ICARDA annual report 2004

Appendix 8
Board of Trustees
A
t its annual meeting held on 22-23 April 2004, the Board
of Trustees appointed two new Board Members for a
term of 3 years starting from 24 April 2004: (1) Dr Majd
Jamal as the host country representative replacing Dr Reiad
Kassem who retired from his post as Director, International
Cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform,
Syria; and (2) Dr Abdelmajid Slama as a regular Member.
Dr Abdelmajid Slama
An agronomist and an agricultural
economist, Dr Abdelmajid Slama
was the Director of the Near East
and North Africa Division of the
International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD). Dr Slama
was responsible for agricultural
research training, capacity building,
and managing IFAD operations
such as grants and loans in 22
countries. He also manage several
regional technical grants on agricultural
research and technology
transfer. Dr Slama’s areas of
expertise include agriculture and
food policy; project analysis; financial,
economic, social and institutional
analysis of agricultural projects;
marketing and price analysis;
and the management of agricultural
research.
Dr Majd Jamal
Dr Majd Jamal is the Director
General of the General Commission
for Scientific Agricultural Research
(GCSAR), Syria, as well as an
Associate Professor at the College
of Agriculture, University of
Damascus. He has worked as
Director of Syrian Directorate for
Scientific Agricultural Research
(DSAR), and as a Cooperating
Expert at the Arab Center for the
Studies of Arid zones and Dry
lands (ACSAD). Dr Jamal’s research
interests include pest control, economic
entomology, and pesticide
toxicology. He is a member of the
editorial board of the University of
Damascus Journal for Agricultural
Sciences and is the National
Coordinator of the GEF/UNDPfunded
Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Project.
Full Board
At the 38th annual meeting of
ICARDA Board of Trustees, held
on 22-23 April 2004, the membership
of the Board was as follows:
Dr Margaret Catley-Carlson
Chairperson
Chair, Global Water Partnership
249 th East 48 th St., 8A New York,
NY 10017, USA
Tel: (1-212) 688 3149
Cell: (1-917) 582 3149
E-mail: M.Catley-Carlson@cgiar.org
Dr Peter Franck-Oberaspach
Vice-Chairperson
Oberlimpurg
D-74523 Schwaebisch Hall,
GermanyGermany
Tel: (Off) (49-791) 931180
Fax: (49-791) 47333
E-mail: Franck.PZO@gmx.de
PZOberlimpurg@gmx.de
Dr Abbas Keshavarz
Director General
Seed & Plant Improvement
Institute (SPII)
Mahdasht Road,
P O Box 31585-4119
Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
Tel: (Off) (98-21) 3130737/ (261)
2706286
Fax: (98-261) 2709405
E-mail: seed.plant@abdnet.com
a-keshavarz@abrii.ae.ir
Prof Shinobu Inanaga
Prof of Crop Ecology & Physiology
Director of Arid Land Research
Center
Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka,
Tottori City; Tottori 680-0001, Japan
Tel: (81-857) 23 3411
Fax: (81-857) 29 6199
E-mail: inanaga@alrc.tottori-u.ac.jp
Dr Michel A Afram
Director General
Agricultural Research Institute
Tal Amara, Rayak, POB 287
ICARDA Annual Report 2004
113