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Position: Professor in Agronomy and Field Crops

Work Address: Institute of Life Sciences, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33 

Research Activities: – Alternative (low-input and organic) cropping systems: effects on crop production, soil fertility, gross margin, energy efficiency, environmental impact.
- Optimization of cropping systems through an agro-ecological approach (genetic, specific and habitat diversity).
- Organic farming: integrated management of nutrient and weeds (via green manure crops). Non-chemical weed management (preventive, cultural and direct – mechanical and thermal – weed control). Identification of wheat cultivars with higher competitive ability against weeds.
- Interdisciplinary studies on functional biodiversity in agro-ecosystems: functional values of wild vegetation, interactions between wild vegetation, insect populations (pests and beneficials) and agro-ecosystem structure (planned biodiversity, field margin complex) in integrated and organic farming across different spatial and temporal scales. Interactions between crop, wild vegetation and mycorrhizae.
- Development of indicators of sustainability for agro-ecosystems assessment in organic farming.
- Weed ecology: comparison of weed vegetation (population and community) dynamics in conventional, low-input and organic cropping systems and in different crop management systems (soil tillage, N fertilization, cover crops).

Position: Program Leader, Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Work Address: Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, 34397 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Research Activities: I conduct research on how biodiversity can be conserved in agricultural landscapes and what the functional contribution of that conserved biodiversity is to the provision of ecosystem services, both on-farm, and common pool resources.

My work spans the theoretical relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the applied, working mostly with agricultural landscapes of Mesoamerica and Africa.

I am also interested in the relationship between agrobiodiversity and human nutrition.

Position: Head of Genetic Resources and Deputy Director BIGM Program

Work Address: P.O.Box 5466, ICARDA, Aleppo

Phone: +963 21 2213433 

Research Activities: Cereal breeder at INRA-Morocco from 1980-1999 and genetic resources specialist (1999-todate). Areas of research, breeding, pre-breeding, on-farm/in situ conservation of genetic resources, ex situ conservation. I am involved in technical backstopping and training of NARS on all the aspects above.

Position: Professor of Plant Chemistry

Work Address: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3 AB

Phone: +44-2083325377

Research Activities: Professor of Plant Chemistry. Over twenty years experience isolating, identifying and elucidating structures of plant chemicals and determining their biological activities. Particular interests in plant biopesticides in resource-poor farming in Africa, resistance mechanisms to insects and diseases in crops (e.g., sweetpotato, groundnuts, chickpea, rice) and the chemistry pf pollination ecology. Current funding sources include BBSRC, Science Foundation of Ireland, European Union (ACP S&T) and McKnight Foundation. Extensive field experience in South Asia and Africa

Position: Curator, Head of Fruit Tree Genetic Resources

Work Address: Dept. of Life Sciences, Breeding & Biodiversity Unit, E. Marchal Building, rue de Liroux, 4 – 5030 GEMBLOUX

Phone: 0032 81 620 310 

Research Activities: Conservation, characterization, evaluation of a 3000 accessions fruit tree collection. Manager of research & development projects; manager of data bases; breeder of apple and pear cvs for resistance and/or low susceptibility to diseases, quality and hardiness. Many studies to promote the dynamic use of our local genetic resources; work done on public awareness.

Position: Assistant Professor

Work Address: Via Santa Cecilia 3

Phone: +39.3394574699 

Research Activities: My main research areas involve management of agrobiodiversity and farm management for development of sustainable cropping systems. I mainly work on arable cropping systems but I have done some work on olive groves and vegetable systems as well. Main agroecosystem services provided by agrobiodiversity in these systems are weed control, pest control and soil fertility.

Position: Lecturer

Work Address: Bldv. Marasti, No 59, sector 1, cod 011464

Phone: +40 21 318-0466

Research Activities: I am an Agricultural Engineer, MSc in Organic Agriculture, and PhD in “Agricultural Sciences” (Yield quality of cereals and pseudocereals). I am affiliated with the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest, in the Department of Crops Sciences. My research interests include: alternative (underutilized) crops (cereals and pseudocereals, grain legumes and oil crops) as sources of biodiversity in Romania, issues of Organic Farming, Food Quality, Certification of Organic Products. My PhD theses has theme: “Research regarding the chemical composition and yield quality at cereals and pseudocereals, under influence of natural and technological factors”.

Work Address: Industrial technology Institute, 363, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7
Research Activities: Biodiversity of medicinal plants, agronomy and post harvest aspects on medicinal plants, plant tissue culture, plant systematics, bioactivity and phytochemicals of medicinal plants.

Position: Plant Breeder/Regional Director
Work Address: Madira Farms, P.O. Box 10, Duluti/Arusha
Phone: +255 272553093
Research Activities: Vegetable breeding and seed systems
Good vegetable production practices
Linking farmers to produce and seed markets

Position: Executive Secretary
Work Address: c/o FAO-AGPM, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome
Phone: +39 0657053139
Personal Website: www.globalhort.org
Research Activities: GlobalHort is a facilitating organization for the promotion of horticultural science for development, health and prosperity. Its activities cover:
1. Advocacy and promotion at international and regional levels 2. Networking the various communities of the horticulture value chain 3. Supporting capacity building and knowledge management 4. Strengthening research for development in all innovation processes

Position: Tropical Entomologist
Work Address: Building 107 / Radix, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317484653
Personal Website: http://www.ent.wur.nl/UK/Personnel/Research+Personnel/Arnold+van+Huis/
Research Activities: Prof.Dr.Ir. Arnold van Huis graduated in 1974 at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. From 1974 to 1979 he worked in Nicaragua in a FAO research project on integrated pest management in foodgrains. In 1981 he obtained his PhD based on this research. From 1982 to 1985 he was the project leader of a regional crop protection training project for eight Sahelian countries in Africa, and was based in Niger. From 1984 onwards he works as tropical entomologist at Wageningen University, and has been responsible for a number of integrated pest management projects in the tropics. (more…)

Position: Senior Scientist
Work Address: Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino) Rome
Phone: +39 066118 414
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Position: Regional Director East and Southeast Asia
Work Address: P.O. Box 1010 (Kasetsart), Bangkok 10903
Phone: +66 29428686
Research Activities: Production, marketing and consumption of vegetables in urban and periurban areas; urban environmental management; ecological sanitation; community-based food production; asset-based community development

Position: Plant breeder
Work Address: AVRDC Box 42 Shanhua Tainan 741
Research Activities: Genetic improvement of tomato for the tropics, including multiple disease resistance, heat tolerance, fruit quality and nutrition; introgression of genes from wild species to improve cultivated tomato

Position: Plant Pathologist and Global Theme Leader
Work Address: P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan
Research Activities: From 1992 appointed as Plant Pathologist by AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center. The main tasks are to study vegetable diseases caused by plant pathogenic bacteria and fungi (since Oct. 2009) with global importance in collaborations with scientists in developing countries and advanced laboratories. The work contents include pathogen characterization, development of disease screening protocol, resistance source characterization, development of integrated disease management strategies and to promote regional and global collaborative network. From Feb. 2007 appointed as Global Theme Leader of AVRDC to lead “Safer and Sustainable Vegetable Production System”.

Position: Deputy Director General – Research
Work Address: P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 74191
Phone: +886 5837801 Ext. 120
Research Activities: - Agricultural research program priorities and strategies: determining visions, goals and strategies of research; identifying and proposing strategic alliances between institutions; proposing priorities and designing research matrices for rolling plans, identifying and defining project ideas for donor funding.
- Epidemiology, characterization, diagnostic and control of viruses affecting food crops and associated species within the farming systems.
-  Safe international movement of germplasm.