Staff/Contact

Secretariat (FAO RAP)

 

Plant Biotechnology/ Biosafety Expert
Regional Project on Capacity Building in Biosafety on GM Crops in Asia (GCP/RAS/185/JPN)
Mailing address:
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion
39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (662) 697-4150
Fax: (662) 697-4216
Email: ginna.geal@fao.org (temporary until December 2003)

Country Focal Points

 

Country

Lead Agency

Steering Committee

Technical Expert Group

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Ministry of Agriculture Farmgate, New Airport Road Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh

Dr. M. Nurul Alam*
Executive Chairman BARC Ministry of Agriculture, Farmgate, New Airport Road, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh
Tel: 88-02-8114032; 9132214-18
Fax: 88-02-8113032
E-mail: barc@bdmail.net

Md. Soeb
Senior Assistant Chief
Ministry of Agriculture
Dhaka, Bangladesh

China

Biosafety Office of Agro-GMOs
Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Peoples Republic of China, 11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing, China 100026

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Mr. Cheng, Jingen*
Deputy Chief (Director Biosafety Office for Agro-GMOs, Ministry of Agriculture, 11 Nongzhanguan Nanli

Beijing, China
Tel.: 86-6-10-64193059
Fax.:
E-mail: gcheng@agri.gov.cn

India

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D.D. Verma*
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Room No. 418, Paryavaravan Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi 110 003
India
Fax: 91-11-24361613

Dr. Ranjini Warrier
Additional Director
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Room No. 542, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003
Tel: 91-11-24363964
Fax: 91-11-24361760
E-mail: warrier@menf.delhi.nic.in

Indonesia

Agency Agricultural Research and Development
Ministry of Agriculture, Jl. Raya Ragunan 29 Jakarta Selatan
Tel.: (062-21) 780.6202 ext. 133
Fax: (062-21) 780.0644

Email:ksiptek@indo.net.id

Dr. Sutrisno*
Head
Indonesian Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research Institute
Jl. Tentara Pelajar, No. 3A, Bogor 16114, Indonesia
Tel: 62-251-333440
Fax: 62-251-338820
E-mail: s.trisno@indo.net.id<

Dr. Karden Mulya

Indonesian Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research, Jl. Tentara Pelajar, No. 3A, Bogor 16114, Indonesia
Tel: 62-251-333440
Fax: 62-251-338820
E-mail: pam6km@yahoo.com

borif@indo.net

Malaysia

Crop Protection &Plant Quarantine, Services Division, Department of Agriculture, Jalan Gallagher, 50632 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ms. Asna Booty binti Othman*
Director
Crop Protection & Plant Quarantine Services Division, Department of Agriculture
Jalan Gallagher
50632 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603-26977120
Fax: 603026977205
E-mail: asna@pqdoa.moa.my

asnadoa@hotmail.com

Mr. Mazlan Saadon
Crop Protection and Plant Quarantine
Services Division
Department of Agriculture
Jalan Gallagher
50632 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: 603-26973077
E-mail: mazlan@pqdoa.moa.my

Pakistan

National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)

Faislabad, Pakistan

Dr. Ahmad M. Khalid*
Director
National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE)
P.O. Box 577
Jhang Road
Faislabad, Pakistan
Tel: 92-41-651471;651475-9

Fax: 92-41-651472

E-mail: director@fsd.comsats.net.pk

amkhalid@nibge.org

Program Leader
Nuclear Institute of Agricultural Biology (NIAB)
Program Leader
Agricultural Biotechnology and Plant Genetic Resources Institute, NARC, Islamabad
Director, Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB)

Director, Centre of Molecular Genetics

Karachi

Philippines

Bureau of Plant Industry

Mr. Bio Umpar Adiong
Director
Bureau of Plant Industry

692 San Andres Street

1004 Malate, Manila Philippines

Tel. No. 525-34-70 ; Fax No. 523-07-65

E-mail :bpi@edsamail.com.ph

Mr. Clarito Barron/Ms. Merle Palacpac*

Assistant Director,

Bureau of Plant Industry

692 San Andres Street

1004 Malate, Manila Philippines

Tel. No. 525-34-70 ; Fax No. 523-07-65

E-mail (c/o Director's Office)bpi@edsamail.com.ph

Sri Lanka

Department of Agriculture

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Dr. A.H.M. Jasuriya*

Deputy Director

Plant Genetic Resources Centre

Department of Agriculture

P.O. Box - 59

Gannoruwa,Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Tel: 94-8 -388494

Tel/fax: 94-8 - 388490

E-mail: PGRC@slt.lk

Dr. K.K. S. Fernando

Head, Biotechnology Unit

Plant Genetic Resources Centre Department of Agriculture

Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

E-mail: nimik@sltnetlk

Thailand

Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
50 Phaholyotin Road,
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

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Deputy Director-General
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
50 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Tel: 02-5790582
Fax: 02-9405412

Dr. Banpoth Na Pompeth*
Chairman, National Biosafety Committee of Thailand
National Biological Research Center
Kasetsart University
P.O.Box 9-52, Bangkok 10900

Tel./fax: 02-5793649;029428252

E-mail: agrban@nontri.ku.ac.th

Vietnam

Agricultural Genetics Institute
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Pham Van Dong Road
Tuliem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel.: 08 4 7544712
Fax.: 08 47543 196
E-mail: vdt@agi.ac.vn

Dr. Tran Duy Quy*
Director Agricultural Genetics Institute

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Hanoi, Vietnam
Pham Van Dong Road
Tuliem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel.: 08 4 7544712
Fax.: 08 47543 196
E-mail: vdt@agi.ac.vn

Dr. Vu Duc Quang
Head, Biosafety Group
Agricultural Genetics Institute
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Pham Van Dong Road
Tuliem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel.: 08 4 7544712
Fax.: 08 47543 196
E-mail: vdt@agi.ac.vn

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