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Program Advisory Committee

The PSC helps set priorities, identify gaps, and suggest mechanisms to develop the prioritized course content for AGROCURI, provide guidance for independent monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment of AGROCURI activities, guide the gradual development and steps of activities with selected partners in developing and developed countries, and identify subcommittees of subject matter specialists.

The current PSC members are:

  • Prof. Raj Dhanarajan
    Chairman, Vice Chancellor & CEO
    Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
    Former Executive Director,
    Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
    Penang, Malaysia

  • Dr. Mortimer Neufville
    Vice President
    National Association of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges
    Washington, D.C.

  • Dr. William Dar
    Director General (ex officio)
    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
    Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India

  • Prof. Akilagpa Sawyerr
    Executive Director
    Association of African Universities
    Ghana

  • Prof. Martin Kropf
    Rector Magnificus
    Wageningen University
    Netherlands

  • Prof. Agnes Mwang’ombe
    Principal
    College of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences
    University of Nairobi
    Kenya

  • Dr. Joachim von Braun
    Director-General (ex officio)
    International Food Policy Research Institute
    Washington, D.C.