Momade Saide
Momade Saide, from Mozambique, received his BA in Anthropology from the Universidade
Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique. Momade Saide became Project Assistant at
ICRISAT—Mozambique in 2002. His field of research includes the social
dimensions of seed production and management. Currently, he is involved in
developing a methodology for assessing seed needs in emergencies. Previously, Momade
Saide was Research Assistant at the Department of Gender Studies, Centre for African
Studies (CEA), Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. Issues targeted were natural resources
management and women’s empowerment.
Cynthia S. Bantilan
Cynthia S. Bantilan, born in Quezon City, Philippines, works at the International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) as Principal Scientist,
Leader of the Research Evaluation and Impact Assessment Project, and Director of the
Socioeconomics and Policy Program. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the North
Carolina State University. Before joining ICRISAT, she was Associate Professor of
Economics and Affiliate Professor of Statistics (Econometrics) at the University of the
Philippines-Los Baños. She also served the Philippine Government in various collaborative
activities, including as National Consultant on Poverty and Income Distribution, National
Expert in Agricultural Statistics, and Leader of the Research Priorities for Philippine
Agriculture Project. She has been a review panel member for the Philippine Council for
Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), and for
McKnight Foundation's Collaborative Crop Research Programs, which covered 12 countries in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her areas of specialization are agricultural research
evaluation, poverty and income distribution, econometrics and agricultural statistics
information systems, and applications for decision support.
Calisto Bias
Dr Calisto Bias, from Mozambique, received his PhD from the University of Reading, UK,
in 2000, and his MSc in Plant Breeding from The University of Queensland, Australia.
At present, Dr Bias is General Director of the National Institute of Agronomic
Research (INIA), Mozambique, and is responsible for coordinating the country’s
agricultural research. He also participates in the development of relevant policies
and strategies for agricultural research, including the preparation of guidelines and
annual working plans. He manages, monitors, and evaluates INIA’s activities,
representing the institution in relevant meetings, negotiations, and cooperative
agreements. Previously, he was Director of the National Rural Extension Service
(1998-2000); Maize Breeder and Chief of the Department of Agriculture and Farming Systems
(1993-1998); Director of the Cotton State Company in Nampula Province (1987-1990); and
Deputy Director of Lioma State Company in Zambézia Province (1985-1987).
Antoon Robert Defoe
Dr. Antoon Robert Defoer was born in Kortrijk, Belgium. He is Specialist in
Participatory Innovation and Change at the West Africa Rice Development Association
(WARDA), based in Côte d’Ivoire. He received his PhD on methodologies for
integrated soil management in sub-Saharan Africa from Wageningen University, Netherlands,
in 2000, and his two MSc degrees in Environmental Sciences and Agricultural Extension from
the University of Ghent, Belgium, in 1982 and 1980, respectively. His background is
in agrosociology, in the field of farmer participatory methodology development in the
domain of natural resources management. He has a profound knowledge of farming
systems research programs and of participatory research and extension systems that are
currently being followed in Africa. He specializes in the development and
application of participatory approaches and tools for integrated crop and soil fertility
management. Throughout his professional career, Dr Defoer has been involved in field
research and extension, training, adult education, planning, coordination and monitoring,
and institutional development.
Boru Douthwaite
Dr. Boru Douthwaite, who is Irish, received his PhD at the University of Reading.
Currently, he is Technology Policy Analyst, specializing in Adoption and Impact, at
the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. He searches for
ways to help researchers and extension workers facilitate impact, that is, generate more
adoption of and impact with new technologies. He also assesses the ex post impact of
IITA’s technologies. His main research interest is to understand the innovation
processes behind farmers “unpacking” and “repacking” technologies as
they adopt them, and to use this understanding to better foster rural innovation.
Previously, Douthwaite worked at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for 8
years as Agricultural Engineer. This year, he published Enabling Innovation: A
Practical Guide to Understanding and Fostering Technological Change.
