No.

Name

Position

1.              

Dr. Ibrahim Noreldin Elzein
Sorghum Research Coordinator
Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC)
PO Box 126,Wad Medani, Sudan
Tel: +249-511-42226
Fax: + 249-511-43213

Chair person

2.              

Mr. Zenon Kabiro
Head of the Sorghum Program
ISABU, BP 795, Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel: +257 227352
Mobile:+257 0926037 Email: kabiro_zenon@yahoo.fr

Vice Chair

3.              

Mr. Tesfamichael Abraha Negash
National Sorghum Improvement Project Coordinator
National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 4627, Asmara, Eritrea
Tel: +291-1-1-159801
Fax: +291-1-1-159803
Email: tesfanig@hotmail.com

Member

4.              

Dr. Tesfaye Tesso
National Coordinator Sorghum Research Organisation
Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation P.O. Box 436, Nazreth, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-02-112186/127023
Fax: + 251-02-114623
Email: tesso1970@yahoo.com

Member

5.              

Mr. Ben M. Kanyenji Coordinator KARI Sorghum and Millet Programme, KARI-EMBU P. O. Box 27, Embu, Kenya Fax: +254 068 30064 Tel: +254 068 20116; 20873 Mobile: +254 0735329235 Email: jmjoel2002@yahoo.com

Member

6.              

Mr. Elie Rene Gasore
Sorghum Research Leader
Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute
BP 138 Butare, Rwanda
Tel: +250-530145/530558/530161
Email: gasore@isar.rw or rgasore@yahoo.com
Website: www.isar.rw

Member

7.              

Dr. Ambonesigwe M. Mbwaga Plant Protection National Lead Scientist
Ilonga Agricultural Research Institute
P.O. Box 33, Kilosa, Tanzania
Tel: +255 23 2623205/265 23 2623467
Mobile: 255-744467284
Fax: + 255 23 2623284
Email: ilonga@africaonline.co.tz or ambwaga@yahoo.co.uk

Member

8.              

Mr. Ebiyau Johnie
Agricultural Research Officer
Serere Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute SAARI (NARC)
P.O Soroti, Uganda
Tel: 077 593842/077 350062
Email: marisa@africaonline.co.ug

Member

9.              

Dr. Marco Quinones
Director
Sasakawa Global 2000- Africa Program
Box 12771, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-1-528507/08/09/10/11
Email: sgeth@telecom.net.et

Member

10.          

Mrs. Anna Joshua Harold Temu (Mrs)-Food Technologist
Managing Director
Power Foods Industries Ltd
P O Box 23437, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 2789553 /255744 274129
Fax :+ 255 22 2113865
Email: powerfoods@hotmail.com or htemu@intafrica.com

Member

11.          

Mr. Daniel Wanzala - Farmer/Seed Grower
Vice President
Uganda National Farmers Federation
PO Box 6213, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256-41-340249/230705
Mobile : +256-41-077491015
Fax : + 256-41-230748
Email : unfa@starcom.co.ug

Member

12.          

Prof. Abdelmonein Beshir Elahmadi -Plant Breeder
Head, Research and development Unit
Arab Sudanese seed Co, Ltd
AAAID Building
PO Box 2102 , Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: +780110, 795264, 362430 (home)
Fax: +780439
Email: asscoseed@hotmail.com

Member

13.          

Dr. Said Nahdy Silim
Regional Representative ICRISAT P.O. Box 39063, 00623, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 7224555 Fax: + 254 20 7224001
Email: s.silim@cgiar.org
Website: www.icrisat.org

Member

14.          

Prof. Gebisa Ejeta
Purdue University INTSORMIL
Horn of Africa Programme Coordinator Department of Agronomy
Lily Building State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1150, USA
Phone: 765-494-4320
Fax: 765-496-2926
E-mail: gejeta@purdue.edu

Member

15.          

Prof. Barnabas N. Mitaru
Regional Coordinator
ECARSAM, ICRISAT-Nairobi,
P. O. Box 39063, 00623, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-7224566
Fax: +254-20-7224001
E-mail: b.mitaru@cgiar.org

Member