Dr. Moses Osiru is currently RUFORUM’s Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of Administration. Moses previous work experience includes the CGIAR in Malawi and Uganda, NARs in East Africa and the Government of Uganda. Moses serves on the Board of the African Crop Science Society and the GCHERA and Editorial Boards of the Journal of Phytology and the Global Journal of Applied Agricultural Research. He is a member of the Steering Group of AFAAS. With over 20 publications, Dr.
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Richard Strange is a Plant Pathologist and is currently Honorary Professor of Biology, University College London and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London. He has published over 100 papers and two books: Plant Disease Control, Towards Environmentally Acceptable Methods (1992) and Introduction to Plant Pathology (2003).
Director of International Programs, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) at the University of Florida. 25 years of international agricultural research and development experience includes project management; participatory research with smallholder farmers; capacity building for NARS scientists and NGO personnel; and the development, testing, and application of soil and crop growth simulation models. Held positions with the U.S. Peace Corps, Cornell University, the International Potato Center (CIP), and the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC).
MSC, coordinador de proyecto, coordinador de territorio. Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano/MAP/CATIE
Ph.D. in plant sciences with research experience of 36 years in plant genetics and evolution, biodiversity conservation and biotechnology. Worked with Indian Council of Agricultural Research in different capacities, including Director of DNA Fingerprinting center and Director of National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources. Since 2006, working as Coordinator of Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology (APCoAB), the biotechnology program of APAARI.
Started in 2004, by experienced agri graduates. full fledged company with research,production and marketing wings. focus on rice,cotton, bajra, tomao and hot peppers.R&D recognized by DSIR. reasonably large pool of germ plasm. Developed and released several new hybrids with strong pipeline back up. Have technical collaboration with ICRISAT in the form members of hybrid parent research consortium of pearl millet and sorghum. Research facilities include 60 ac of research farm and green house facility. shortly going to establish a bio technology lab.