Our Board
Alioune Fall
Acting Chairperson
Acting Chairperson of the FARA Board of Directors, is currently the Director General of Senegal’s National Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA).
Yemi Akinbamijo
Executive Director
Yemi Akinbamijo, has served as the Executive Director of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) since June 2013. Prior to joining FARA,
Abdou Tenkouano
Executive Director of CORAF
Abdou Tenkouano is Executive Director of CORAF, the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development, based in Dakar, Senegal
Bongiwe Njobe
Chairman of GFAR.
Bongiwe Njobe is the Chairman of the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR). She has over 30 years of experience in agricultural policy practice,
Nathanael Buka
Farmer; Democratic Republic of Congo.
Nathanael Buka is a family farmer from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Buka is the national spokesperson of the Peasant Confederation of Congo
Martin Fregene
Geneticist & Agricultural Policy Expert
Martin Fregene is a geneticist & agricultural policy expert with over 25 years of research and development experience at IARC’s).
Prof. Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda
Executive Secretary of ASARECA
Prof. Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda holds a PhD Degree in Agriculture Sciences and Biological Engineering from Gembloux Agriculture University..
Dr. Mohamed Soliman
President of the Agricultural Research Center
Dr. Mohamed Soliman is the President of the Agricultural Research Centre (ARC) in Egypt. He earned his PhD degree in Plant Breeding from Cairo ..
Dr. Janet Edeme
Head, Rural Economy Division
Dr. Janet Edeme is presently the Head, Rural Economy Division in the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission in ..
Harold Roy-Macauley
Director General, AfricaRice
