Chairman
Professor Grant Scobie
Department of Economics
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton, New Zealand
Members
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Dr. Donald McDonald |
Professor Robert Willey |
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Regional Director |
Overseas Development Group |
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NSW Agriculture |
University of East Anglia |
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(161 Kite Street) |
Norwich NR4 7TJ |
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Locked Bag'No. 1 |
England, UK |
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Orange, NSW |
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Australia |
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Resource Person
Dr. Guido Gryseels (Panel Secretary)
Deputy Executive Secretary
Technical Advisory Committee/CGIAR
Research and Technology
Development Division, FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
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Name: |
Grant MacDonald Scobie (New Zealand) | |
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Position: |
Professor and Chairperson, Department of Economics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand | |
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Education: |
B.Ag.Sc (1963) Massey University, New Zealand | |
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M.Ag.Ec (1969) University of New England, Australia | |
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Ph.D. (1973) North Carolina State University, USA | |
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Expertise: |
Economics of R&D; Science Policy; Trade and Macroeconomic Policy in Developing Countries | |
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Experience: |
1963-69: |
Principal Research Officer, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Canberra |
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1973-76: |
Senior Economist, Rice Program, CIAT |
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1976-82: |
Assistant/Associate Professor, NC State University |
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1980-81: |
Visiting Research Fellow, IFPRI, Washington, DC |
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1982-86: |
Senior Economist, Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, New Zealand |
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1986-90: |
Founding Partner, SER Economic Consultants, New Zealand |
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1986-90: |
Senior Staff Economist, Sigma One Corporation, USA (part time) |
Extensive consulting experience in Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Australia. Consultant to CGIAR Secretariat, 1979. Consultant to TAC Working Party on Upland Rice Research, 1980. Consultant to CIMMYT, 1982. Consultant to CGIAR Impact Study, 1985. Member Second EPR of ICARDA (1988). Consultant to ACIAR to review study on research priorities (1990).
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Name: |
Donald J. McDonald (Australia) | |
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Position: |
Regional Director, Department of Agriculture, Orange, New South Wales (NSW), Australia | |
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Education: |
B.Sc. Agr. (1957), M.S. Agr. (1968), University of Sydney; Ph.D. (1971) Genetics and Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University | |
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Expertise: |
Rice Breeding, Agronomy, Research Management | |
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Experience: |
1957-73: |
Rice Breeder and Research Agronomist, Agricultural Research Centre, Yanco, NSW |
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1973-81; |
Regional Director of Research, Agricultural Research Centre, Yanco, NSW |
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1978-83; |
Research Specialist, World Bank/UNDP Rice Seed Production Project, Burma |
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Since 1981; |
Present position |
Initiated rice breeding programme in 1959 and bred Australia's first long grain rice variety sown to 40 % of the total rice area in 1970s. Major role in breeding second generation Australian rice varieties. Pioneered the study and application of aerial seeding techniques. Extensive research in soil nitrogen requirements, crop physiology and crop management.
International experience covers Bangladesh, Burma, China, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, USA. Member of the external review team for review of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (1982). Consultant to ACIAR on projects in Burma and Thailand. Member of the Panel which conducted the Third External Programme and Management Review of the West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) (1992-93).
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Robert Wilson Willey (UK) | |
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Position: |
Professorial Fellow, Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia, Norwich. Special Professor in Agronomy, University of Nottingham | |
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Education: |
B.Sc. (1960), University of Nottingham; Ph.D. (1965), University of Leeds; D.Sc. (1991), University of Nottingham | |
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Expertise: |
Agronomy/Cropping Systems | |
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Experience: |
University Positions | |
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1960-64; |
University of Leeds |
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1965-69 & 1973-76; |
University of Reading |
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1969-73; |
Makerere University, Uganda |
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1982-83; |
Cornell University, USA (Sabbatical) |
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1984-89; |
Professor of Development Studies (Natural Resources), University of East Anglia, Norwich |
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Since 1990; |
Present position |
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Research Positions | |
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1976-84; |
Principal Agronomist, ICRISAT |
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1988-: |
Coordinator of ODA-funded Eastern India Rainfed Farming Project. |
Developing country experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Member of the Fourth External Programme and Management Review Panel of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) (1992).
