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Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members
Pages 347-350

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... Borlaug is from the U.S., and has a doctorate in plant pathology from the University of Minnesota. Anthony Cunningham is Professorial Research Fellow at Charles Darwin University in Fremantle, and Director of People and Plants International, the follow-through to the WWF/UNESCO/Kew "People and Plants Initiative," which he helped found and for which he was African Regional Coordinator through 2000.
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From page 348...
... Herren's contributions to improving Africa's food security, particularly research and control of the cassava mealybug through the world's largest biological control project, have been recognized through many awards, including the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and the World Food Prize. A Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, Herren is from Switzerland, with a doctorate in agricultural sciences from its Federal Institute of Technology.
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From page 349...
... Dr. Mabogunje served as Advisory Committee Chair for the Urban Management Programme of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and Vice-Chairman of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure, Office of the President, Nigeria.
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From page 350...
... He has published widely in the field of agricultural development, food production, and pest management, including the 1964 standard, Africans on the Land, and the International Food Policy Research Institute's 2020 Vision Discussion Paper (32) on Integrated Nutrient Management, Soil Fertility, and Sustainable Agriculture: Current Issues and Future Challenges (with Peter Gruhn and Francesco Goletti)
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