua-Myazoe (Ministry of Resrouces and Development)
Mauritania
Memma Beibata (Ministère de l'Agriculture)
Mauritius
Ronald Cheong (MSIRI/MCIA -Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute)
Mexico
- Dra. Sol Ortíz García (Cambio Climático en el Sector Agropecuario de la SADER)
- Alternate: Veronica Bunge (Cambio Climático en el Sector Agropecuario de la SADER)
Micronesia
- Jackson Phillip (Cooperative Research & Extension Dept., College of Micronesia-FSM)
- Alternate: Marciano Imar (FSM Dept of Resources & Development)
Monaco
Mongolia
Enkhtuya Bazarradnaa (Mongolian University of Life Sciences)
Montenegro
Rahela Pupovic (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Montenegro)
Morocco
- Faouzi Bekkaoui (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
- Alternate: Rachid Moussadek (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
Mozambique
Momade Mamudo (Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique | IIAM)
Myanmar
- Su Su Win (Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation)
- Alternate: Khin Mar (Department of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation)
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Namibia
- Ella Shiningwayamwe (Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry)
- Alternate: Josephath Kutuahupira (Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry)
Nauru
Marissa Derime Cook (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment - CIE)
Nepal
Chandra Prasad Risal (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development)
Netherlands
Hans Brand (European Agricultural Policy and Food Security Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs)
New Zealand
Jessica Anderson (Ministry for Primary Industries)
Nicaragua
Vladimir Prado Borsetti (Istituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales - INETER)
Niger
Addam Kiari Saidou (Institut National de la recherche Agronomique du Niger, INRAN)
Nigeria
Victor O. Chude (Soil Science Society of Nigeria)
Niue
Poi Okesene (Ministry of Natural Resources)
Norway
Line Marie Meinert Rød (Ministry of Agriculture and Food)
O
Oman
Hamad Al-Thuhli (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries)
P
Pakistan
Waqar Ahmad (Ministry of National Food Security and Research)
Palau
Trebkul Tellei (Bureau of Agriculture)
Panama
José Villareal (Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá)
Papua New Guinea
Francis Daink (Department of Agriculture and Livestock)
Paraguay
- Ken Moriya (Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería)
- Alternate: Arnulfo Encinas (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)
Peru
- Roxana Isabel Orrego Moya (Directora General de la Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales Agrarios del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego)
- Jesus Ysidro Quispe Huertas (Coordinador del Area de Suelos de la Dirección de evaluacion de los recursos naturales)
Philippines
- Angel Enriquez (Bureau of Soils and Water Management)
- Alternate: Sonia Salguero (Bureau of Soils and Water Management)
Poland
Grzegorz Siebielec (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, IUNG)
Portugal
- Gonçalo de Freitas Leal (DGADR Director General - Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural)
- Alternate: Filipa Horta Osório (General Direction to Agriculture and Rural Development of the Ministry of Agriculture and Sea)
Q
Qatar
R
Republic of Korea
Sangho Jeon (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Republic of Moldova
- Ms Angela Dogotari (Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment)
- Alternate: Ms. Tamara Leah (Deputy Director of the Soil Research Institute of Moldova)
Romania
Russian Federation
Kirill Antyukhin (Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to FAO and other UN Agencies in Rome, Agricultural attache)
Rwanda
Pascal Rushemuka (Rwanda Agriculture Board)
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Kwesi Goddard
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
David Hunter (CEO MAF)
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hussain Fahad Al Ajmi (Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture MEWA)
São Tomé e Príncipe
Antónia dos Santos Neto (Center for Agronomic and Technological Research CIAT)
Senegal
- Mamadou Amadou (Institut national de Pédologie)
- Alternate: Ndèye Yacine Badiane Ndour (laboratoire national de Recherches sur les Productions Végétales de l'ISRA)
Serbia
- Marija Dragovic (Ministry of Environmental Protection)
- Alternate: Sanja Djordjevid (Ministry of Environmental Protection)
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Abdulrahman Kamara (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security)
