CHAIR:
Prof. Samuel Jutzi
Faculty of Agriculture
International Rural Development &
Environmental Sciences
University of Kassel
Steinstrasse 19
D-37213 Witzenhausen
Germany
E-Mail: [email protected]
MEMBERS:
Prof. Robert Blake
Department of Animal Science
131 Morrison Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Patricio Faylon (initial phase only)
Executive Director, LDC
PCARRD
Paseo de Valmayor, Economic Garden
Los Baños, Laguna,
The Philippines
E-Mail: [email protected]
Ms. Joan Joshi
7601 Coddle Harbour Lane
Potomac
MD 20854-3252
USA
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Carlos Pomareda
P.O. Box 111-2050
San Pedro de Montes de Oca
San José
Costa Rica
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Louise Setshwaelo
USAID Natural Resources Mgt. Project
P.O. Box 368
Maun
Botswana
E-Mail: [email protected]
Prof. Andrew Tait
Director
Wellcome Unit of Molecular Parasitology
Anderson College, Glasgow University
56 Dumbarton Road
Glasgow G11 6NU
UK
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Xuan Vo-Tong (main phase only)
Vice Rector and Director
University of Cantho
Cantho, Haugianv
Vietnam
E-Mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
TAC SECRETARIAT:
Panel Secretary: Don Plucknett
Agricultural Research & Development Int.
(ARDI)
4200 Evergreen Lane, Suite 324
Annandale, Virginia 22003
USA
E-Mail: [email protected]
Resource Person: Dr. Guido Gryseels
Executive Secretary, IAEG
c/o SDRC - C634
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
E-Mail: [email protected]
CGIAR SECRETARIAT:
Resource Person: Pammi Sachdeva
Senior Management Specialist
CGIAR Secretariat
World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington DC 20433, USA
E-Mail: P. [email protected]
Name: JUTZI, Samuel C. (Switzerland)
Position: Senior Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, International Rural Development and Environmental Sciences; Head, Department for Tropical and Subtropical Field Crops, University of Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany.
Expertise: Agricultural Economics, Forage Agronomy, International Agricultural Research and Development.
Education: Dipl. Ing. Agr., Plant Sciences and Agricultural Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland; Dr. Sc. Techn. (with distinction), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
Experience: Agricultural Economist, Swiss Farmers' Union (Highland Farmers' Section), Brugg, Switzerland; Agronomist (forage research and herbage seed production). Faculty of Agronomy, University of Cochabamba, Bolivia; Agronomist, Cerrado Research Centre (CPAC) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Brasilia; currently, Senior Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, International Rural Development and Environmental Sciences, and Head, Department for Tropical and Subtropical Field Crops, University of Kassel. 1995-96, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, International Rural Development and Environmental Sciences. Deputy Director of the Centre for International Agriculture, and a member of the Institute of Crop Science.
Name: BLAKE , Robert W. (USA)
Position: Professor of Animal Science, Animal Breeding, and International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD), Cornell University.
Expertise: Animal Breeding, Livestock Components of Agricultural Systems, matching genetic potentials to environmental constraints in various agroecozones, economic evaluation and decision-making.
Education: B.S., University of Minnesota; Ph.D. and MTID, North Carolina State University.
Experience: US Peace Corps, Peru; 1977-86: faculty member, Texas A&M University; 1986-present, Professor of Animal Science, Animal Breeding, and International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University. Director of Graduate Studies for LARD, member of Program Committee for the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development. 1992-93: Sabbatical leave at CIAT. Visiting scientist, consultant or evaluator for a number of organizations.
Name: FAYLON, Patricio S. (The Philippines)
Position: Director, Livestock Research Division, Philippine Council for Agricultural and Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), The Philippines.
Expertise: Livestock Production/Nutrition
Education: B. S. Agriculture, Swine Production/Agricultural Business Management, University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, 1972; M.S. , Ruminant Nutrition/Production Economics, University of Illinois, USA, 1976; PhD, Ruminant Nutrition and Physiology/Meat Processing/Forage and Pasture, University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB), 1981.
Experience: 1984-85, Acting Director, Livestock Research Department, PCARRD; 1982-84, Assistant Director and Officer-in-Charge, International Projects Department, PCARRD; 1986-87, National Team Leader, Beef and Chevon Commodities R&D Team, PCARRD; 1990-92, National Professional Project Officer, Seconded from PCARRD to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); 1986-88, Visiting Assistant Professor, and Visiting Associate Professor, UPLB; 1992-93, Acting Deputy Executive Director for R&D. PCARRD; 1993-94, Technical Consultant, Pioneer Development Foundation for Asia and the Pacific, Inc.; 1985 to date. Director, Livestock Research Division, PCARRD.
Name: JOSHI, Joan H. (USA)
Position: Independent Consultant.
Expertise: Administration and General Management.
Education: A.B. Political Science, Cornell University (1954); Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics (1953); General Management Course, American Management Association (1975); Financial Management Course, Columbia University School of Business (1978).
Experience: 1954-57: held administrative positions primarily in educational and educational exchange institutions; 1968-91: served in varied positions with the Institute of International Education, including Manager, Study Abroad Programs (1968-75) and Vice President, Educational Programmes (1975-81); 1982-83: Director of Administration, ICARDA; 1983-present: as independent consultant: conducted recruitment campaigns and carried out management studies relative to organizational structure, administrative procedures, personnel policies, gender equity and board of trustees structure and operations for CGIAR Centres and Secretariat, TAC and Council for International Exchange of Scholars among others; also managed USAID grants to private voluntary organizations supporting public education programmes relating to international development. Member, External Review Panels of IITA (1984), CIMMYT (1989), CIAT (1989), IIMI (1990), ICLARM (1995), ICRAF (1998) and the TAC Secretariat (1988); consultant to Panels reviewing CIP (1995) and CIAT (1995). Member, Board of Trustees, ICLARM.
