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Office of the Deputy Director General for Research

Jacques Wery

Deputy Director General - Research

Sara Jani

Project Monitoring and Knowledge Management Coordinator

Chandra Shekhar Biradar

Head (GU)

Enrico Bonaiuti

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist

Khaled Al-Sham'aa

Research Database Manager and Senior Analysist

Layal Atassi

GIS Lab Manager

Biodiversity & Crop Improvement Program

Michael Baum

BCI Program and Morocco Platform Director

Abdoul Aziz Niane

Seed and International Nurseries Scientist

Filippo Bassi

Senior Scientist - Durum Breeder

Seid-Ahmed Kemal

Pulse Pathologist

Shiv Kumar Agrawal

Lentil Breeder

Stefanie Christmann

Senior Scientist, Farming with Alternative Pollinator

Wuletaw Tadesse Degu

Principal Scientist - Spring Bread Wheat Breeder

Resilient Agricultural Livelihood Systems Program

Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu

Senior Agricultural Economist

Boubaker Dhehibi

Senior Natural Resources Economist

Dina Najjar

Gender Scientist

Mounir Louhaichi

Range Ecology and Management Research Scientist

Muhi El-Dine Hilali

Dairy Technologist

Veronique Alary

Agro-Economist - CIRAD

Water, Land and Ecosystems Program

Mira Haddad

Senior Research Assistant - Spatial Analyses and Database Management

Stefan Martin Strohmeier

Associate Scientist - Soil and Water Conservation

Akmal Akramkhanov

Project Manager - Knowledge Management in CACILM II

Bezaiet Dessalegn

Social Sciences Specialist

Vinay Nangia

Agricultural Hydrologist

Resource Mobilization, Partnerships & Outreach

Abdul Majid

Consultant - Pakistan Country Manager

Azaiez Ouled Belgacem

Regional Coordinator APRP - cum - Rangeland Senior Scientist

Nigamananda Swain

Platform Manager, Amlaha-India and Interim Country Manager, Afghanistan

Government Liaison, Syria

Majd Jamal

Head of Government Liaison

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