Mayra Falck
Mayra Falck was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She obtained her MSc in Macroeconomics,
in Planning and Agricultural and Rural Development Policies in Latin America and the
Caribbean, jointly from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of
Naples. As Assistant to the Director of the Pan-American Agricultural School “El
Zamorano” (Honduras), her current research interests include the coordination,
design, and negotiation of projects for sustainable rural development; and evaluation of
the impact of collaborative research on policies for hillsides and humid tropical forests,
and rural financing. Her experience includes applied research, consultancy work, and
teaching in regional development projects, universities, and public institutions in the
agricultural and environmental sectors. She has also worked as consultant for several
bilateral and multilateral organizations, including FAO (with whom she defined “Areas
for Intervention” after Hurricane Mitch) and the European Union. Publications include
book chapters, conference papers, and published reports.
Willem Janssen
Dr
Willem Janssen, Program Director for the International Service for National Agricultural
Research (ISNAR), received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from Wageningen Agricultural University
(WAU), specializing in agricultural economics, and including business administration and
development economics. After working at a Dutch flower auction establishment,
Janssen went into international agricultural research in 1982. He has worked with
three Future Harvest Centers: ICARDA, where he contributed to its strategic plan; CIAT,
where, over 10 years, he introduced demand-side considerations into research planning,
developed methodologies for ex ante impact assessment, and applied macroeconomic analysis
and priority-setting methods in strategic planning. He also helped found a regional
network for social scientists in agricultural research. He went to ISNAR in 1993,
where his research areas included the development of methodologies on priority setting,
program design, and policy formulation; understanding institutional change in research and
innovation systems, and, currently, implementing Public-Private Partnership Programs
through a collaborative research project with nine Latin American countries. Janssen
has also worked at WAU on technology assessment approaches. His publications include
the co-edition of two sourcebooks on financing and planning agricultural research.
Margaret Kroma
Margaret Kroma is Assistant Professor in International Agricultural Extension at
Cornell University, New York. She holds a BSc in Agricultural Education from the
University of Sierra Leone, and an MSc in Agricultural Extension, with coursework from
Virginia Tech/University of Sierra Leone, and research at the International Institute of
Tropical Agriculture (IITA, based in Nigeria). She also holds a PhD in Rural
Sociology from Iowa State University. Her research focuses on partnerships,
participation, and gender in agricultural research and extension in developing countries.
She has authored and co-authored several articles and book chapters in these areas.
Xiaoyun Li
Dr Li studied at the Beijing Agricultural University (now
China Agricultural University), the Hohenheim University in Germany, and the Catholic
University of Nimengen in the Netherlands and received his PhD in agricultural science in
Beijing Agricultural University. He worked as senior research officer with the State
Council of the PRC. In 1989 became Director of the Centre for Integrated
Agricultural Development (CIAD). He significantly helped transform CIAD into a
leading institute for development consultancy and action development research in China.
In the mid-1990s, he joined the China Agricultural University, where he initiated a
capacity-building program for development education, and built up and became Dean of the
first Chinese College of Rural Development. He has also worked as senior expert in
rural development for both national and international organizations. Dr Li’s
current fields of research include development intervention through participatory
planning, monitoring, and evaluation; participatory research and development; extension,
communication, and training in rural development; gender and development; rural governance
and organization; and sustainable resource management at the community level. He has
received several awards, and his contributions are such that he is regarded as the leading
expert in rural development in China. Main Publications such as 1) Who Owns
Development? 2) Gender and Development; 3) Participatory Development
–Theories-Methods-Tools
Alex F. McCalla
Dr. Alex F. McCalla, a Canadian, is Professor Emeritus of
Agricultural Economics at the University of California—Davis. He also serves on
the Board of the U.S. National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP), is
Director of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Missouri), and is Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Centro Internacional para Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT,
based in Mexico).
After spending three years on his family’s dairy and
grain farm in Alberta, Canada, he obtained his BSc in Agriculture and MA in Economics from
the University of Alberta, and his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of
Minnesota in 1966. In 1966, he joined UC—Davis, taking up various
administrative, teaching, and research positions until his retirement in 1994.
In 1975, he received a Ford Foundation Travel and Study
Award to review food policy research on a global basis. Then, in 1976, he was
appointed Study Director of the first review of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR). From 1988 to 1994, he served as Chairman of the
CGIAR’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
In 1994, Dr. McCalla joined the World Bank, where he was
Director of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department (later Rural Development) and
Chairman of the Rural Development Sector Board until his retirement in 1999. He
helped revitalize the Bank’s Rural Development agenda, which resulted in the sector
strategy paper, Rural Development: From Vision to Action. In 2000/01, Dr. McCalla
was Visiting Scholar to the U.S. National Academies, working with the Board on Agriculture
and Natural Resources (BANR) to foster stronger links between U.S. agricultural science
and the challenges of rural poverty, food security, and natural resource management in
developing countries.
