I am a Futures Research practitioner based in South Africa. I specialise in scenario planning, facilitating strategic conversation, risk management, scanning as well as helping private - and public sector clients manage complexity and uncertainty. I am a part-time researcher at the Institute for Futures Research, Stellenbosch University.
I have a special interest in promoting futures and foresight work in Africa, especially when it comes to agriculture and the environment.

Dr. Herren’s main interests and experience are in the area of holistic, integrated and sustainable development. He has hands-on experience in research, capacity development, management of agricultural and bio-science research organizations and now moved to the policy level, to assure that knowledge, science and technology do contribute effectively to sustainable development by informing development policies at national (i.e., MDGs), regional and global levels.

Professor emeritus at Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Develoment, University of Göttingen/Germany; former ADG at FAO (Economic and Social Development Department). Member of Supervisory Board of German Agro Action (Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) and member of the Science and Policy Advisory Panel, CGIAR Research Program - Policies, Institutions, and Markets (CRP2) .

Me Amrita Poudel, an Agriculture graduate, working in non-profiteering Agriculture Institute as Agriculture Officer from last three years. we are working for sustainable, Eco-friendly farming technology. we have developed a complete package of pesticide residue free farming practices. recently, we are disseminating this technology in Afghanistan, Bhutan, India and Nepal.

Joost Vervoort works at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. He is employed as the Scenarios Officer for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), a global program of the Global Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) that focuses on adaptation to progressive climate change, short-term climate variability and risk and climate change mitigation in the service of improved food security, environmental health and livelihoods in the developing world.

I am currently working at Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Nepal as Scientist, S-1; agronomist. I conduct research on cereals, legumes and oilseed crops.

I have completed M. Sc. Ag. (Agronomy) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal

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Holder of an MBA and a PhD in economics and management, and auditor of the Institut des hautes études pour la science et la technologie, I have began my career at ISNAR, one of the CGIAR centers .
In 1988, I joined CIRAD as a researcher in the Foresight and agricultural policies research unit. There I was responsible for several foresight exercices and participated to the evaluation of research programs.

Andrew Ward is a Program Officer in the CGIAR Consortium Office based in Montpellier in France where he has been based since May 2011. He is particularly interested in issues concerned with getting research to fulfill its development potential which starts before the research begins and so links with issues of foresight. Previous to joining the CGIAR he worked on the DFID funded Research into Use programme and previous to that the DFID funded Crop Protection Programme. He tries to maintain a balance of science (social and natural) and development interests.