I recently took my new position of Head of the CGIAR Independent Evaluation Arrangements. I have more than 25 years of professional experience in international development in the food and agriculture sector, including extensive work related to evaluation. Over the years in FAO Evaluation Office, I…
I have worked for 13 years with the Independent Science and Partnership Council (and its precesessors) of the CGIAR with focus on evaluation and program review and more recently research prioritization. My background is on plant breeding (doctorate with research work done at CIMMYT) and genetic…
I am a livestock economist and I have been working at FAO for 3 years on global economic analysis of climate change and development issues.
I am currently focused on assessing the economics of management options for restoring degraded grasslands. I am also a member of the secretariat for the Global…
As an analyst with a doctorate in agricultural economics, I was employed by the European Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2002 to 2010. During this time I worked for two different Units: the Agricultural Policy Analysis Unit and, subsequently, the Arable…
Kwesi Atta Krah, Deputy Director General of Bioversity International since June, 2005. From 2000 to June, 2005, he was Regional Director for Bioversity in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Bioversity, Dr Atta-Krah was Regional Director for East and Central Africa, with the World Agroforestry…
Mr.Erdogan is a graduate of the Agricultural Engineering Faculty, Soil Science Department Ankara University (AU), Turkey and obtained his MSc on Rural Planing with environmental perspective from IAMZ, Zaragoza, Spain. In 2008, he is graduated his Ph.D on Agro-Ecological Land Evaluation for…