Dr. McCalla taught micro theory, agricultural policy,
international trade policy, and economic development, and conducted research in
international trade in agricultural products, international implications of U.S.
agricultural and macro policy, agriculture and economic development, and world food
policy. He co-authored Agricultural Policies and the World Markets (1985) with T. E.
Josling, and led a Congress-mandated study on Export Embargoes, Surplus Disposal and
U.S. Agriculture (1986).
Dr. McCalla was named Fellow of the American Agricultural
Economics Association in 1988, and of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society in 2000.
In 1998, he received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from McGill
University.
Uwe
Jens Nagel
Dr Uwe Jens Nagel is Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture and Chair of
Agricultural Extension and Communication Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
He obtained his MA in Sociology from the Free University of Berlin, after also
studying at Stanford University. He then received his PhD from the Technical
University of Berlin. Previously, he worked at the postgraduate Centre for Advanced
Training in Agricultural Development (CATAD) as an advisor in extension and rural
development for a large German regional development project in Benin, West Africa.
He has worked with the CGIAR, first as member of a CATAD-IRRI team that developed a
logical framework for planning agricultural research programs, and later to facilitate the
adaptation and introduction of a log frame approach to research planning within the CGIAR
system. Dr Nagel’s research has focused on agricultural knowledge systems and,
particularly, on participatory approaches within extension and research. More
recently, he was active in introducing international experiences with these issues into
German research and development projects.
Michael Peters
Dr Michael Peters is an agronomist who leads work on forage germplasm evaluation at
CIAT, with emphasis on multipurpose legumes. Forage evaluation on-station is linked
with on-farm evaluation through both participatory evaluation and selection of forages,
and on-farm experimentation. He has worked extensively in West Africa on species
adaptation and is conducting research programs in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica,
Colombia, and Haiti, with an interest to amplify work into eastern and southern Africa.
Other key activities include construction of forage databases and use of selection
and targeting tools involving geographic information systems (GIS).
Pauline E. Peters
Dr Pauline E. Peters gained her first degrees in Britain and then, after moving to the
United States, received her PhD in social anthropology in 1983 from Boston
University. She joined Harvard University in 1982 as an Institute Associate of the
Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and became a member of the Social
Anthropology Wing of the Anthropology Department in 1984. She became a Fellow of HIID.
When HIID was closed by the University in 2000, she joined the University's John F.
Kennedy School of Government as Fellow in Development and Lecturer in Public Policy. She
also continues her association with the Anthropology Department. Peters’
research concentrates on the processes of agrarian transformation, particularly
commercialization, land tenure, property systems, natural resource management, family
organization, gender relations, poverty, and social differentiation. She has
extensive field research experience in southern and east-central Africa. Her
publications include Dividing the Commons: Politics, Policy and Culture in Botswana
(1994), Development Encounters: Sites of Participation and Knowledge (2000), and numerous
papers and book chapters.
Eva Rathgeber
Eva
Rathgeber, a Canadian, is a Sociologist of Education. Currently, she is Chair in
Women’s Studies held jointly by Carleton University and the Université
d’Ottawa. She obtained her PhD in 1981 from McGill University, Montreal, where she
became Research Fellow at the University’s Centre for Developing Area Studies. She
then worked for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) from 1982 to 2001 as
Program Officer in Science and Technology Policy; Coordinator and Founder of the
IDRC’s Gender and Development Program; and Regional Director for Eastern and Southern
Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr Rathgeber then became Visiting Professor of
Development Studies at York University, Toronto. She has published widely on science and
technology policy, natural resource management, knowledge production, and gender and
development. Her most recent work has involved an in-depth quantitative and qualitative
study of the careers of CGIAR scientists.
