INTERNATIONAL  SEMINAR  ON  DROUGHT  AND  AGRICULTURE  

PREDICT,  PLAN,  PREPARE:  STOP  DROUGHT  BECOMING  A  FAMINE  

FAO,  19  JUNE  2017  

 

LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTORS  

Professor  Donald  Wilhite    

School  of  Natural  Resources  

University  of  Nebraska    

 

 

Saidi  Mkomwa  

Executive  Secretary  

African  Conservation  Tillage  Network  

Sibiri  Jean  Ouedraogo  

Interim  Director-­‐General  

Institut  du  Sahel  

 

   

Gulchekhra  Khasankhanova  

Head  of  Soil  and  Irrigation  Department  

Uzgipromeliovodkhoz  Institute  (UZGIP)  

Kate  Fehlenberg  

Project  Manager  –  Kenya  

International  Maize  and  Wheat  Improvement  Center  (CIMMYT)  

 

 

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Teweldebrhan  Hailu  Abrha  

Ethiopia  Country  Director  

Project  Concern  International  (PCI)  

Theib  Y.  Oweis  

Acting  Director  

ICARDA  

 

 

Joseph  Ahenda  

Consultant  –  Seed  Systems  Expert  

FAO  Somalia  

Maria  Isabel  Andrade  

Board  Member  

Alliance   for   a   Green   Revolution   in   Africa  (AGRA)  

   

 

Leïth  Ben  Becher  

Former  President  and  Founder  

Syndicat  des  Agriculteurs  de  Tunisie  (SYNAGRI)  

 

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Horacio  Rubio  Gutiérrez    

Manager  –  Engineering  and  Water  Affairs  

Government  of  Mexico    

 

 

Ahmed  Shukri  

Senior  Economist  

FAO  

Johannes  Cullmann  

Water  and  Climate  Division  Director  

World  Meteorological  Organization  (WMO)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel  Tsegai  

Drought  Programme  Officer  

United  Nations  Convention  to  Combat  Desertification  (UNCCD)  

Catherine  Ogolla  

Country  Representative,  Kenya  &  Uganda  

Catholic  Agency  For  Overseas  Development  (CAFOD)  

 

 

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Mawira  Chitima  

Lead  Technical  Specialist  -­‐  Water  and  Rural  Infrastructure  

International  Fund  for  Agricultural  Development  (IFAD)  

Jyothi  Bylappa  

Microinsurance  Consultant  –  R4  Rural  Initiative  

World  Food  Program  (WFP)  

 

 

Ronald  Hugh  Jackson  

Executive  Director,  

Caribbean  Disaster,  Emergency  Management  Agency  (CDEMA)  

Michael  Brüntrup  

Senior  Researcher    

DIE  (German  Development  Institute)  

 

 

Johannes  Hunink  

Managing  Director  

Future  Water  

Marcella  D'Souza    

Executive  Director  

Water  Organization  Trust  

 

 

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FAO  TEAM  

 

Edoardo  Mansur  

Director,  CBL  

FAO    

Olcay  Ünver  

Deputy  Director,  CBL  

FAO  

 

 

Maher  Salman  

Technical  Officer,  CBL  

FAO  

Stefania  Giusti  

Project  Consultant,  CBL  

FAO    

   

 

Maria  Losacco  

Water  Policy  Consultant,  CBL    

FAO  

James  Morgan  

Information  Officer,  CBL  

FAO  

 

 

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Denise  Martinez  

Communication  Officer,  CB  

FAO  

CO-­‐ORGANIZERS  

Mohammad  Hossein  Shariatmadar  

Advisor  of  the  Minister  for  Jihad-­‐E-­‐Agriculture,  Islamic  Republic  of  Iran  

 

 

 

Johannes  Petrus  Hoogeveen  

 FAO  Representative  of  the  Kingdom  of  the  Netherlands