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Wietske Kropff
Reseach Specialist
Wietske Kropff has a background in bio-physics and joined CIAT in 2018 to work on digital technologies for small holder farmers. Starting in Colombia, she worked on a complete analysis and strategic planning for the maize sector including setting up strong partnerships with the public and private sectors. She has also worked with the CGIAR big data platform as the global coordinator for the community of practice on data-driven agronomy. Her work with the Big Data Platform…
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Rosina Wanyama
Scientist - Food Environment and Consumer Behavior
Rosina Wanyama is an Agricultural Economist with expertise in markets, value chains, consumer behavior, food environments, impact assessment among other topics. Prior to joining the Alliance she worked with the World Vegetable Center in Tanzania, and Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development in Kenya where she gained a lot of experience in socioeconomic research including designing and implementing both qualitative and quantitative…
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Kazuo Kawano
Plant Breeding Cassava Program
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Carlos Lascano
Agronomist for the Tropical Forages Program, Emeritus Scientist
Carlos Lascano is a Colombian citizen, who in 1965 completed undergraduate training in Agronomy at the Escuela Agrícola Panamericana in Zamorano, Honduras. Later he attended the University of Arizona in Tucson where he completed a BS in Agriculture in 1967 and an MS in Animal Science in 1970. After completing his MS studies, he joined a Feed Company (SOLLA) in Medellín, Colombia, where he served as Head of the Technical Department and…
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John Lynam
Agricultural Economist
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César Martínez
Plant Breeder Rice Program
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Francisco Morales
Virologist Agrobiodiversity Research Area
Dr. Francisco J. Morales obtained his BSc degree in Agricultural Engineering from the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, in 1971. The following year he was admitted to the Graduate School of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, where he received his MSc degree in Plant Pathology, with a Minor in International Agricultural Development. In 1978, he finished his doctoral studies at the Plant Pathology Department of the University of Florida,…
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William Roca
Plant Cell Physiology
After obtaining a B.Sc. in Biology at the Universidad Nacional Agraria, La Molina, Peru, W. Roca was awarded with a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. USA, in Plant Cell Physiology under Prof. F.C.Steward. Following a Post-doctoral stage at Cornell, Dr. Roca joined CIP, Lima in 1973; five years later, he moved to CIAT as a Plant Cell Physiologist. While leading CIAT Genetic Resources Unit, Dr. Roca developed in vitro culture techniques for the conservation and…
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Rainer Schultze-Kraft
Agronomist, Emeritus Scientist
Professor Rainer Schultze-Kraft was a German agronomist who specialized in tropical agriculture since his graduate studies at the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. He joined CIAT (now the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) in 1973 as Visiting Research Associate and, after receiving his PhD from Giessen, in 1976 as Germplasm Agronomist of the Beef Production Program (later: Tropical Pastures Program). He was a founding member of CIAT´s…
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Michael Thung
Plant Breeding Bean Program
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Nguyen Van Bo
Soils, plant nutrition and cropping systems
Nguyen Van Bo, born in 1954, is currently a CIAT Emerirus, Principal Scientist of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), and independent adviser. He got a Bachelor in Agriculture from the Cuban Agricultural University, Russia, in 1978 and a PhD in Biology from the Moscow State University, Russia, in 1988.
Dr. Bo worked as Director General at the National Institute for Soils and Fertilizers (1994–1999); Director General of the Department of…
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Anthony Bellotti
Entomologist Cassava Program
Dr. Anthony C. Bellotti obtained his Associate degree in Plant Protection Technology from Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute, New York, in 1957. He received his BSc degree in Agricultural Biology from New Mexico State University in 1967 and his PhD in Entomology (Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology) from Cornell University in New York in 1974. From 1957 to 1961 he was a laboratory technician for Baxter Laboratories, New York City. In 1962–1963 he was a US…
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Issa Ouedraogo
Senior Scientist, Country Representative for Senegal
Issa Ouedraogo is a Senior Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Country Representative of the Alliance in Senegal and OneCGIAR country convener for Senegal. He is currently coordinating various projects on climate action/adaptation such as resilience, climate information services, agricultural water and soil management interventions, etc.
Issa holds a master’s degree in Geography from the University of Cape Coast (UCC…
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Evert Thomas
Senior Scientist
Evert Thomas is a Belgian national based in Lima Peru. His main areas of work focus on improving the conservation and sustainable use of forest genetic resources, and their application in tree-based restoration projects in Latin America and the Caribbean by combining different disciplines such as distribution modeling, spatial diversity analysis, population genetics, archaeology, ecology and social sciences. Currently, main activities focus on the development and scaling of spatially…
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Juan Sebastian Velasquez Ruiz
Senior Research Associate
Juan is a Senior Research Associate in the Multifunctional landscapes team. He is a Biologist, Magister in Geographic Information Technologies and City and Urbanism with emphasis on environmental sustainability and green infrastructures, with more than ten years of expertise in geographic information storage, management and analysis.
Juan's activity within the alliance has focused on the analysis and monitoring of the Land cover / Land use of agricultural…
