Agronomist, technical director of a small non-profit institute,

Areas of experitse and experience:
- Sustainable agriculture (SA) - knowledge transfer, advisory work with farmers
- Policies for sustainable rural development (RD) and sustainable/organic farming
- Development of local/regional markets small-scale producers
- initialising and enabling networking of agri/envi NGOs on national (and international) level

I am a researcher on livestock systems and grazing management. I work specifically on the problematic of sustainable coexistence between natural resource users (farmers, ranchers, etc.) In protected areas context.

Head of Global Programme Food Security

Attached researcher in plant breeding and molecular biological

Ben Christopher Mbaura is an Agricultural Economist currently employed by Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) as a Projects Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) Coordinator responsible for providing leadership and technical support on projects design, monitoring and evaluation across DAPP Zimbabwe Programs.

I DO RESEARCH AND ADVISORY SERVICES ON SOIL AND LAND RESOURCES RELATED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INVENTORY, EVALUATION, SOIL FERTILITY AND MANAGEMENT.

Elenita “Neth” Dano is a Programme Manager of the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group) based in Davao City, southern Philippines since July 2009. She is a researcher who has done in-depth analysis and published work on various issues in agriculture, plant genetic resources and climate change in developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Fr. Francis Lucas is the Chair Emeritus of ANGOC and former head of the NGO Association for Agricultural Research in Asia and the Pacific (NAARAP).Together with ANGOC, he has espoused Sustainable Agriculture (SA) in the Asian region even before the first UNCED. He founded ICDAI, a community-based NGO that has assisted farmers to develop their SA farms since the late 1980s.A self-made agri-technican, Fr. Lucas while promoting SA, has partnered or challenged agri institutions and research facilities alike, such as IRRI and PhilRICE, as well as APAARI.

I have considerable experience in both academia and development work. I have a PhD from Cambridge University, UK, in geography and planning and have over 10 years of university teaching. I also have over 10 years in development work at senior levels. Currently, I am in charge of Africa programs (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Mali) for World Neighbors, an international development organization. As an organization we build cpacities of local organizations through the sectors of sustainable agriculture, health, and natural resources management.

I am a veterinarian with wide experience on food security and livelihoods. I have worked for government (>30 yrs), UNFAO (7 yrs), and NGOs (>10 yrs), still working as consultant to government, NGOs and Tufts University. I have a postgraduate degree in PVM and Public Health from Denmark and previously postgraduate studies in Meat Hygiene and Technology and Tropical Animal Diseases from former Yugoslavia.