She has a Doctor of Engineering Sciences and a Master in Agricultural Economics degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Since 2010 she works as Ministerial Advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture. She also is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA) and member of the Board of the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA).

A research for development expert with several years of experience and expertise in the area of natural resource management. A senior level administrator with over 20 years experience in agricultural research management. A professor of animal production and health, a former regional director of the West and Central Africa regional office of the International Development Research Centre, and a former Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research.

Senior Scientist (Dr. sci agr. of the University Stuttgart-Hohenheim) and lecturer of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) dealing with development cooperation and agricultural extension approaches, project management and evaluation.

Ms Clara A.Ibihya is a founder and Managing Director of Claphijo Enterprise Ltd registered 2002 pioneering in the dehydration of fruits and vegetables,Tanzania is blessed with fruits and vegetables,most of produce find market to the urban areas ,however during peak season prices drops tremendously or don't get market at all,thus resulting in post harvest loses.The abundance of produce made me think how to utilize the opportunity and remembering my child hood observing my mother sun drying vegetables and stored for off season usage,hence the idea hatched.

Kwesi Atta Krah, Deputy Director General of Bioversity International since June, 2005. From 2000 to June, 2005, he was Regional Director for Bioversity in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Bioversity, Dr Atta-Krah was Regional Director for East and Central Africa, with the World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Atta-Krah holds a BSc. degree in Crop Science, an MSc in Forest Resources Management and a PhD in Natural Resources Management / Agroforestry.

Keijiro Otsuka is a Professor of Development Economics at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo and President of International Association of Agricultural Economists.Kei has been conducting a large number of comparative case-studies on Green Revolution,land tenure and tenancy,natural resource management,and income distribution and poverty between Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.He is an adviser to the Coalition for African Rice Development organized by JICA and AGRA,which aims at doubling rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa in 10 years.He received his PhD in Economics at

I AM A FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE GERMAN FOUNDATION AND I WILL RETIRE SOON. I AM A SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL NGO KNOWN AS WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT IN TANZANIA (WITNET).

I am the regional Director for Cirad (French Center for international cooperation in tropical agriculture research) , and representative of Inra (French agronomic research center) and Agreenium (French consortium for agronomic training and research) in Brazil. I was previously deputy director for the "Environement and societies" department in Cirad (2007-2009) , and director of the forestry departement in Cirad (2004-2006). I was trained as an agronomist and a forest management specialist, and has been involved in research projets in tropical countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Climate advisor, Comesa secretariat responsible for international negotiations, scientific evidence to support negotiations and capacity development on mainstreaming climate change in national policy processes. Lawyer by profession

PAKISAMA is a 25-year old national confederation of 52 national, provincial, and municipal federations of small farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, rural women, and rural youth organizations representing 66,000 members operating in 42 of 80 provinces in the country. It has been advocating and building capacity of its members in pursuing and implementing agrarian reform and sustainable agriculture projects.