GFAR plays a critical role in transforming agri-food research and innovation systems. To effectively fulfil its role as a catalyst for change GFAR needs strong and robust governance and management.
The governance and leadership of GFAR is strengthened through the voices of the GFAR Steering Committee — the body is made up of representatives elected from each of GFAR’s constituencies.
The Partners that make up the Steering Committee are not there just to represent themselves. They have committed to advocate for the concerns of their constituencies and actively engage with and mobilize them. They are directly accountable to other GFAR Partners in their sectors for catalyzing key Collective Actions to be taken forward with Partners in other sectors.
Dr. Ravinder (Ravi) Khetarpal was elected GFAR Chair in 2021. Dr. Ross McLeod joins him as Vice-Chair. Read more here.
Current GFAR Steering Committee members:
Executive Secretary, Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
Ravi Khetarpal
GFAR Chair
Director, eSYS Development
Market Access and Economics Advisory, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Ross McLeod
GFAR Vice Chair
GFAR Executive Secretary
Hildegard Lingnau
GFAR Secretariat
Vacant
Advanced Research/G20
Director, World Rural Forum
Laura Lorenzo
Civil Society / NGOs - Global
Executive Director, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)
Nathaniel Don Marquez
Civil Society / NGOs - Local
European Commission
Christophe Larose
Donor Support Group
European Commission
Darrell Sextone
Donor Support Group
Director, OIN, FAO
Vincent Martin
Facilitating Agencies
Grant Portfolio Officer, IFAD
Amine Belhamissi
Facilitating Agencies
WFO Secretary General
Arianna Giuliodori
Farmer and Agricultural Worker Organizations - Global
Secretary General, Confederation of Organizations of family producers of MERCOSUR (COPROFAM)
Fernando Lopez
Farmer and Agricultural Worker Organizations - Local
Public Relations and Projects Department Manager, Palestine Farmers Union
Rula Al-Khateeb Kamal
Farmer & Agricultural Worker Organizations - Local
General Secretary, Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for the Agricultural and Life Science (GCHERA)
James French
Higher Education - Global
Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Nairobi
Agnes W. Mwang’ombe
Higher Education - Local
Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Juan-Lucas Restrepo
International Public Sector Agricultural Research
Former Chair, AIRCA
Sayed Azam Ali
International Public Sector Agricultural Research
Vice-President of Sustainability, CropLife International
Romano De Vivo
Private Sector - Global
Chief Executive Officer Private Enterprise Federation Accra, Ghana
Nana Osei Bonsu
Private Sector - Local
Executive Secretary, Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI)
Ravi Khetarpal
Regional Representation - AP
CEO/Executive Secretary, Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI)
Botir Dosov
Regional Representation - CAC
Chair , European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD)
Dietrich Darr
Regional Representation - Europe
Executive Secretary, FORAGRO c/o Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Hugo Chavarría Miranda
Regional Representation - LAC
Executive Secretary, Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA)
Rida Shibli
Regional Representation - MENA
Executive Secretary, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Yemi Akinbamijo
Regional Representation - SSA
Executive Secretary, Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS)
Carl Larsen
Rural Advisory Services - Global
VACANT
Rural Advisory Services - Local
VACANT
Rural Advisory Services - Local
VACANT
Women's Associations - Global
Chief Operating Officer, Barli Development Institute for Rural Women
Yogesh Jadhav
Women's Associations - Local
Director, YPARD
Genna Tesdall
Youth Organizations- Global