International Honorary Advisory Committee
Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze
Fifth President, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, FAYODE, Nigeria
Dr. Nina Fedoroff
Emeritus Professor of Biology, Penn State University, USA
Dr. José Graziano da Silva
Eighth Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Brazil
Prof. Afaf Kamal Eldin
College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Prof. Mohammed Sadiki
President of the CIHEAM Governing Board
Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Forests of the Kingdom of Morocco, Morocco
Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Former Director General, Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Dr. Ren Wang
Senior Vice President of the BGI Group, President, BGI Global Development, China
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra
Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE)
Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India
Prof. Ghaleb Ali Alhadrami Al Breiki
Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost,
United Arab Emirates University,
UAE
International Scientific Committee
Dr. Abdelbagi M. Ismail
Principal Scientist and Representative for Africa, International Rice Research Institute, Kenya
Dr. Salwa Karboune
Associate Dean (Research),
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
McGill University, Canada
Prof. Benildo G. de los Reyes
Bayer Crop Science Endowed Chair in Plant Genomics and Associate Department Chair for Research and Graduate Programs, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, USA
Dr. R. K. Singh
Section Head, Program Leader on Crop Diversification and Genetics, ICBA, UAE
Dr. Asad Sarwar Qureshi
Senior Scientist in Water and Irrigation Management, ICBA, UAE
Dr. Dionysia Angeliki Lyra
Halophyte Agronomist, ICBA, UAE
Dr. P. C. Sharma
Director, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), India
Prof. Redouane Choukr-Allah
Professor, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Morocco