Chair:
Dr. Ronnie Coffman
Associate Dean for Research
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Director, Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University, 245 Roberts Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-1902, USA
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(1-607) 255-2554 (office) |
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(1-607) 272-7551 (home) |
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(1-607) 255-9499 |
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Members:
Dr. Randy A. Hautea
Director, Institute of Plant Breeding
University of the Philippines
Los Baños, 4031 College
Laguna, The Philippines
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(63-94) 536-3304 (office) |
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(63-94) 536-3438 |
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Dr. Jean-Yves Maillat
Room N4077 (POPTR)
The World Bank
1818 H Street N.W.
Washington D.C. 20433, USA.
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(1-202) 473-1601 (office) |
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(1-202) 676-0256 |
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Dr. David W. Norman
Department of Agricultural Economics
342 Waters Hall Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506 4011, USA.
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(1-913) 532-6702 (office) |
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(1-913) 532-6925 |
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Dr. Donald L. Plucknett
Agricultural Research and Development
International
7127 Little River Turnpike, Suite 205A
Annandale, Virginia 22003, USA.
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(1-703) 354-5423 (office) |
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(1-703) 941-1936 |
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Dr. Fred Wang'ati
P.O. Box 29203
Nairobi, Kenya
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(254-2) 592148 (office) |
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(254-2) 891273 |
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Resource Persons:
Dr. W. John Griffith (Consultant)
9210 Friars Road
Bethesda, MD 20817-2321, USA
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(1-301) 897-5046 or (1-410) 382-8665 |
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(1-301) 530-9347 |
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Dr. Graham Jenkins (Consultant)
16 High Street
Hauxton, Cambridge CB2 5HW, UK
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(44-1223) 871-539 |
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(44-1223) 871-539 |
Dr. Paramjit S. Sachdeva
Senior Management Specialist
CGIAR Secretariat, The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington DC 20433, USA
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(1-202) 473-8941 (office) |
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(1-202)473-8110 |
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Dr. Amir Kassam
Senior Agricultural Research Officer
TAC Secretariat, Research and Technology
Development Division, FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
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(39-6) 52256226 (office) |
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(39-6) 52253298 |
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Name: COFFMAN, William R. (USA)
Position: Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Director, Cornell Agricultural Exper. Station, Cornell University.
Expertise: Plant Breeding, Pathology and Physiology
Education: B.S. Agronomy (1965), M.S. Agronomy (1967), University of Kentucky, Ph.D. Plant Breeding, Pathology and Physiology (1971), Cornell University.
Experience: 1970-71: Visiting Scientist, Wheat-Programme, CIMMYT, Mexico. 1971-75:
Associate Plant Breeder, IRRI. 1978-79: Visiting Scientist, Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University. 1976-80: Plant Breeder, IRRI. 1981-94: Professor of Plant Breeding and International Agriculture and Chairman, Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Cornell University. Since 1995: Present position.
Consultant to TAC, Rockefeller Foundation, BOSTID. Member or Chairman of several policy and executive committees. Member of several scientific associations. Member of 2nd EPR of IITA 1982. Developing country experience in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Author of over 60 scientific publications including 2 books.
Name: HAUTEA, Randy A. (The Philippines)
Position: Director, Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, The Philippines.
Expertise: Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics.
Education: B.S. in Agriculture (1977) and M.S. in Agronomy (Plant Breeding-Statistics) (1980), University of the Philippines, Los Baños; Ph.D in Plant Breeding (Plant Pathology and Physiology), Cornell University (1986).
Experience: 1986 to date: Member of the Faculty, Graduate School, University of the Philippines, Los Baños. 1986-1995: University Researcher and Plant Breeder, Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines, Los Baños (IPB-UPLB). 1987-91: Division Head/Programme Leader/Executive Officer, Field Legumes Division, IPB-UPLB. 1989-91: Deputy Director, IPB-UPLB. 1992: Visiting Scientist, University of Minnesota. 1993-94: Research and Extension Coordinator, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, Los Baños. 1994-95: Consultant on Peanut Production, Agribusiness Systems Assistance Project, USAID/Department of Agriculture, The Philippines. Since 1994: Present position.
Member, External Review Committee, Genetic Resources Center, IRRI (1995). Chairman, External Review Committee, Bureau of Plant Industry, The Philippines, (1996). Member, Advisory Board, IPB-UPLB (1994 to date). Member, Board of Trustees, UPLB Foundation, Inc. (1995 to date). Vice Chairman, National Committee on Plant Genetic Resources, The Philippines (1994 to date).
Name: MAILLAT, Jean-Yves (France)
Position: Chief, Translation, Interpretation and Conference Services Division, The World Bank.
Expertise: Human Resource Management, Organization and Management Issues
Education: Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques, University of Nancy, France (1969); MBA Marketing and Management, New York University (1972).
