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
Brent Georges (Ministry of Agriculture)
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
- Laura Johnson (National Soil Policy Section, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry National Soil Policy and Programs Branch)
- Alternate: Mumbi Kamau (National Soil Policy Section, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry National Soil Policy and Programs Branch)
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)
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Bahamas
Kenneth Richardson (Department of Agriculture)
Bahrain
-Rasha Ahmed Al Sherooqi (International Organizations Office)
-Alternate: Ali Hameed Al Shabani (Water Resources)
Bangladesh
A.F.M. Manzurul Hoque (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
Tashi Wangdi (National Soils Service Center ,NSSC - Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests)
Bolivia
- Ramiro José Guerrero Penaranda (Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras)
- Alternate: Favio Vidal Mamani Mollo (Ministerio de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
- Chebukani Mpapho Fanani (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Alternate: Leonardi Matlhodi (Ministry of Agriculture)
Brazil
- Angelo Paulo dos Santos (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Alternates: Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock 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
Traore Mamoudou (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
- Claudia Katherine Ortiz Vaca (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Asuntos Económicos, Sociales y Ambientales)
Comoros
Congo
Daniel Zéphirin Obambi (Centre National d'Etudes des Sols)
Cook Islands
William Wigmore (Ministry of Agriculture)
Costa Rica
Carlomagno Salazar Calvo (Instituto Nacional de Innovación y Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria - INTA)
Croatia
Marija Romic (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb)
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
Andreas Mousouliotis (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
- Mr. Mogens H. Greve (University of Aarhus)
- Alternate: Ms. Marie Dam (Danish Agricultural Agency)
Djibouti
Mohamed Egueh Walieh (Laboratoire de Pédologie du CERD)
Dominica
Dominican Republic
- Milagros Decamps (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: Eduardo Izaguirre (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)
- Alternate: Sikhumbuzo Maseko (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: Jaakko Nippala (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
Barbara Heinrich (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture)
Ghana
Mr. Dr Edward Yeboah (CSIR, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
Greece
Dimitris Triantaconstantis (Institute of Soil and Water Resources)
Grenada
Allyson Haynes (Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment)
Guatemala
- Sergio Rafael Lopez Salazar (Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación, MAGA)
- Aternates: Rovoham Mardoqueo Monzon Miranda and Manuel de Jesus Tum Canto (Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación, MAGA)
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Rui Néné Djata (Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Developement)
Guyana
Oudho Homenauth (National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute, NAREI)
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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
Husnain Isri (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
- Ms. Anna Tsuchiya (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
- Alternate: Hideo Kubotera (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
Jordan
- Emad Al-Qudah (Ministry of Agriculture/Land and Irrigation Department)
- Alternate: Bayan Al Faouri (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
Dace Guste (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
Simone Marx (Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural)
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Madagascar
Hanitriniaina Voahangiarivelona Razafindrahanta (Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable - MEDD)
- Alternate: Vonimirana Mbolatiana Rasolofonianina (Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable - MEDD)
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
Sidi Ould Ely Menoum (Centre national de recherche agronomique et de développement agricole)
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
- Elias Trisden (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
- Dr Maw Maw Than (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
- Jordana Pointon-Haimona (Ministry for Primary Industries)
- Alternate: Jenny Reid (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)
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Oman
Hamad Al-Thuhli (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries)
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Pakistan
Waqar Ahmad (National Centre of Excellence in Geology)
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
- Karla Mónica Valer Cerna (Directora General de la Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales Agrarios del Ministerio de Agricultura y Riego)
- Rafael balta (Coordinador del Area de Suelos de la Dirección de evaluación de los recursos naturales)
Philippines
- Pablo M. Montalla (Bureau of Soils and Water Management)
- Alternate: Gina P. Nilo (Bureau of Soils and Water Management)
Poland
Dr Grzegorz Siebielec (Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute)
Portugal
- Rogério Paulo Lima Ferreira (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)
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Qatar
R
Republic of Korea
Byounghwan Seo (Rural Development Administration National Institute of Agricultural Sciences)
Republic of Moldova
- Iurie Rozloga (Soil improvement laboratory of the soil research institute N. Dimo) - Alternate: Rodica Sirbu (Soil improvement laboratory of the soil research institute N. Dimo)
Romania
Russian Federation
Kirill Antyukhin (Mission of the Russian Federation to FAO and other UN Agencies in Rome)
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: Macoumba Loum (Institut National de Pédologie)
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
- Jaroslava Sobocká (Soil Sience and Conservation Research Institute of the Slovak National Agriculture and Food centre)
- Alternate: Beata Houskova (Slovak National Agriculture and Food centre of the Soil Sience and Conservation Research Institute)
Slovenia
- Petra Božič (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food)
- Alternate: Petra Karo Bester (Slovenian Environment Agency)
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Eng. Mohamed Mohamud Abdi (Ministry of Agriculture)
South Africa
- Mr 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
Nuha Abdalla Mohamed Khamis (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)
Syrian Arab Republic
- Dr. Muhammad Manhal Alzoubi (General Commission of Scientifics Agriculture Research (GCSAR))
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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
- Dr. Pitayakon Limthong (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
- Dr. Bülent Sönmez (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock)
-Alternate: Ms 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
- Prof. Sviatoslav Baliuk (National Scientific Center «Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky»)
- Alternate: Mr Levin Arkadiy (NSC ISSAR)
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Judith Stuart (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, DEFRA)
United States of America
- Mr David Lindbo (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Uruguay
- Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) for Uruguay
- Alternate: Ana Laura Moreira
Uzbekistan
Mr. Shovkat Kholdorov (Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan)
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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
- Mr Stalin Sichinga (Zambia Agriculture Research Institute / Ministry of Agriculture)
Zimbabwe
Emmanuel Chikwari (Chemistry and Soil Research Institute)