My name is Dr. Shyam Singh Yadav, and I work as Senior Adviser to the Director General in the Policy Planning and Program Coordination Department of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock. I primarily work on National Policy Planning and Project Implementation. I am also involved in the Rio conference country strategy development report. I am involved in national projects which deal with the Rehabilitation, Peace, Reintegration, Capacity Development, Daryland, Forestry, Agri- Business, Value Chain and Livestock.

Stephen Hall is the Director General of The WorldFish Center, headquartered in Malaysia and devoted to reducing poverty and hunger in developing countries. Previous leadership roles include CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Professor of Marine Biology at Flinders University, Australia. Trained as a marine ecologist Stephen has contributed over 80 scientific publications on fisheries ecology and environmental issues and in 2004 was awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation.