Organizational Members

Members can be:

  • Countries (represented by an institution designated by their Ministry of Agriculture or equivalent)
  • Transnational research organisations
  • Private companies
  • Stakeholders

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Members (signatories to the memorandum of understanding/payment of membership fees) May 2013

Public research organizations

MemberInstitution
ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
AustraliaGrains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
CanadaAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada
FranceNational Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
GermanyFederal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
ItalyMinistero delle politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali (MiPAAF)
Japan Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
TurkeyGeneral Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policy (GDAR)
UKBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
USAUS Department of Agriculture (USDA)
InternationalInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CIMMYT
InternationalInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

 

Private companies

CountryCompany
FranceFlorimond Desprez Veuve & Fils
SwitzerlandSyngenta Crop Protection AG
UKKWS UK Ltd
USAMonsanto Company
USADow AgroSciences
FranceLIMAGRAIN

 

Designated Representatives (May 2013)

Public research organizations

CountryRepresenting institutionInstitutions' Coordination Committee representativeResearch Committee representative

Argentina

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Dr Roberto Salvarezza, President

Marcelo Helguera
Viviana Echenique
AustraliaGrains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)M. John Harvey, Managing Director, GRDCPeter Langridge
CanadaAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaM. Gilles Saindon, Associate Assistant Deputy MinisterStephen Morgan Jones
Curtis Pozniak
ChinaChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)Zhang Xueyong

Zhonghu He

FranceNational Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)François Houllier, Deputy Director GeneralCatherine Feuillet
GermanyFederal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Mrs Bettina Pellio, Federal Office for Agriculture and Foody

Frank Ordon
IndiaIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Dr. Swapan K. Datta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science)

Indu Sharma
ItalyMinistero delle politiche Agricole Alimentari e Forestali (MiPAAF)

Dr. Franca Melillo, Secretariat del Dipartimento delle Politiche Europee e Internazionali

Luigi Cattivelli
JapanJapan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)Masaru Iwanaga, PresidentHirokazu Handa
SpainInstituto Nacional de Investigacion y Technologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) Concepcio Royo Calpe
Turkey

General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policy (GDAR)

Ali Osman Sari, Head of Field Crops Research DepartmentEmin Dönmez
Hikmet Budak
UKBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Steve Visscher, Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Operating Officer

Graham Moore
USAUS Department of Agriculture (USDA)David Marshall, Acting National Program Leader - Grain CropsStephen Baenziger
InternationalInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)Tom Lumpkin, Director GeneralHans Braun
InternationalInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)Dr Maarten van Ginkel, Deputy Director GeneralMichael Baum

 

Private companies

CompanyResearch Committee representatives
Florimond Desprez Veuve & FilsOlivier Robert
Syngenta Crop Protection AGDavid Nevill
KWS UK LTDViktor Korzun
Monsanto CompanyClaire CaJacob
RAGTRichard Summers
Dow AgroSciencesFrank Roeber
LIMAGRAINValérie Mazza
Thomas Jolliffe

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