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.

Siosiua Halavatau received his PhD in Soil Science in 1998 through The University of Queensland and was employed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) as a Team Leader and Participatory Extension Officer within the regional project Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific (DSAP) until January 2011. He is currently the coordinator of the Crop Production and Extension Thematic Group of the Land Resource Division of SPC. He also coordinates the IFAD funded Centre of Excellence for Atoll Agricultural Research and Development based in South Tarawa in Kiribati.

Dear Sir,
At the outset let me introduce myself as Jagdish Chaudhary working as District Project officer.
I hold a Masters in Agribusiness Management from the prestigious S. D. Agricultural University, Dantiwada (Gujarat) India. I have a total experience of around 2 years encompassing areas of sales, R&D, base line surveys including that of of the CGIAR.

As director of the institute of agricultural research , training, extension and education, and of the NARS member of AARINENA I feel that its my obligation to connect with this large body of informed and specialized people in the field of agriculture. Sharing my expertise is also valuable for the promotion of scientific impact on agricultural development. Our institution mission is to excel in agricultural research and extension. So I redeem it very important to link with the other forums of similar mission.

THE KIHARE WILDLIFE AND FOREST CONSEVATION-TANZANIA is a non-profit Organization which deal with socio-economic service and determined to archive its purpose through charitable means and other economic activities in some extent.The Organization shall engage the following activities.
To Conservation of the natural flora,fauna and environment in Tanzania.
To provide education,skills,and knowledge to the society to assist in the formation of wildlife conservation policy.

I possess a degree in Geography and Resource Development with strong foundation Agricultural landsue and development