Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Director of the Generation Challenge Program (GCP), a 10-year initiative of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), is responsible for leading and coordinating a large network of partners in modern crop breeding for food security.
Jean-Marcel has a particular interest in promoting modern breeding methods to hasten crop improvement in the developing world. He believes in true partnership and solid capacity building to overcome some of the bottlenecks in R4D, with the developing-country partners as key actors and leaders in the research arena.