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FOCAL INSTITUTES
The current Focal Institutes are:
 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
Dr. Khabir Ahmed    Executive Chairman
Dr. Md. Ismail Hossain Member-Director (AERS)
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Dr. Kshirode Chandra Roy Director General
Dr. Md. Azizur Rahman Director of Research
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI)
Dr. Jahangir Alam Khan Director General
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. C.Q.K. Mustaq Ahmed  Secretary
---   Additional Secretary
Mr. Md. Eakub Ali Economic Counsellor and Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP
Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Mr. Ikhtiar M. Chowdhury Counsellor (Pol.) and Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to ESCAP
Ministry of Finance  
--- Economic Relations Division
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Dr. Rezaul karim Talukder Professor and Head
Department and Agricultural Economics
Research Initiatives Bangladesh
Dr. Shamsul Bari Chairman
 
Cambodia
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
H.E. Mr. Ouk Sokhon Under Secretary of State
Mr. Koum Saron Director General
Mr. Tuot Savavuth Director International Cooperation (DPSIC)
Mr. Lord Reasmey Deputy Director General
Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)
Dr. MEN Sarom Director
Ministry of Rural Development (MRD)
Mr. Kith Seing Director Statistics Planning and Department
Department of Agronomy and Land Improvement (DAALI)
Mr. Pen Vuth Director

Royal University of Agriculture (RUA)

Mr. Chun Nimul

Head, Planning & Inter. Cooperation Office

 
China People's Republic
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Zhicai, Wang Director General
International Cooperation Department
Dr. Ke Bingsheng Director
Research Center for Rural Economiy (RCRE)
Mr. Zhao Changbao Deputy Director-General
Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE)

China Agriculture Academy Science (CAAS)

Prof. Dr. Fu Qin Director General
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development
Prof. Dr. Sangui Wang Director
Division of Poverty and Development
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development

Prof. Dr. Xiande Li

Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof. Dr. Jikun Huang

Director
Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Mr. Jincheng Kang Deputy Director-General
Bureau of International Cooperation
International Potato Center (CIP)
Dr. Yi Wang Director, China Liaison Office

 

France
CIRAD
Mr. Rolland GUIS Director, CIRAD-TERA

Mr. Gilles Saint-Martin

Director
Direction des relations euroéennes et internationales CIRAD
Dr. Jacques Marzin Head of Unit UPR ARENA, CIRAD-TERA
Dr. Jean-Guy Bertault Resident Regional Director for Insular Southeast Asia
Mr. Michel Benoit-Cattin Délégué Scientifque SCiences Humainse et Sociales
French Embassy, Bangkok  

Monsieur Maurice Siveton

 
Conseiller régional/ Regional Counsellor
Ambassade de France à Bangkok/
French Embassy in Bangkok
 
India
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),  Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Mangala Rai

 
Secretary
Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) and Director General
Mrs. G. Sushama Nath Secretary
Dr. J.P. Mishra Assistant Director General (ESEM)
Dr. Mruthyunjaya National Director
National Agricultural Technology Project
Mr. M.S. Nayar Under Secretary to the Gov. of India, DARE
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
Dr. A.K. Singh Acting Director
Dr. R.P. Singh Head Division of Agricultural Economics
National Centre for Agricultural Economic and Policy Research (NCAP)
Dr. P.K. Joshi Director
Dr. Ramesh Chand

ICAR National Professor

Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute
Dr. Prem S. Pathak  
Government of India
Dr. V.L. Chopra Member, Planning Commission
Prof. Abhijit Sen Member, Planning Commission
BASIX
Mr. Engbert P.M. Gründemann Consultant
Mr. S. Viswanatha Prasad Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Vijay Mahajan   ---
 
Indonesia
Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Ir. Sumarjo Gatot Irianto Director General
Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Dr. Haryono Secretary 
Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Dr. Suyamto Hardjosuwirjo Director
Indonesian Center for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD)
Dr. Tahlim Sudaryanto Director
Indonesian Center for Agro Socio Economic Policies and Studies (ICASEPS)
Dr. Hasanuddin Ibrahim Secretary General
Mr. Farid Hasan Baktir
 
Director
International Cooperation Bureau
Mrs. Yusni Emilia Harahap Assistant Minister for Institutional Relation and International Cooperation
Dr. Suryadi
 
