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Pro-Poor Public-Private Partnerships for Food and Agriculture
An International Dialogue
September 28-29, 2005, Washington, DC

Participants

Robert R. Acosta
East-West Seed International

John Ambler
Senior Vice President of Programs
Oxfam America

Pamela K. Anderson
Director General
International Potato Center
(CIP)

Suresh Babu
Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Gerard Barry
Coordinator, GoldRice Network
International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI)

Andrew Bennett
Executive Director
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Rob Bertam
Leader, International Research and Biotechnology
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)

Purvi Mehta Bhatt
Director
Science Ashram

Regina Birner
Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Mpoko Bokanga
Executive Director
African Agricultural Technology Foundation
(AATF)

Susan Bornstein
Deputy Director for Africa
Technoserve

Howarth E. Bouis
Program Director
HarvestPlus

Kent Buse
Research Fellow
Overseas Development Institute

Sean Butler
Fellow
St Edmund's College
University of Cambridge

Joel Cohen
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Marc Cohen
Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Dana Dalrymple
Research Advisor, EGAD/Global Bureau
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)

William Dar
Director General
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT)

Jochen de Haas
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ)

Don Doering
Project Coordinator
Drought Tolerance Crop Initiative
Winrock International

Cal Dooley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Food Products Association

Sam Dryden
CEO
Emergent Genetics

Adrian Dubock
Humanitarian Board/Golden Rice Representative
Syngenta International

Adel El-Beltagy
Director General
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA)

Eva Erisgen
Head, Public & Government Affairs
BASF

Saleem Esmail
CEO
Western Seed Company

Peter Ewell
Senior Agricultural Officer, REDSO/Nairobi
United States Agency for International Deveopment

Emile Frison
Director General
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
(IPGRI)

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Research Fellow
Harvard University

Leonard Guarraia
Chairman and President
World Agricultural Forum

William Guyton
President
World Cocoa Foundation

Frank Hartwich
Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Simon Heck
Portfolio Director
WorldFish Center

Patrick Heffer
Member, Agriculture Committee
International Fertilizer Industry Association

Lene Heron
Rural and Agricultural Policy and Finance Advisor
Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)

Manfred Hochwald
Deputy Secretary General
German Agro Action

Ian Houston
Public Resource Director
Technoserve

Masa Iwanaga
Director General
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
(CIMMYT)

Willem Janssen
Senior Agricultural Specialist
South Asia Agriculture and Rural Development Unit
The World Bank

Michael D. Jarvis
Program Specialist, Private Sector Development
World Bank Institute

Richard Jefferson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CAMBIA

Peter Jeffries
Director
Business Development
Merial

Katherine Kahn
AAAS Diplomacy Fellow/Agricultural Biotech Advisor
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ingrid Kirsten
Donor Coordinator
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Donald Kloth
Board of Directors
World Agricultural Forum

Daniel D. Karanja
Senior Fellow
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa

Thomas Kohts
KEW-Corporate Business Vision
Bayer CropScience

Ronaldo Kulhmann
Agronomist
Argentine Association of No-Till Farmers
(AAPRESID)

Jennifer Leavy
Livelihoods Adviser, Renewable Natural Resources and Agriculture Team, Policy Division
Department for International Development (UK)
(DFID)

Josette Lewis
Senior Biotechnology Advisor
Office of Environmental and Science Policy
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)

Thomas Lumpkin
Director
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre
(AVRDC)

Evandro Mantovani
Chief, Strategic Affairs Secretariat
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
(EMBRAPA)

William A. Masters
Professor
Purdue University

David Mazour
Global Strategic Marketing Manager
BASF

Milla McLachlan
Consultant
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Uzo Mokwunye
Chair, Governing Board
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT)

Clare Narrod
Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

William S. Niebur
Vice President, Research and Discovery
Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Rob Nooter
Washington Office Director
Land O'Lakes

César Ocaña
Technical Secretary
Coordinadora Nacional de Fundaciones Produce

Julian Oram
Policy Researcher
ActionAid UK

Peter Oram
ret'd
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Bernardo Ospina
Executive Director
Latin American & Caribbean Consortium to Support Cassava R&D
(CLAYUCA)
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
(CIAT)

Selçuk Özgediz
Management Advisor
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CGIAR

Rajul Pandya-Lorch
Chief of Staff, Director General's Office
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

John Purcell
Global Lead, Scientific Affairs
Monsanto

Marleni Ramirez
Regional Director (Americas)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
(IPGRI)

Rob Rennie
Vice Chairman (Agricultural Committee)
International Fertilizer Industry Association

Mary Renwick
Innovation Program Officer in Water
Winrock International

Stacy Roberts
Coordinator, IFPRI Partnerships
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Mark Rosegrant
Director, Environment and Production Technology
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Marie Ruel
Director, Food, Consumption and Nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Roger Salameh
Manager, Business Development - Input Traits
Arcadia Biosciences

Cynthia P. Schneider
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy
Georgetown University

Raj Shah
Director for Strategic Opportunities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Anne Shusterman
Consultant, World Bank
Emergent Genetics

Val Snewin
Health Advisor
Department for International Development (UK)
(DFID)

David J. Spielman
Postdoctoral Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Roy Steiner
Senior Program Officer, Strategic Opportunities
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jim Thompson
Deputy Director
Global Development Alliance Secretariat
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)

Gary Toenniessen
Director, Food Security
Rockefeller Foundation

Kate Tulenko
Public Health Specialist
Coordinator, Secretariat for the Global Handwashing Partnership
The World Bank

Roberto Vazquez Platero
Member, Board of Trustees
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Christian Verschueren
Director General
Crop Life International

Joachim von Braun
Director General
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Klaus von Grebmer
Director, Communications
International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)

Jack Wilkinson
President
International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Meryl Williams
Executive Officer
Future Harvest Alliance Office
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR)

Annette Wulf
Quality Management/Public Funding
German Agro Action

Usha Barwale Zehr
Joint Director Research
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company
(MAHYCO)


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