Governance and organization

GFAR is managed by a Steering Committee which works in close collaboration with a Donor Support Group. All are assisted by the Forum Secretariat, which is hosted in the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. You can find out more about the different elements of the Forum using the links on the left-hand side. Current composition of the GFAR governance bodies ... more

Steering Committee

Monty Jones

Monty Jones

Chair of GFAR
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Mark Holderness

Mark Holderness

GFAR Executive Secretary
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Secretariat

Dzhamin Akimaliev

Chair of CACAARI Steering Committee
Mario

Mario Allegri

Chair of FORAGRO
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Faisal Awawdeh

Chair of AARINENA Steering Committee

S. Ayyappan

Chair of APAARI Steering Committee
Claudio Barriga

Claudio Barriga

Vice-Chair of GFAR/ Private Sector Alternate
Steering Committee
Management Team
Rodney Cooke

Rodney Cooke

IFAD representative
Steering Committee
Management Team

Ali Darwish

NGO representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Catherine Guichard

Chair of EFARD Steering Committee

Ibrahim Y. Hamdan

Alternate representative for AARINENA
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Shantanu Mathur

Shantanu Mathur

IFAD representative Steering Committee
Lucy Muchoki

Lucy Muchoki

Private Sector Representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Raj Paroda

Rajendra Paroda

Alternate representative for APAARI
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team

David Radcliffe

Alternate representative for EFARD Steering Committee
Photo

Alisher Tashmatov

Alternate representative for CACAARI
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Photo

Ajay Vashee

Farmers' Organizations representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Jonathan Wadsworth

Donor Support Group representative Steering Committee
Xiangjun Yao

Yao Xiangjun

FAO representative
Steering Committee
Management Team

Tiemoko Yo

FARA Chair Steering Committee

Secretariat staff

Raj Paroda

Rajendra Paroda

Alternate representative for APAARI
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Mark Holderness

Mark Holderness

GFAR Executive Secretary
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Secretariat
Monty Jones

Monty Jones

Chair of GFAR
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Mario

Mario Allegri

Chair of FORAGRO
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Ali Darwish

NGO representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Ibrahim Y. Hamdan

Alternate representative for AARINENA
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Lucy Muchoki

Lucy Muchoki

Private Sector Representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Photo

Alisher Tashmatov

Alternate representative for CACAARI
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Photo

Ajay Vashee

Farmers' Organizations representative
Steering Committee
Programme Committee

Management Team

Xiangjun Yao

Yao Xiangjun

FAO representative
Steering Committee
Management Team
Mark Holderness

Mark Holderness

GFAR Executive Secretary
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Secretariat
Monty Jones

Monty Jones

Chair of GFAR
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team
Claudio Barriga

Claudio Barriga

Vice-Chair of GFAR/ Private Sector Alternate
Steering Committee
Management Team
Rodney Cooke

Rodney Cooke

IFAD representative
Steering Committee
Management Team
Raj Paroda

Rajendra Paroda

Alternate representative for APAARI
Steering Committee
Programme Committee
Management Team