Experience: 1969-70: Manager, COFAC, France. 1973-78: Management Consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton International in Egypt and Algeria. 1978-83: Freelance Management Consultant, Qatar Petrochemical Company (French/Qatari joint venture) and for Booz Alien & Hamilton. 1983-87: Senior Management Consultant, Organization Planning Department, World Bank. 1987-88: Head, Internal Management Consultancy Unit, Personnel Department, World Bank - Major assignments (1983-88): strategy and policy studies, management reviews and organization studies, chargeback and contracting out studies, institutional development. 1989-90: Head, Economics Training Programme, Training Division, World Bank. 1990-92: Head, Language Training Programme, Training Division, World Bank. Since 1992: Present position.
Member of the WARDA 1993 External Review.
Name: NORMAN, David (UK)
Position: Professor of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
Expertise: Agricultural Economist
Education: N.D.A. (Royal Society UK); B.Sc. Wye College, London University (1961); M.Sc. (1963), Ph.D. Oregon State University (1965).
Experience: 1965-1976: Research Fellow to Professor, Head of Rural Economics Research Unit and Head of Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University, Northern Nigeria. 1976-77: Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
1978-82: Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. 1982-90: Chief of Party, Agricultural Technology Improvement Project, Gaborone, Botswana (MIAC/USAID Contract with Kansas State University as Lead Institution). Since 1991: present position.
Frequent consultancies, participation in seminars and workshops including those of CIMMYT, CIP, ICRISAT, IITA, ILCA, IRRI. Farming systems research major interest. Member of 2nd EPR (1986), 3rd EPMR (1992) of ILCA and of 4th EPMR (1995) of IITA. Participates frequently in design and evaluation missions for donor funded projects (ODA, Netherlands, FAO, etc) in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Former President of International Association of Farming Systems Research and Extension. Author of over 130 scientific publications.
Name: PLUCKNETT, Donald L. (USA)
Position: Consultant based in Annandale, Virginia.
Expertise: Tropical Crop and Pasture Management, Weed Control, Farming Systems, Natural Resource Management.
Education: B.S. General Agriculture, University of Nebraska (1953); M.S. Agronomy, University of Nebraska (1957); Ph.D. Tropical Soil Science, University of Hawaii (1961).
Experience: 1958-80: University of Hawaii - Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Agronomy (1958-65); Associate Professor of Agronomy (1965-70); Professor of Agronomy (1970-80). 1965 Consultant and Senior Agricultural Advisor, Aswan Agricultural Development Centre, Egypt. 1968: Visiting Professor in Agriculture, University of Queensland, Australia. 1968-69: Visiting Scientist, IRRI. 1971: Senior Fellow, East-West Food Institute. 1973-76: Chief, Soil and Water Management Division, USAID. 1980-93: Senior Scientific Advisor to the CGIAR Secretariat. Since 1993: President, Agricultural Research and Development International, Annandale, Virginia, USA.
Panel Member of the Farming Systems Study (1977-78) and CGIAR Resource Person in the Reviews of CIAT (1977 and 1984), CIMMYT (1982 and 1986), CIP (1983 and 1989), IBPGR (1985), ICARDA (1983), IITA (1977 and 1983), ILCA (1981), ILRAD (1980 and 1986), IRRI (1982, 1987 and 1992), and WARDA (1986). Consultant to CIP Review (1995).
Member of several scientific societies and author of numerous publications. Fellow: Linnean Society of London, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Name: WANG'ATI, Frederick Joshua (Kenya)
Position: Consultant, based in Nairobi.
Expertise: Crop and Natural Resource Management; Ecology; Agricultural Information.
Education: B.S. (Lon). Physics and Mathematics, Makerere University College, Kampala (1963); M.Sc. Physics, London University (Rothamsted) (1966); Ph.D. University of East Africa (Makerere) (1970).
Experience: Research Officer/Senior Research Officer, Soil Physics and Agrometeorology, 1963-69; Principle Research Officer/Head Physics and Chemistry Division, 1969-71; Senior Principal Research Officer/Deputy Director, EAAFRO, 1971-78; Chief Research Officer/Acting Director, Agriculture Research Department, 1978-80; Chief Research Officer/Secretary, Agricultural Sciences Advisory Research Committee, 1980-82; Science Secretary, National Council for Science and Technology, 1982-83; Executive Secretary, National Council for Science and Technology, 1983-89; Present position since 1989.
Secretary, Kenya Standing (Technical) Committee for International Hydrological Decade Programme (1969-80); Representative member of WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (1973-80); Editor, East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal (1971-78); Board Member of several national research organizations. BOT member of ICIPE (1979-80), CIAT (1983-89), IBSRAM (1984-90); Member, 1st QQR of IITA (1972), 2nd QQR of CIMMYT (1982), 2nd EPR of ICRISAT (1984), 2nd EPR of ILCA (1986).
