The Second Meeting of the Global Forum Steering Committee was held in Washington
on October 29, 1997 in conjunction with International Centers' Week of the Consultative
Group for International Agricultural Research. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Fernando
Chaparro Osorio, Chairman of the Global Forum Steering Committee and Director
General of Colciencias/Colombia. Participating Steering Committee members included:
Moise Houssou (FARA), Fernando Chaparro Osorio (LAC), William Dar (APAARI),
Mohammed El Mourid (AARINENA), Dinguri Nick Mwaniki (Private Sector), Miguel
Altieri (NGO), Abdelmajid Slama (Convenor of the donors support group), Russell Freed
(North America ARIs), Bent Schmidt-Nielsen (European ARIs), and Nobuyoshi Maeno
(Asia/Pacific ARIs). Representatives of the IARCs and of Farmer Organizations could not
be present.