Maria Delgado

Currently she is Head of Foresight Area (Agriculture Research) in the National Institute for the Agriculture and Food Research (INIA) (Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness). She has been scientific adviser and is involved in coordination tasks at the Directorate She General of INIA. Until 1993 Dr. Delgado worked as a senior scientific researcher at the Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Area in the INIA, being a project leader in several research projects, she was a research activities evaluator, having a number of scientific publications.

Eric Danquah

Eric Yirenkyi Danquah is a Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics at the Department of Crop Science,University of Ghana. He also serves as the Director of West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement(WACCI),an institution established in June 2007 to train a new generation of plant breeders for the West and Central Africa sub-region. He graduated, M.Phil(Plant Breeding) and Ph.D(Genetics),from the University of Cambridge,UK in 1987 and 1993 respectively.He was a visiting scientist at the BBSRC Long Ashton Research Institute,UK from 2000 to 2001.

Nathaniel Don Marquez

Don Marquez has been the Executive Director of the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) since 2002. ANGOC is a regional network of NGOs working on rural development in 9 Asian countries and with an effective membership of around 3,000 NGOs in the region. ANGOC has long espoused sustainable agriculture and the rights of smallholder farmers to achieve poverty reduction and sustainability. ANGOC initially served as secretariat of the NGO Association for Agricultural Research in Asia and the Pacific (NAARAP).

Manuel Otero

PRINCIPALES DATOS DE LA TRAYECTORIA PROFESIONAL Y FORMACION DEL DR. MANUEL OTERO
El Dr. Manuel Otero (argentino, 60 años) es Médico Veterinario, egresado de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y tiene dos maestrías: la primera en Producción Animal en el Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza con sede en Costa Rica (1976-1978); y, la segunda, en Desarrollo Rural con la London University (1994-1996).

Oscar Paredes

Current worK: Head of International Cooperation, INIA-Chile, Coordinator Rice Program
Studies: Ph.D. major genetics, University of California, Davis; MSc genetics, U. of California, Davis, MSc. Plant Breeding, Michigan State University
Research experience: 36 years, genetics, plant breeding, agronomy

CONSOLATHER MUZAGA

I am a founder member of the Pan African NGOs Consortium on Agricultural Research (PANGOC) an umbrella for all African NGOs involved in agricultural research for development. I am also a founding member of Women in International Trade Negotiations and Environment in Tanzania (WITNE-T), a newly found non- governmental organization which links trade and agriculture, a forum acting as a force of change for women through building and strengthening their capacity, whom agriculture hold their future and are optimistic in increasing crop productivity and sustainable food production.

Tsakani Ngomane

Tsakani Ngomane completed her PhD in Agricultural Extension and Education in 2004 at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. She is a Gestalt facilitator qualified in International Organization and Systems Development (2006) with the Cleveland Institute.

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