Singapore
- Hassan Ibrahim (International Biodiversity Conservation)
- Alternate: Varughese Philip (Plant health laboratory department)
Slovakia
- Vlasta Jánová (Section for Geology and Natural Resources Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic)
- Alternate: Jaroslava Sobocká (Soil Sience and Conservation Research Institute)
Slovenia
- Helena Matoz (Ministry and Climate Change Division)
- Alternate: Petra Karo Bester (Slovenian Environment Agency)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Eng. Mohamed Mohamud Abdi (Ministry of Agriculture)
South Africa
Mampholo Ramakgwale Klaas (Land Use and Soil Management ,LUSM)
South Sudan
Mr. Moses Mogga Mikaya (National Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry Cooperatives and Rural Development)
Spain
Leopoldo Rojo Serrano (Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural y Política ForestalMinisterio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente)
Sri Lanka
Dr. Ajantha de Silva (Natural Resources Management Center)
Sudan
-Amaal Abdelgadir Hassan (Natural Resource General Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation)
-Alternate: Abdelmagid Ali Elmobarak (Land and Water Research Centre)
Suriname
Ruby Kromokardi (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries)
Sweden
Erik Karltun (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Switzerland
- Elena Havlicek (Département fédéral de l'environnement, des transports, de l'énergie et de la communication DETEC, Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV, Division Sols et Biotechnologie)
- Alternate: Andrea Ulrich (Départment fédéral de l’économie, de la formation et de la recherche DEFR, Office fédéral de l’agriculture OFAG, Secteur Systèmes agro-environnementaux et éléments fertilisants)
Syria
- Muhammad Manhal Alzoubi (General Commission for Scientific Agriculture Research)
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Tajikistan
- Mr Abirov Alanarar (State agency for plant protection and chemicalisation of agriculture)
- Alternate: Mr Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
Tanzania
Jackson Nkuba (Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives)
Thailand
Pitayakon Limthong (President of the Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dusko Mukaetov (Agricultural Institute of Macedonia)
Timor-Leste
- Juiberto dos Santos (Ministry of Agriculutre and Fisheries)
- Alternate: Rita da Costa Soares (Ministry of Agriculutre and Fisheries)
Togo
Koffi Gbélékor Afawoubo (Laboratoire Sol, Végétaux et eaux de l'ITRA)
Tonga
- Vunivesi Minoneti (MAFF)
- Alternate: Viliami Toalei Manu (CEO MAFF)
Trinidad and Tobago
Gabrielle de Souza (Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries)
Tunisia
Leila Ben Daya (DG/ACTA)
Turkey
- Hakkı Emrah Erdogan (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock)
- Alternate: Mine Serdaroglu (Ministry of Agriculture and forestry)
Turkmenistan
- Durikov Muhammet (The State Committee of Turkmenistan on Environment Protection and Land Resources)
Tuvalu
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Uganda
Kamala Grace (Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries)
Ukraine
- Baliuk Sviatoslav (National Scientific Center, Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky)
- Alternate: Levin Arkadiy (Department for scientific and economic activity, intellectual property and marketing innovation, NSC ISSAR international)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Judith Stuart (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, DEFRA)
United States of America
David Lindbo (United States Department of Agriculture USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS, Soil Science Division)
Uruguay
- Ana laura Moreira (Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura y Pesca)
- Alternate: Carlos Clérici (Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura y Pesca)
Uzbekistan
Umid Valievich Abdullaev (Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan)
V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
- Jose Luis Berroteran (Universidad Nacional Experimental Rómulo Gallegos)
- Alternate: Juan Carlos Rey
Vietnam
Tran Minh Tien (Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute SFRI Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
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Yemen
Mohamed Hezam Al-Mashreki (National centre for agricultural researches and livestock/ Ministry of agriculture)
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Zambia
Stalin Sichinga (Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)
Zimbabwe
Emmanuel Chikwari (Chemistry and Soil Research Institute)