Name: POMAREDA, Carlos (Peru)
Position: Executive President, Servicios Internacionales para el Desarrollo Empresarial, General Manager, Corporacion Ganadera "Los Laureles".
Expertise: Technical, Economic, Financial, Managerial and Organizational Aspects of Tropical Agriculture
Education: Agricultural Engineer, Universidad Agraria "La Molina"; MSc. Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University; PhD, Agricultural Economics, Texas Tech University.
Experience: 1969-70, Field Technician, Univ. Agraria 'La Molina/CENDRET; 1972-74, Assistant in project, Agricultural Trade Barriers between Mexico and EEUU, North Carolina State University; 1974-76, Assistant, Agricultural Price Policy in East Africa, The World Bank; 1977-79, Chief, 'Agriculture and Integration en Centroamerica', SIECA; 1979-83, Researcher, 'Agriculture Insurance Project', IICA; 1984-86, Co-Leader, National Program of Agroeconomics, Peru, INIPA; 1987-1993, Director, Program of Agricultural Policy and Planning, IICA; 1994-98, Executive President, Servicios Internacionales para el Desarrollo Empresarial, General Manager, Corporacion Ganadera "Los Laureles". Consultant to The World Bank, BID, PNUD, USAID, FIDA and FAO in agricultural policy, international trade, project analysis, institutional development, financing and strategies for agriculture. Consultant to private enterprises, producer associations and public institutions in several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Leadership: President (founder), Asociacion Peruana de Economia Agricola (APEA), 1993-96; President, Asociacion Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Economia Agricola (ALACEA). Recognition: Award (1981 and 1985), Asociacion Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras de Desarrollo (ALIDE) for the best technical work in the field of Agricultural Finance.
Name: SETSHWAELO, Louise L. (Botswana)
Position: Advisor, SADC/USAID Natural Resources Management Project. Botswana
Expertise: Tropical Animal Production, Beef Cattle Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Research Management, Training, Curriculum Development.
Education: PhD, Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Nebraska; MSc., Tropical Animal Health and Production, University of Edinburgh
Experience: Research Scientist and Manager (Beef cattle breeding and genetics, breed development; overseeing national livestock and range research program). Department of Agricultural Research, Botswana; Managing a SADC project in Tanzania on training in agricultural research management for senior and middle level research managers in the SADC region; Currently, Advisor, SADC/USAID Natural Resources Management Project, Botswana. Served on several committees including: US National Academy of Sciences Subcommittee for Managing Global Livestock Genetic Resources, and the Permanent International Committee for the World Congress Applied to Livestock Production, 1990-1998.
Name: TAIT, Andrew (UK)
Position: Professor of Veterinary Parasitology, and Director of the Wellcome Unit of Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow.
Expertise: Biochemical Genetics; Genetics and specialisation of African trypanosomes; Molecular Parasitology; Theileria annulata.
Education: BSc, Biochemistry, University of Edinburgh; PhD, Genetics, University of Edinburgh
Experience: Postdoctoral work. University of Edinburgh, University of Colorado; 1987, with Professor D. Barry and with support from the Wellcome Trust, set up the Wellcome Unit of Molecular Parasitology in Glasgow; Currently, Professor of Veterinary Parasitology and Director of the Wellcome Unit of Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow. External offices: Chairman of the Animal Health Advisors, Merck; Member of the Governing Board of the Institute of Animal Health; Member of the Wellcome Trust Infection and Biodiversity Panels, and Member of the Editorial Boards of Parasite Immunology and Experimental Parasitology. Past offices: Chairman, WHO CHEMAF and IMMAF Steering Committee; EU Tropical Agriculture Evaluation Panels; Member of Visiting Group to the Institute of Animal Health and Member of MRC Fellowship, studentship and grant committees.
Name: VO-TONG, Xuan (Vietnam)
Position: Professor of Agronomy; Vice Rector, University of Cantho, Director, Mekong Delta Farming Systems Research and Development Centre
Expertise: Tropical Rice Production, Farming Systems, Management of Hydromorphic and Acid Sulfate Soils.
Education: B. Sc., Agricultural Chemistry, University of the Philippines (1966); M.Sc., Agricultural Chemistry, University of the Philippines (1969); D. Agr. in Crop Science, Kyushu University, Japan.
Experience: Research Fellow, International Rice Research Institute (1969-71); chairman, Dept. of Bio-Agronomy, University of Cantho, Vietnam (1971-75); Project Leader, Mekong Committee-USAID project on 'Management of Heavy Delta Clay for Multiple Cropping (1973-74); Chairman, Dept. of Agronomy, University of Cantho (1975-78); Asst. Dean of Agriculture, University of Cantho (1978-81); Vice Rector, University of Cantho (1982 to date); Project Leader, Management of Acid Sulphate Soils of the Mekong Delta (1980-92); Visiting Scholar, Harvard Institute of International Development (1990, 1991); numerous international consulting missions in Vietnam. Numerous awards and honours in Vietnam -Council of State Awards (4); Vietnam State Workers' Union Awards (Certificate of Invention, 1981, 1985); Certificates of Outstanding Scientific Achievement - Prime Minister (1980), Ministry of Agriculture (1986), People's Committee of Haugiang province (1978-1988); Outstanding Alumnus, University of the Philippines College of Agriculture Alumni Association (1990); Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service (1990). Author or co-author of four books on tropical rice production and two books on agriculture in the Mekong Delta, including a four-volume set on Soils, Food Crops, Industrial Crops, Aquaculture, Animal Husbandry, and Agricultural Mechanisation.
