P.V.K. Sasidhar is Associate Professor with more than 10 years of research, teaching and extension experience. He taught to extension postgraduate and doctoral students and served on 11 MVSc / PhD student’s advisory committees. With more than 200 publications, his research interests centre primarily on evaluation & impact assessment of livestock extension service delivery mechanisms. He won awards like JRF, SRF, 4 Young Scientist Awards and Norman Borlaug International Agricultural Science & Technology Fellows Award of USDA.
A Mediator and Program Manager at Meridian Institute with a broad range of experience in process design, collaborative problem solving, consensus‐based decision making and community relations. Brings substantive expertise across a diverse array of disciplines, including international law; resource‐induced conflicts; climate change; forestry (REDD+); agriculture; internet governance; and corporate social responsibility.
I am an agronomist and capacity development trainee. I offer profound knowledge of value chain systems, women’s economic development, rural development and capacity development practices and policies that support local communities, national governments and regional entities in their goals related to economic well-being, agribusiness investment, financial sector development, and improved governance through participatory and collaborative methodologies.
Senior Researcher Agroeconomics and Systems. Main research projects: Institutional Innovation for Agricultural Development Familiy Farming Decision Making Modelling and Simulation Agroeconomics Foresight Analysis Typology Methologies
Jimmy Smith, a Canadian was appointed director general of ILRI from 1st October 2011. Before joining ILRI, he was based at the headquarters of the World Bank, in Washington, DC, where he served for five years, leading the Bank’s Global Livestock Portfolio. Previously, Jimmy held senior positions at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (2001–2006). Earlier in his career, Jimmy had worked at ILRI and its predecessor, the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA) (1991–2001).
Am motivated to be part of this interesting and career development program.Being part of the group/platform will help me share key learning and share a voice in Agricultural development Globally.