Chief of Regional Division
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Salman Al-Farisi

 
Director
UN Economic Development and Environmental Affairs
Directorate for UN Economic Development and Environmental Affairs
Ms. Tuti Wahyuningsih
 
Deputy Director for International Economy and Finance
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (Bangkok, Thailand) 
Ms. Nana Yuliana First Secretary and Alternate Permanent
Representative to ESCAP
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Bogor Agricultural University
Dr. Herry Suhardiyanto Rector
Dr. Hardinsyah Dean, Faculty of Human Ecology
Others
Dr. H.S.Dillon Executive Director, Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Sajojyo Director,  Sajogyo Inti Utama Foundation
Prof. Gunawan Sumodiningrat Director-General, Social Empowerment Affairs
 
Iran
Management and Planning Organization (MPO)
Mojtaba Khalesi, Ph.D. Director General
Bureau of Economic Studies and International Cooperation
Ali Askari, Ph.D Deputy for Economic Affairs
Mr. Kubat Umurzakov Director
Project, Economic Research & Statistics Economic Cooperation Organization
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Mr. Kubat Umurzakov Director
Project, Economic Research & Statistics
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. Ebrahim Ganji Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission and Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP (Bangkok, Thailand)
Mr. Mahmoud Reza Radboy Head of Economic (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mr. Ebrahim Ganji Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission and Alternate Permanent Representative to ESCAP
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Embassy of Republic of Iran (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mr. Mahmoud Reza Radboy Head of Economic Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
 
Japan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Mr. Ryuko Inoue Director
International Cooperation Division
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
Dr. Kenji Iiyama President
Director International Agricultural Organization
International Cooperation Division
Minister’s Secretariat
Embassy of Japan (Bangkok, Thailand)
Mr. Jiro Usui Councellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to ESCAP
Universities
Prof. Dr. Akimi Fujimoto Professor
Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Prof. Hitoshi Yonekura Professor
Resource Management and Development Policy
Department of Resource and Environmental Economics
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
 
Rep. of Korea
Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Dr. Hyun-Soon Kim
 
Director
International Technical Cooperation Center
---
 
Director
Multilateral Cooperation Team
International Technical Cooperation Center
Dr. Woon-Goo Ha Deputy Director
Head of Multilateral Cooperation Team
Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Dr. Kang-Su Kwak Multilateral Cooperation Team
International Technical Cooperation Center (ITCC)
Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Mr. Young-Man Kim
 
Director General
Food Grain Policy & Agricultural Production Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr. Jae-Ho Joe
 
Director
Trade Cooperation Division
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Mr. Park Chong-ho
 
First Secretary (Agriculture & Forestry), Jakarta, Indonesia
 

Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)

 
  --- President
 
Lao PDR
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Mr. Bounthong Bouahom Director General
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
Mr. Viravanh Phannoulath Director General
Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Mr. Linkham Dougsavanh Head of Socio-Economic Research Unit
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)
Dr. Charles Alton Team Leader/Rural Development Specialist
Nam Ngum River Basin Dev. Sector Project
Office of the National Project Manager
Department of Planning
Mr. Bounthong Malasy Secretary of International Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Phoung Parisek Permanent Secretary
Embassy of Lao PDR (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mr. Oukham Sengkeomixay First Secretary (Political & ASEAN) 
Mr. Prasenjit Chakma Mountain Community Development Specialist
National University of LAO
Mr. Souklaty Sysaneth Lecturer & Academic Officer Faculty of Agriculture (FAO)

 

Malaysia
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
Dr. Abd. Shukor Abd. Rahman Director General
Tengku Mohd Ariff Tengku Ahmad
 
Director
Economics and Technology Management Research Center
Dr. Mohamad Hanif bin Mohamad Jamil International Affairs (Corporate Communications)
Corporate Affairs Division
Prime Minister's Department
Dato’ Sulaiman Mahbob Director General Economic Planning Unit
Dato' Hj. Ahmad bin Said

 
Deputy Director General
(Monitoring and Evaluating)
Implementation Coordination Unit
Mrs. Noriyah Ahmad Director
Distribution Section
Economic Planning Unit
Myanmar
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
U Tin Htut Oo
 
