We are a small and flexible team part of the Department of Global Development, 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

 working with a large network of partners, consultants and experts from around the world   

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Program Lead

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Erika Styger, PhD in Crop and Soil Science, Program Leader (CV; website)​

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Associates

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Jean-Claude Balcet PhD, Agriculture Economist, World Bank, Washington DC

Joeli Barison, SRI Specialist and Agronomist, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Harouna Toure, SRI, SWI and Oryza glaberrima Specialist, Timbuktu, Mali

Jean Apedoh, SRI and Oryza glaberrima Specialist, Lomé, Togo

Gaoussou Traore PhD, Regional Coordinator SRI-WAAPP Project (Phase 1: 2014-2016), Bamako, Mali

 

Cornell University Collaborators

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Susan McCouch, Professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative 

Plant Science (SIPS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)

Chelsea Specht, Professor, Plant Biology, SIPS/CALS

Jacob Landis, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Specht Lab, SIPS/CALS

Sandra Harrington, Compliance Coordinator, McCouch Rice Lab, SIPS/CALS​

Margaret Royall, Greenhouse Study Coordinator, IP-CALS

Rosemary Glos, Student, majoring in Plan Science: Evolution and Systematics

Derek Warner, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Wenjia Wu, Doctoral Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering