Research Areas
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Agrobiodiversity
- Joseph Tohme, Director
- Claudia Zúñiga, Executive Assistant
- Mónica Casamachín, Executive Assistant
Leaders
- Stephen Beebe, Bean Program
- Daniel Debouck, Genetic Resources Program
- Eduardo Graterol, Executive Director, Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR)
- Clair Hershey, Cassava Program
- Michael Peters, Tropical Forages Program
- Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Global Director, Product Development & Commercialization, HarvestPlus
- Edgar A. Torres, Rice Program
- Claude Fauquet, GCP21 Director (Consultant)
Researchers – Latin America and the Caribbean
- Elizabeth Álvarez, Plant Pathologist
- María Fernanda Álvarez, Molecular Biologist
- Meike Andersson, Product Development Manager, HarvestPlus
- Jacobo Arango, Molecular Biologist
- Luis Augusto Becerra, Molecular Biologist
- Matthew Bertucci, Virologist *
- Robert Blake (on sabbatical from Michigan State University)
- Stefan Burkart, Socio-economist, Tropical Forages
- Juan Andrés Cardoso, Tropical Forages and Climate Change Specialist
- Mónica Carvajal, Molecular Biologist
- Hernán Ceballos, Plant Breeder
- Paul Chavarriaga, Molecular Biologist
- Mario Cuchillo, Animal Nutrition Specialist *
- Wilmer Cuéllar, Virologist
- Luciano de Campos Carmona, Rice Production Specialist, Brazil
- Beata Dedicova, Biologist *
- Dominique Dufour, Food Science Specialist, French Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD)
- Jorge Duitama, Bioinformatics Specialist
- Gerardo Gallego, Molecular Marker and Genomic Tools Specialist
- Elżbieta Golemiec, Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Specialist
- Cécile Grenier, Plant Geneticist and Breeder, CIRAD
- Falguni Guharay, Research for Development Scientist, Nicaragua
- Ryozo Hayashi, SATREPS-Rice Project Coordinator
- Manabu Ishitani, Molecular Biologist
- Bernhard Löhr, Entomologist
- Mathias Lorieux, Plant Geneticist, French Institute of Research for Development (IRD)
- Catherine Meola, Gender Specialist
- John Miles, Plant Geneticist
- Gloria Mosquera, Plant Pathologist
- Soroush Parsa, Entomologist and Agricultural Ecologist
- Prasanthi Perera, Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Specialist *
- Bodo Raatz, Plant Breeder
- Idupulapati Rao, Plant Nutritionist
- María Camila Rebolledo, Molecular Biologist
- Manuel Ruiz, Bioinformatics Specialist, CIRAD
- Michael Selvaraj, Crop Physiologist
- Jeff Stuart, Entomologist, (on sabbatical from Purdue University, USA)*
- Elisabeth Talsma, Human Nutritionist
- Rein van der Hoek, Forage Specialist, Nicaragua
- Margaret Worthington, Plant Breeder
Researchers – Africa
- Mathew Abang, Plant Pathologist, Uganda *
- Valente Aritua, Virologist, Uganda
- Sylvain Bidiaka, Country Crop Manager, HarvestPlus, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)
- Eliud Abucheli Birachi, Market Economist, Kenya
- Rowland Chirwa, Plant Breeder, Malawi
- Wanjiku Chiuri, Social Scientist, Rwanda *
- Paul Ilona, Agronomist, HarvestPlus, Nigeria
- Lister Katsvairo, Product Development and Delivery Manager, HarvestPlus, Rwanda
- Enid Katungi, Agricultural Economist, Uganda
- David Kiiza, Crop Development Specialist, HarvestPlus, Rwanda
- Antoine Lubobo, Crop Delivery Specialist, HarvestPlus, DR Congo
- Mercy Lung’Aho, Nutritionist, Uganda
- Brigitte Maass, Forage Agronomist, Kenya
- Enock Maereka, Seed Business Development Specialist, Malawi
- Marx Mbunji, Manager Africa Region Business Development, HarvestPlus, Zambia
- Clare Mukankusi, Plant Breeder, Uganda
- Raphael Mutale, Crop Development Specialist, HarvestPlus, Zambia
- Rachel Muthoni, Social Scientist, Uganda
- Nicholas Mwansa, Maize Seed System Specialist, HarvestPlus, Zambia
- Salomon Mwendia, Forage Agronomist, Kenya
- An Maria Notenbaert, Crop – Livestock Systems Specialist, Kenya
- Sospeter Nyamwaro, Project Coordinator, Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program, Uganda
- Birthe Paul, Forage and Soil Fertility Specialist, Kenya
- Jean-Claude Rubyogo, Seeds Expert, Tanzania
- Eliab Lloyd Simpungwe, Agricultural Economist, HarvestPlus, Zambia
- Patience Acanda Ubomba-Jaswa, Market Development Manager, HarvestPlus, Zambia
- Rodah Zulu, Nutritional Facilitator, Malawi
Researchers – Asia
- Tin Maung Aye, Cassava Soil Scientist, Vietnam
- Khairul Bashar, Country Manager, HarvestPlus, Bangladesh
- Adrian Bolliger, Specialist in Livestock, and Smallholder Systems, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
- Binu Cherian, Country Crop Manager, HarvestPlus, India
- Keith Fahrney, Cassava Agronomist, Vietnam
- Le Ngoc Lan, Research Assistant, Cassava, Vietnam
- Jonathan Newby, Rural and Resources Economist, Vietnam
- Parminder Singh Virk, Crop Development Manager, HarvestPlus, India
