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Eduardo Venezian
(Chile), Panel Chair
Dean
Faculty of Agricultural Forestry and Veterinary Sciences
University
Mayor
Santiago, Chile
Expertise: Agricultural economics;
education and research management.
Education: Post-Doctoral in
Economics (1969-70), University of Chicago, USA; M.Sc. (1959)
and Ph.D. (1962), Agricultural Economics both from Iowa
State University, Ames, USA; 1952-56: Ing. Agr., Catholic
University of Chile.
Experience: 1988-98 Dean, Faculty
of Agriculture and Forestry, Catholic University of Chile;
1986-88 Chief, Research Development Centre, Research and
Technology Development Division, FAO, Rome; 1977-85 Professor
and Head of the Agric. Economics Department and Director
of the Research Division, Catholic University of Chile;
1972-77 Agric. Advisor and 1974-77 Foundation Representative,
The Ford Foundation, Brazil; 1966-72 Part-time Professor,
Agric. Economics Centre, Postgraduate College, Chapingo,
Mexico; 1969-1970 Post-Doctoral in Economics University
of Chicago, USA;1965-72 Agric. Economics Advisor for Mexico,
Central America and the Caribbean Region, Ford Foundation,
Mexico, D.F; 1962-65 Economist and Asst. Chief, Agric. Economics
Unit, Organisation of American States, Washington, D.C;
1959-62 Research Assistant and Associate, Iowa State University.
Member of numerous committees and review missions. Member
of Boards of several Foundations and Business. Membership
of various professional associations. Several honours and
distinctions. Extensive travel throughout the world since
1951 in professional, academic and private activities. Member
of the 2nd EPMR of IFPRI (1990). Chair of the 4th EPMR of
IITA (1995).
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Pedro Arraes
(Brazil), Genetics and Biotechnology
Embrapa
Labex-USA
Beltsville, MD, USA
Expertise: Agronomy, Plant Breeding
and Genetics.
Education: 1987 PhD Plant Genetics
and Plant Breeding; 1985 Plant Genetics and Plant Breeding
MA both from University of Wisconsin, Madison USA. 1979
BS Agronomy from University Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experience: Currently Embrapa
Labex-USA coordinator since 04/2004. Previous experience:
Embrapa Labex-USA coordinator; 2001-2003: Member of the
Agribusiness Committee representing the Ministry of Agriculture
of Brazil; 1997- 2004: General Director of the Embrapa National
Rice and Beans Research Center; 1989- 95: Director of Research
of the National Rice and Beans Research Center; 2000-03:
Manager of the Program Productivity of Cereals, General
Government Plan (PPA); 1996-97 President of Embrapa Committee
of Intellectual property Rights.
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Getachew Engida (Ethiopia/UK),
Consultant on financial management
Deputy Assistant Director General for Administration &
Comptroller
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
Paris, France
Expertise: Audit, Finance & Management.
Education: BA Econ (Honours),
Economics / Agricultural Economics University of Manchester,
England (July 1981). MBA International Banking & Finance
City University Business School, London (April 1993). Fellow
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &
Wales (Chartered Accountant).
Experience: January 2003 to
June 2004: Director, Finance, Human Resources & Administration
International Livestock Research Institute. July 1999 to
December 2002: Chief Financial Officer International Livestock
Research Institute. March 1995 to June 1999: Assistant Controller,
Accounting P- 5 International Fund for Agricultural Development
Rome, (IFAD) Italy. Working knowledge of French.
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Liz Field (USA), Governance and
Management
Management/Organizational Consultant and Project Manager
CH2M Hill
Portland, OR, USA
Expertise: Institutional and program
planning, management, finance, evaluation and reform.
Education: MBA in Finance (Yale
School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986); BA
in Fine Arts, Political (Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts,
1981).