Deborah
(Dannie) Romney
Deborah (Dannie) Romney completed her Ph.D. in ruminant nutrition in 1988. She worked
for a year in Mexico as a visiting scientist in the Nutrition Department, Facility of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Yucatan, Mexico, followed by nine years working at the
Natural Resources Institute, based in the UK. From NRI she participated in design,
implementation and management of research projects in the field of livestock nutrition and
production in tropical and temperate environments. This included activities in The Gambia,
Tanzania, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Bolivia, India and Nepal. She as well has
experience of qualitative and quantitative participatory research methods to assess
existing systems and identify farmer priorities and constraints, which has been used to
ensure research is appropriate to farmer needs. Current position is as feed resources and
nutrient cycling scientist in the Market Oriented Smallholder Dairy Programme, responsible
for the conceptualisation and implementation of multi-donor/scientific collaborative
research on crop/dairy interactions within smallholder farming systems, with emphasis on
the intensive crop/dairy systems of the E. African Highlands. The research forms part of
interdisciplinary efforts to improve the productivity of smallholder dairy systems and
contributes to two major topics of ILRI's research: ruminant livestock and natural
resource management, and ruminant undernutrition.
Binayak Sen
Binayak Sen is Senior Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development
Studies in Dhaka. He received his MA in economics from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State
University (1982), and his PhD in economics from the Institute of Oriental Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (1985). His main areas of interest are poverty
and income distribution, health and nutrition, gender, governance, and history of ideas in
development economics. He is member of the Economic Consultative Committee to the
Finance Minister of Bangladesh; and Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Humanities and
Social Sciences, National University, Dhaka. He has authored or co-authored several books,
including Markets and Economic Growth in South Asia, 1950-97: An Interpretation, and has
contributed book chapters and journal articles.
Carlos Seré
Dr. Carlos Seré recently became director general of the Africa-based International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Seré, who is from Uruguay, has a doctorate in
agricultural economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Previously, he worked
for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Latin America and Caribbean
office), first managing a portfolio of agricultural and natural resource management
projects, then serving as regional director. He also worked as an independent consultant
in South America on research and development activities in such areas as the dairy sector,
farmer development, soil conservation, and global livestock production systems. Seré has
also served the CGIAR, reviewing the program and management of ILRAD (one of ILRI's two
predecessors, based in Kenya) and the International Potato Center (CIP), in Peru; and
contributing to ILRI's strategic plan. For 10 years, he was economist at CIAT. Dr. Seré's
expertise includes tropical livestock production systems, foot-and-mouth disease,
smallholder dairy farming, tropical pastures, quantification of research costs and
benefits, strategic thinking about prospective changes in the CGIAR, and the evolving
nature of partnerships in agricultural research.
Bambang Setiono
Dr. Bambang Setiono, born in Jakarta, Indonesia, is a Financial and Policy Analyst
with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). He helps formulate and
encourage dialog on financial policy for forestry sectors, focusing on the impact that the
financial institution and policy have on forestry industries. He received his
Masters in Accounting from the University of Denver (CO, USA) and a PhD in Accounting and
Finance from the University of Manchester (UK). Previously, Dr. Setiono worked with
the BPKP (Supreme Audit Board of Indonesia) and Pefindo (an Indonesian rating agency)
where he was responsible for performance, financial, EDP, investigative, and tax audits,
and policy evaluation in the Indonesian public sector. He has experience in bond and
stock markets, and performance and rating assessments, and teaches at Trisakti University
and the University of Indonesia. Industries that he served include financial
institutions, hotels, mining companies, forestry groups, and plantations. Current
research interests are financial markets, economic resources, and corporate social
responsibility. He has published several papers, and belongs to the Indonesian
Accountant Association and the Indonesian Economics Association.
Ganesh P.
Shivakoti
Dr Shivakoti joined the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Klong Luang, Thailand, in
1998 as Visiting Scientist and is currently Associate Professor in agricultural and
natural resources economics. He received his MSc in agricultural economics from the
University of Udaipur, India, and his PhD in resource development from the Michigan State
University. Before joining the AIT, he was senior scientist at the Department of
Agricultural Economics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Together with teaching duties,
he participated in various collaborative research projects with the Indiana and
Pennsylvania State Universities. Dr. Shivakoti’s areas of interest include
farming-system economics; common property resources; institutions and policies related to
water, land, and forestry; and population and environment. He also provides
consultancy services for numerous national and international organizations. Dr.
Shivakoti has many publications to his credit, including the most recently published
Improving Irrigation Governance and Management in Nepal (2002), written with Dr. Elinor
Ostrom. He is an active member of the International Association for the Study of
Common Property and is life member of the Nepal Agriculture Association and the Nepalese
Association of Agricultural Economics.
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