- Sok Sophearith, Resesearch Assistant, Cassava, Cambodia
- Lao Thao, Research Assistant, Cassava, Lao PDR
- Tassilo Tiemann, Specialist in Forages and Livestock Systems, Lao PDR
- Cu Thi Le Thuy, Associate Researcher, Cassava Value Chains, Vietnam
- Kris Wyckhuys, Cassava Entomologist, Vietnam
* Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
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Soils- Deborah Bossio, Director, Kenya
- Juliet Braslow, Area Coordinator, Kenya
- Anne Wanjiru Macharia, Administrative Assistant, Kenya*
Leaders
- Fred Kizito, Restoring Degraded Land, Kenya
- Rolf Sommer, Soils and Climate Change, Kenya
- Mirjam Pulleman, Sustaining Soil Fertility and Health
- Aracely Castro, Sustainable Intensification *
Researchers – Latin America and the Caribbean
- Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Agro-ecologist
- Mayesse Da Silva, Geomorphologist
- Edwin García, Agronomist, Honduras
- Pablo Siles, Soils and Agro-ecosystem Science, Nicaragua
- Diego Valbuena, Farming Systems Specialist, Nicaragua
Researchers – Africa
- Justine Cordingley, Landscape Modeling Specialist, Kenya
- Lulseged Tamene Desta, Soil Scientist, Malawi
- Evan Girvetz, Climate Change and Soils, Nairobi (Joint position Soils/DAPA)
- Jeroen Huising, Soil Scientist, Kenya *
- Saidou Koala, Soil Scientist, African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility (AfNet) Coordinator, Kenya *
- Job Kihara Maguta, Soil Scientist, Kenya
- Nelson Mango, Rural Sociologist, Zimbabwe (Joint position Soils/DAPA)
- Caroline Mwongera, Biologist, Kenya (Joint position Soils/DAPA)
- Kristin Piikki, Visiting Soil Scientist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kenya and Sweden
- Katherine Snyder, Social Scientist, Kenya
- Mats Söderström, Visiting Soil Scientist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kenya and Sweden)
- Leigh Winowiecki, Soil Scientist, Kenya
Researchers – Asia
- Bui Le Vinh, Systems and Landscapes Specialist, Vietnam
* Left CIAT during the period covered by this report
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Decision and Policy Analysis- Andy Jarvis, Director
- Carolina Navarrete-Frías, Area Coordinator
- Rebeca Bolaños, Executive Assistant
Leaders
- Peter Läderach, Climate Change, Nicaragua
- Mark Lundy, Linking Farmers to Markets
- Marcela Quintero, Ecosystem Services
Researchers – Latin America and the Caribbean
- Sophie Álvarez, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist *
- Nadine Andrieu, Farming System Specialist, CIRAD
- Christophe Bene, Senior Policy Expert
- Genowefa Blundo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Impact Assessment, Peru
- Purabi Bose, Social Scientist *
- Perla Castillo, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
- Ruben Coppus, Physical Geographer
- Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Climate Change Adaptation Specialist
- Bernardo Creamer, Agricultural Economist (Joint position CIAT–IFPRI) *
- Gisella Cruz-García, Social Scientist
- Sylvain Jean Delerce, Agronomist
- Anton Eitzinger, Spatial Analysis and Climate Change
- Wendy Francesconi, Environmental Scientist, Peru
- Carolina González, Agricultural Economist (Joint position CIAT–IFPRI)
- Sharon Gourdji, Crop–Livestock Modeling Scientist
- Guy Henry, Agricultural Economist, CIRAD/CIAT
- Fanny Howland, Anthropologist
- Glenn Hyman, Geographer
- Matthias Jäger, Value Chain/Market Specialist
- Daniel Jiménez, Specialist in Site-Specific Agriculture
- Colin Khoury, Specialist in Plant Genetic Resources Conservation
- Maria Johanna Koningstein, Social Scientist
- Ricardo Labarta, Agricultural Economist
- Andreea Nowak, Environmental Policy Specialist
- Rafael Parra-Peña, Policy Analyst
- Steve Prager, Integrated Modeling Specialist
- Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Climate Change Modeling Scientist
- Byron Alejandro Reyes, Impact Assessment Scientist, Nicaragua
- Louis Reymondin, Monitoring System Specialist
- Jesús Rodríguez, Ex-ante Impact Assessment and Priority Setting
- Jeimar Tapasco, Environmental Economist
- Jennifer Twyman, Gender Analysis Specialist
Researchers – Africa
- Nicola Francesconi, Market Access Specialist, Uganda
- Evan Girvetz, Climate Change and Soils, Nairobi (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
- Nelson Mango, Rural Sociologist, Zimbabwe (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
- Caroline Mwongera, Biologist, Kenya (Joint position DAPA/Soils)
Researchers – Asia
- Tesfamicheal Assfaw, Impact Assessment Economist, Vietnam
- Brice Even, Market Access Specialist, Vietnam
- Nora Guerten, Climate Change Specialist, Vietnam
- Pham Thi Mai Huong, Associate Researcher, Marketing and Economics, Vietnam
- Louis Parker, Geo-spatial Analyst, Vietnam
* Left CIAT during the period covered by this report