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Hi! My name is Meerim Shakirova and i am from Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). I believe, that my academic qualifications include a top scoring thesis for which I received a full scholarship, I was identified by the United Nations (UN) as a future leader and offered scholarships to attend courses in South Korea, Germany and Japan with added work experience in Bangkok, Philippines and Geneva, and entry into the prestigious PhD program, by Kyrgyz Government and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dr. Hans-Jörg Lutzeyer, studied agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim, Germany, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1991. From 1993 to 1997 he worked at the Council of Tropical and Sub-tropical agricultural research in Bonn, Germany. From 1997 to 1998 he was at the EU-office of the German Science Ministry (BMBF). From 1999 to 2001 he was seconded to the European Commission as Executive Secretary of the European Initiative of Agricultural Research for Development.

Dr Bramel is currently the Assistant Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Previously she has been Deputy Director General, Research for Development at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino
Deputy Director General for Partnerships and Communications
Current work
As Deputy Director General for Partnerships and Communications at IRRI Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino has responsibility for a portfolio of operating units at IRRI and is the lead point of liaison between the Philippine government and IRRI.

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