Director-General
Department of Agricultural Planning
U Kyi Win
 
Deputy Director (International Relation)
Department of Agricultural Planning
U Hla Kyaw Deputy Director General
Department of Agricultural Planning
U Aung Hlaing Assistant Director
Market Information Services Trade & Investment
Department of Agricultural Planning
Myanmar Agricultural Services (MAS)
U Ohn Than Managing Director
U Than Aye General Manager (Planning Division)
Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock and Fishery Sciences
Dr. Myint Thein

Vice-President

 
Nepal
Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives
Mr. Ganesh Kumar KC Secretary
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
Dr. Nanda Prasad Shrestha The Executive Director
Dr. Surya Laxmi Maskey
 
Director
Crops & Horticulture Research
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
Dr. Shambhu Bahadur Pandey
Director
Planning and Coordination
Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
National Planning Commission
Dr. Jagadish Pokhrel Vice-Chairman
 
Pakistan
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC)
Mr. Muhammad E. Tusneem Chairman
Dr. Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Technical Staff Officer to Chairman
National Agriculure Research Centre (NARC)
Dr. Abdul Rashid Director General
Dr. M. Munir Member (Social Sciences Division)
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  --- Counselor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
  --- First Secretary (Jakarta, Indonesia)
 
Papua New Guinea
National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
Dr. R.D. Ghodake Director-General
Department of Agriculture & Livestock
Mr. Anton Benjamin Secretary
Department of National Planning and Monitoring
Mr. William Kewa Senior Aid Coordinator
UN System Aid Policy & Coordination Directorate
Department of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Gabriel Pepson Secretary
Embassy (Jakarta, Indonesia)
First Secretary  
 
Philippines
Research and Development Management Information Center (RDMIC)
Mr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar
 
Director
Bureau of Agricultural Research
Mrs. Josefina M. Lantican Head
Agriculture and fisheries Policy Research Unit
Bureau of Agricultural Research
Mr. Teodoro S. Solsoloy Scientist 1 & OIC Assistant Director
Bureau of Agricultural Research
Philippines Council for Agriculture Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD)
Dr. Patricio S. Faylon Executive Director
Southeast Asian regional Center For Graduate Study and research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan Director
National Anti-Poverty Commission
Mr. Domingo F. Panganiban Secretary
Others  
Dr. Shiaditya Chattejee Principal Poverty Reduction Specialist
Poverty Reduction and Social Development Divison
Mr. Niel B Abejuela President
Celebrate Life Agriventure Phils. INC
 
Sri Lanka
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Chandrasiri. Kudagamage Director General of Agriculture
Mr. J.A.T.P. Gunawardena Director
Socio-Economics and Planning Centre
Ministry of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services
Mr. T.M.Abeywickrama Secretary
Ministry of Samurdhi and Poverty Alleviation
Mr. Hemachandra Ranathunga Additional Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Land and Irrigation and Fisheries (NEP)
Mr. Abdul Rahim Mohamed Mahrouf, MSc. Secretary
Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
---
 
First Secretary (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Mr. A.L. Ratnapala
 
Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP
Bangkok, Thailand
 
Thailand
Office of Agricultural Economic (OAE)
Mr. Apichart Jongskul Secretary-General
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mrs. Vannapha Yongchareon Expert (Agricultural Economic Policy)
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mrs. Korntip Seneewong NA Ayudhaya Senior Policy and Plan Analyst
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Nareenat Roonnapai Agro-Industry Expert
Kasetsart University
Prof. Boonjit Titapiwatanakun Departement of Agrultural and Resource Economics
 
Viet Nam
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Mr. Bui Ba Bong Vice Minister
Dr. Trieu Van Hung
 
Director
Department of Science and Technology
Le Van Minh Director
Department of International Cooperation
   
Mr. Dao Huy Chien
Director
Root Crop Research Center (RCRC)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Pham Binh Minh Director of Department for International Organizations
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Dr. Trinh Khac Quang Vice Director
Department of Science and Technology
Le Van Minh Director
Mr. Nguyen Van Nghiem  Head
Vietnam Academy of Agriculture Sciences (VAAS)
Dr. NguyenVan Bo Vice President
Dr. Dao The Anh Director
Centre for Agrarian System Research and Development (CASRAD) Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) )
 

 

 

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