Announcements

Obituary: Guy Camus. We are saddened to inform you that Guy Camus, TAC Chair 1982 – 1987, and former Board member of a number of CGIAR Centers, including CIMMYT and ISNAR, died January 2006.

Norman Borlaug was awarded the National Medal of Science by USA President George W. Bush on February 13, 2006. The award recognizes outstanding scientific achievement, and is the country’s highest national award for science

Adel El-Beltagy , Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), has been elected Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR). In this capacity, he will provide leadership to GFAR and serve as a member of the CGIAR Executive Committee. Dr. El-Beltagy has also been elected a fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing Countries in recognition of his contribution to science and its promotion in the developing world.

Raj Paroda , ICARDA regional coordinator for Central Asia and the Caucasus and head of the CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit, received in January the prestigious Norman E. Borlaug Award for 2005 from the President of India. The award, instituted by Coromandel Fertilizers, is named for the eminent CGIAR scientist and Nobel laureate.

Raj Paroda (right) receives award from the President of India.

Mustapha El Bouhssini , an ICARDA entomologist, has been appointed an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Entomology at Kansas State University in the US.

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