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Office of the Director General

Director General Kanayo F. Nwanze
Executive Officer Sam Bruce-Oliver
Head of Donor Relations Samira Hotobah-During
Communications Officer Savitri Mohapatra
Internal Auditor  Abdou Mohamed Mouhidiny
HIV/AIDS Focal Point Ann-Marie Kormawa
Corporate Services
Assistant Director General  - Corporate Services  Koen Geerts
Budget and Planning  
     Manager, Budget and Planning Kola Olatifede
Accounting and Financial Services
     Head, Financial Services George Maina
     Acting, Financial & Administrative Systems Development Lassina Silué
Human Resources 
     Manager, Human Resources  Vacant
Administration and Operation Services
     Head, Operation Services and Administration Nurdin S. Katuli
     Farm Manager Gaston Sangaré
     Manager, Mechanical Maintenance Klana Dagnogo 
     Travel & Administrative Assistant  Safiatou Yabre
Information Technology
     Manager, Information Technology Péféry Coulibaly
     Webmaster R. Raman
Research Programs
Assistant Director General -  Research and Development Shellemiah Keya
Program 1: Integrated Rice Production Systems  
Assistant Director of Research - Integrated Rice Production Systems  Ousmane Youm
ROCARIZ Network Coordinator  Lawrence Narteh
Eastern and Central African Rice Research Network (ECARRN) Coordinator Ashura Luzi Kihupi
Upland Rice Breeder  Vacant
Lowland Rice Breeder Moussa Sie 
Vegetable Agronomist, AVRDC-WARDA collaborative project Virginie Levasseur
Entomologist Francis Nwilene 
Molecular Biologist  Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop
Ecophysiologist Koichi Futakuchi
Post-Doctoral Fellow Kazuki Saito
Soil Physicist Sitapha Diatta
Soil Fertility Agronomist Sylvester Oikeh
Post-Doctoral Fellow Mande Semon 
Post-Doctoral Fellow Kassa Semagn
Irrigated Rice Breeder (Sahel Station)  Vacant
Plant Pathologist Séré Yacouba
Irrigated Rice Agronomist Michiel de Vries
Sahel Agronomist Vincent Bado
Head of Genetic Resources Unit Ines Sanchez
Post-Doctoral Fellow Eklou Attiogbevi-Somado
Germplasm Specialist TIA Dro Daniel
Post-Doctoral Fellow Baboucarr Manneh
Program 2: Rice Policy and Development
Assistant Director of Research/Program Leader, Rice Policy and Development Patrick Kormawa
African Rice Initiative Coordinator Inoussa Akintayo
Inland Valley Consortium Scientific Coordinator  Paul Kiepe 
Inland Valley Agronomist  Jonne Rodenburg
Water Management/GIS Specialist Marcel Meijs
Impact Assessment Economist Aliou Diagne
Production Economist (Sahel Station) Mohamed Kebbeh
Technology Transfer Agronomist  Paul Van Mele 
Training, Information and Library Services
Head of Training, Information and Library Services Aline Lisette-Vidal
Science Writer David Millar
French Editor Bianca Beks
Translator Fassouma Sanogo
Translator Augustt Kossi Mawuli
Librarian Thomas Adigun
Collaborating Scientists  
Plant Breeder (ARI) Ryiochi Ikeda (JICA, Japan)
Agronomist (ARI) Yoshimi Sokei (JICA, Japan)
Breeder Hiroshi Tsunematsu (JIRCAS, Japan)


ROCARIZ aims to link rice stakeholders in West and Central Africa


The IVC membership is open to countries and organizations working on the development of inland valleys in Sub-Saharan Africa

 
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