Position: Senior Lecturer
Work Address: Department of Educational Studies, P.O. Box 392, Unisa 0003
Research Activities: Traditional Agrobiodioversity use and conservation in southern Africa
Country: South Africa
Position: Environmental Researcher & Head of Agricultural Biodiversity Programme of Work
Work Address: 30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Road, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
Research Activities: My research including many responsibilities such as: assessing & monitoring the status and changes of agricultural environment, devising and applying monitoring programs for wild medicinal plants & crops wild relatives, monitoring of research of agro-biodiversity status and agro-ecosystem services in Egypt, and environmental impact assessment of agriculture activities on biodiversity and nature resources inside protected areas of Egypt.
Country: EgyptPosition: Senior Scientist
Work Address: P. O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi
Research Activities: Oluyede Clifford Ajayi (Olu) is a Senior scientist with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) where he works on global research on the policies to promote the adoption of biodiversity, agroforestry and natural resource management technologies among farmers and land users. He has previously worked on the promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in cotton based zones of West Africa. He is presently based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Position: Senior advisor
Work Address: Kastanjelaan 5, Leusden
Personal Website: www.prolinnova.net
Research Activities: Action research in identifying and supporting farmer-led multistakeholder innovation processes in agriculture and natural resource management.
Position: Senior Scientist
Work Address: Via dei Tre Denari, 472, 00057 Fiumicino Rome
Phone: +39 066118 267
Position: In situ crop conservation specialist
Work Address: Bioversity International-Office for South Asia, NASC, DPS Marg, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
Phone: +91 2584900
Research Activities: Bhuwon Sthapit is currently working as a Project Coordinator of the Diversity for Livelihoods Programme at the International Plant Genetic Resource Institute. He joined IPGRI in August 1997 as a scientist for in-situ conservation, home gardens, tropical fruits and participatory approaches to crop improvement. He did his PhD in Plant Biology (Rice genetics in chilling tolerance) from the University of Wales, UK. Before joining IPGRI, he worked as plant breeder in Lumle Agricultural Research Centre, Nepal Agricultural Research Council and Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD). The most cited work of research so far on:participatory plant breeding, cold tolerance of rice, on-farm/in situ conservation, home gardens, seed systems to cope climate change, tropical fruits, community based biodiversity management, food based nutrition and soil fertility management.
Position: Scientific Collaborator
Work Address: Laengasse 85- CH 3052
Research Activities: Enhancing the use and the market development of agrobiodiversity products (in particular from neglected and underutilised species) to improve livelihoods of resource poor people living in harsh environments.
