Jasper Van Vliet

Jasper van Vliet is researcher at the Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI) where he works on land change in general and agricultural land change in Europe in particular. Educated in Wageningen he has a background in geography with specializations in GIS and spatial modeling. His approach is mainly quantitative as applies a various models in his studies for the analysis of land change as well as for foresight studies.

Ma. Estrella Penunia

I work as secretary general of the Asian Farmers Association (AFA), which is an alliance of national farmers federations and organizations in Asia, currently with 12 member organizations in 10 countries, representing 11m small scale women and men/ family farmers. AFA carries out programs on policy advocacy, knowledge management, enterprise development and governance. It conducts activities related to policy information, analyses and campaigns as well as dialogues with decision makers, both at national, regional and international levels.

Margaret KROMA

Rural Sociologist with extensive experience in extension and gender in agricultural and rural development; more then 15 years experience engaging these issues through research, teaching and outreach in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries.

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold was appointed CEO of Concern Worldwide in 2001. He was previously Assistant Secretary General and Chief Economist in the Department of Agriculture and Food in Ireland. He worked for the European Commission for 10 years. Mr Arnold was elected in 2010 to the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) charged with leading the reform of the international agriculture research system. He is a member of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) advisory Board.

Mr. Mono Emilia

I am a Doctorate PhD student In Nutrition and Food Sciences; I am very interested in focusing my research career on Nutrition and food security. since this important area of research is not well developed in Cameroon. Even though our country is facing much difficulty to nourish well the large poor population and the condition are by worsen climatic changing. I there need to be well equipped to provide our population and government with scientific data which will help manage the situation.

Henri Carsalade

Henri Carsalade is Chair of ICARDA Board of Trustees. He was President of Agropolis International in Montpellier, France, from 2006 to 2009, and is currently the Chair of the Governing Board of Agropolis Foundation. An expert in the administration and management of development and research, international relations, agreements and fund raising, Mr Henri Carsalade is retired from the French administration where he was a member of the General Council for Agriculture, advising the Minister of Agriculture of France.

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