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State University for his intense pro-poor advocacy in 2004. He was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of
Science by the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in 2003.
And more than outstanding outside his country. He is the first Filipino and Asian to be Director General of ICRISAT
(and rewarded with a second term, up to 2010 yet), as well as the first Filipino Chair of the Alliance Executive of
the Alliance of Centers (AoC) in 2005, the AoC being the collegial body that enables collective action among the
15 centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which is supported both by
the World Bank and FAO. With his exceptional leadership as Chair, the AoC was made the third pillar of the CGIAR
system. There’s always a first time.
Still abroad, he has received other distinctions. The Vietnamese government conferred on him the For the Sake
of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam Award in 2003. He was Chair of the Public Awareness &
Resource Mobilization Committee of the CGIAR, 2001-2002. He was a Member of the UN Millennium Task Force on
Hunger (2004-2006). He also served as Member of the Policy Advisory Council of the Australian Center for
International Agricultural Research (ACIAR, 1997), Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT, 1997-1999), Member of the Governing Board of ICRISAT (1997-1999), Oversight
Committee of the CGIAR (1997-1999). He was Chair of the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research
Institutions (APAARI, 1994-1996), as well as Chair of the Governing
Board of the UN/ESCAP Coarse Grains, Pulses Research and Training
Centre (CGPRTC) in Indonesia 1991-1993.
In other respects, he was Affiliate Professor of the Institute of
Environmental Science & Management (IESAM) of UP Los Baños in
1997. He was Chair of the Council for Partnership on Rice Research
in Asia (COPRA) and Project Manager of the Mango Information
Network of PCARRD, both 1997-1998. He was President of the PCARRD
Scholars Association and Honorary Fellow of CSSP in 1996. He was
Vice President of the Conservation Farming Movement 1995-1997.
He was President of and became a Life Member of the CSSP and the
Society for the Advancement of the Vegetable Industry (SAVI) in 1995.
He was Project Director of the Development Support Communication
for International Agricultural Technology Transfer Projects (FAO-UNDP)
1994-1995. He was Chair of the National Council Committee of the
Plant Genetic Resources of the Philippines 1994-1998. In 1994, he
was National Coordinator of the UN-FAO Underutilized Tropical Fruits
in Asia Network; in the same year, he was a Member of the following
bodies: Technical Panel for Agricultural Education of the Commission
on Higher Education (CHED), Governing Board of the Philippine Rice
One can see and expect from
him passion, purpose and
people-oriented procedure in
whatever he does. He has
turned around ICRISAT from
loser to champion status by
managing science with a
human face, by deciding on
the basis of the Big Picture,
by innovating, by arousing a
positive attitude and
nurturing high morale among
the staff, all with integrity.
Research Institute (PhilRice), Academic Consultative Committee-Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate
Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). He was a Member of the Governing Board of the Cotton Research
and Development Institute (CRDI) 1987-1998.
Being A Different Kind Of CV