Experience: Present position
since 2000. 1989-1999: The World Bank Group, Washington,
DC. Policy Support Division, Corporate Secretariat (1995-99);
Program Development and Management (1998). 1989-1995, Management
Specialist, Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR) Secretariat , managing external reviews
of CGIAR institutes, worldwide; and Management Advisory
Services, serving as institutional specialist on diverse
initiatives. 1986-1989: Management Systems Analyst (special
assistant to the Director General), International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria (Personnel
System Restructuring Operational Efficiency Reviews); Summer
1985, Consultant, Latin American Program, World Monuments
Fund New York City, New York; 1983-1984: Project Analyst,
Municipal Finance Corporation, South Bend, Indiana; 1981-1983,
Assistant to the Director, Kraushaar Galleries, New York
City, New York. She is a member of the United Way Vision
Council, Portland City Club Research Committee, World Affairs
Council, and the Oregon Program Evaluation Network. She
is the Co-author of approximately 20 external review reports
published by the World Bank and/or FAO.
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Graeme Hammer
(Australia), NRM/Agronomy
Professor in Crop Science
Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (APSRU)
School of Land and Food Sciences
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Expertise: Disciplinary based: centred
on the physiology, modelling and improvement of cereal crops.
Has also had interactions with ICRISAT, CIMMYT and IRRI.
Education: PhD 1987 Kansas
State Univ. - crop physiology & modeling; MSc 1983 Univ.
of Melbourne, forest growth & modeling; BA 1978 Univ.
of Queensland - mathematics & statistics. BSc Hons 1973
Forestry Univ. of Melbourne.
Experience: 2005-1997 Senior
Principal Research Scientist and QDPI Co-Leader of APSRU,
Toowoomba; 97-93 Principal Research Scientist and QDPI Co-Leader
of APSRU, Toowoomba; 92-90 Senior Research Scientist and
QDPI Co-Leader of APSRU, Toowoomba; 90-77 Research Scientist
& Senior Research Scientist, QDPI, Brisbane; 77-76 Lecturer
(Plant Ecology), Queensland Institute of Technology, Brisbane;
76-73 Forestry Officer, Northern Territory Forest Service,
Darwin. Member of the scientific advisory board Graduate
School of Theoretical Production Ecology, Wageningen Agricultural
University, The Netherlands. Member of the scientific advisory
board to International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
(Columbia University, New York). Member of scientific advisory
board CRC for Sustainable Cotton Production, Narrabri, Australia.
He is also a Fellow of Australian Institute Agricultural
Science and Technology; a Member of the Australian Agronomy
Society; a Member of the American Society of Agronomy and
of the Crop Science Society of America. 2006 Listed in Thomson
ISI (web of science) most highly cited authors in agricultural
science; 2002 Queensland Primary Industries Research Achievement
Award; 2001 Fellow, Australian Institute Agricultural Science
and Technology; 1998University of Colorado, Boulder, Distinguished
Invited Lecturer; 1998 Columbia University, New York, Distinguished
Invited Lecturer; 1996 Australian Government, US-Australia
Bilateral Science Program Award; 1995 University of Adelaide,
Distinguished Visiting Fellow Award; 1985-86 Kansas State
University, academic excellence awards for postgraduate
students; 1972 University of Melbourne, University Medal
in Forestry. 100+ publications in refereed scientific journals,
20 book chapters, 3 theses, 80+ major conference papers,
plus numerous technical and minor conference articles.
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Greg Traxler
(USA), Socioeconomics and Policy
Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL, USA
Education: Ph.D. Iowa State University.
Dept of Economics. Major field of Agricultural Production
and Finance; Minor in Statistics. 1990; M.S. Univ of Minnesota.
Dept of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 1987; B.B.A.
Univ of Portland, Oregon. College of Business Administration.
1977.
Experience: 2000-present.;
Assistant & Associate professor. Dept. of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University. 1990-2000;
Research Assistant/Instructor. Center for Agricultural and
Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University. September
1985 - June 1988; Research Assistant. Dept. of Agricultural
and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota. June 1984
- August 1985. CIMMYT 1996-2003 Affiliate Scientist. Economics
Program; July-Aug, 1993 & June-Aug, 1996 Visiting Scientist.
Econ Program; 1988-1990 Pre-doctoral Research Fellow. Economics
Program.
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