Julian Oram is a senior political and business advisor for Greenpeace International, providing strategic guidance to the organisation’s campaigns on sustainable agriculture. Prior to this role, Julian spent three years as the head of policy and campaigns at the World Development Movement, a leading UK anti-poverty agency. His expertise on market and corporate social responsibility issues around the agri-food sector was developed in his role as head of the trade and corporates team at ActionAid UK, and as policy advisor at the London-based New Economics Foundation.
My name is Gala Bakr. I am from Egypt. I obtained master degree entitled (Breeding for earliness and some agronomic characters in rice). I am deeply interesting to study in agricultural field special plant breeding and Genetics. My work is Assistant Researcher in agriculture research center, Dep. (Rice Research And Training Center, RRTC), Egypt.
Director of the Faculty of Agrotechnology of the University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Vice president of the Mexican Association of Higher Agricultural Education (AMEAS) Member of the board of GCHERA.
Agronomist, specialty on -fruit crops, Master on Plant Pathology, Doctor degree on Agricultural Production.
Experience on temperate zone fruit crops research at the National Institute of Agronomic Research INIFAP(Mexico).
Professor at the University of Sonora, Mexico and resarcher at the Center of Research on Food and Development (Sonora, Mexico)
Dr. Sue Peoples is a rural sociologist specialising in rural research particularly farmer attitudes and behaviour towards animal welfare practices, environmental sustainability, and adaptation to climate change.She is also an expert in understanding resilient rural communities, with a particular research passion focused on studying the role and position of farm women. Sue strongly advocates that farm women are the key to the world's environmental future in the face of unprecedented challenges such as climate change.
Thomas Price joined the GFAR Secretariat in March 2012 from FAO where he led civil society and private sector relations overall and the strategy for engagement with these partners. He came to FAO after two decades resident experience working with rural communities in West and Central Africa to promote and consolidate their access to, ownership and control of local resources. Building from the local level, he contributed to informing and influencing national policies, law and legislation to match the priorities and capacities of farmers, fishers, herders and other groups.
Coordinator of YPARD, a global network of youth active in Agricultural Research for Development
Senior Development Economist (Freelance), carrying out action oriented research on sustainable business development across several sectors (e.g. cocoa, cotton, coffee, horticulture, and dairy) and on food security. The organisations for which I have worked include: Wageningne UR Centre for Development Innovation, OECD Development Centre, Oxfam Novib, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UNCTAD, etc.
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Yue Feng, Male, Ph.D., was born in January 1982, Research Assistant, Phone: +86 571 6337-0540, Email: fy_555500@163.com, Education and work experience: Dr. Feng graduated from Shenyang Agricultural University and received his bachelor, master and doctor degree in 2004, 2007 and 2010, respectively. Dr.Feng has been engaged in research of rice genetics and breeding since 2010 at China National Rice Research Institute.