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The '''World Agriculture Forum''' "was formed in 1997, as a [[501(c)(3) ]] status charitable organization with the goal of becoming a globally neutral venue providing all countries and sectors an equal voice for the discussion of agriculture policies and strategies." [http://www.worldagforum.org/index.php?section=1]
==Directors==
*[[David Friedman]] - Chief Financial Officer - WAF, Controller, [[Novus International]], Inc.
*[[Bruce B. Adaire]] - Chairman Emeritus, World Trade Center, St. Louis
*[[Joaquin Alarcon]] - Vice President, Business Development, [[Abengoa Bioenergia]]orporation Corporation *[[Mel Anderson]] - Retired - President Busch Agriculture Resources, [[Anheuser-Busch ]] Companies, Inc.
*[[John W. Bachman]] - Managing Principal, Edward Jones
*[[Richard C. D. Fleming]] - President and CEO, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association
*[[David Orthwein]] - Fieldwood Farm
*[[Peter H. Raven]], Ph.D. - Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
*[[Lawrence J. Shine]] - Retired - Executive Director, Procurement Process, [[Anheuser-Busch Companies]], Inc.
*[[Thad W. Simons, Jr.]] - President & CEO, [[Novus International]], Inc.
[http://www.worldagforum.org/index.php?section=16 Source]
==Advisory Board==
*Rt. Hon. [[James B. Bolger]] - Chairman, Former Prime Minister of [[New Zealand]], Former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States*[[Mohamed AIT-KADI]] - President, General Council of Agricultural Development ([[Morocco]])
*[[Suresh Babu]] - Senior Research Fellow and Senior Advisor-Training, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
*[[Lennart Bage]] - President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
*[[Ken Baker]] - Managing Director - Europe/Asia Pacific, World Agricultural Forum (Brussels)
*[[Roger N. Beachy]], Ph.D. - President, Donald Danforth Planet Science Center
*[[Brett D. Begemann]] - Executive Vice President, [[Monsanto ]] Company
*[[Richard E. Bell]] - Retired- President & CEO, Riceland Foods, Inc.
*[[Gary Blumenthal]] - President & COO, [[World Perspectives]], Inc.
*Honorable [[Christopher S. Bond]] - U.S. Senator
*Honorable [[Chelston W.D. Braithwaite]] - Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) ([[Costa Rica]])
*[[Carole L. Brookins]] - Former U.S. Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
*[[Jorge H. Cazenave]] - Cazenave & Associates ([[Argentina]])
*[[Ray Cesca]] - President & CEO, Global Alliance for Economic Advancement
*[[Paolo De Castro]] - Presidente, Elabora ([[Italy]])*[[Osler Desouzart]] - President & CEO, OD Consulting ([[Brazil]])*[[Noel Devisch]] - President of the Belgian Boerenbond, President of COPA ([[Belgium]])
*[[A. Charles Fischer]] - Retired - CEO, Dow AgroSciences, LLC
*[[Richard M. Foster]] - Vice President for Programs, Food Sys., Rural Dev. & Leadership, [[W.K. Kellogg Foundation]]*Honorable [[C. Boyden Gray]] - U.S. Ambassador to the [[European Union]]
*[[Stuart I. Greenbaum]], Ph.D. - Dean Emeritus, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
*[[Leonard J. Guarraia]], Ph.D. - Chairman & CEO, World Agricultural Forum
*[[Thomas S. Haggai]] - Chairman & CEO, IGA, Inc.
*[[Peter H. H. Hung]] - Chairman, Pearl River Distributing, Ltd. (Hong Kong)
*[[Hans Johr]] - Assistant Vice President, [[Nestle ]] Limited ([[Switzerland]])
*[[Sharad Joshi]] - Member of Indian Parliament
*[[Datuk Khor, Chin Poey]] - Retired - Executive Chairman, PPB Oil Palms Berhad ([[Malaysia]])
*[[David Kipnis]] - Distinguished University Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
*[[Israel Klabin]] - President, Brazilian Founation for Sustainable Development
*[[Dorodjatun Kuntjaro-Kakti]] - Former Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs ([[Indonesia]])
*[[James L. McDonald]], Ph.D. - Vice President, Policy & Programs, [[Bread for the World]]
*[[M. Peter McPherson]] - President Emeritus, Michigan State University, Founding Co-Chair, [[Partnership to cut Hunger & Poverty in Africa]]
*[[Thomas L. Payne]] - Vice Chancellor and Dean, Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Director, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station- Univ. of MO.
*[[John M. Powell]] - Deputy Executive Director, UN World Food Programme (Italy)
*[[Bonnie E. Raquet]] - Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs, [[Cargill]], Inc.
*[[Charles H. Riemenschneider]] - Director, Investment Centre, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome)
*[[Pedro Sanchez]] - Director of Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
*[[Bob Stallman]] - President, American Farm Bureau Association
*[[Heinrich A. Toepfer]] - Director, Agriworld GmbH ([[Germany]])
*[[Blanche M. Touhill]] - Chancellor Emeritus, University of Missouri - St. Louis
*[[Bernard Valluis]] - Directeur, Groupe Soufflet ([[France]])
[http://www.worldagforum.org/index.php?section=17 Source]
*[[Judith Symonds]] - Council Chair
*[[Aminul Alam]] - Deputy Executive Director, [[Bangladesh Rural Advance Commission]] (BRAC)
*[[Jonathan Campaigne]] - Executive Director, Pride Africa ([[Kenya]])
*[[Jason Clay]] - Acting Vice President, WWF, U.S., Director, WWF Global Agriculture Network
*[[Juan Luis Diaz]] - Executive Director, Fundapaz ([[Argentina]])
*[[John Hatch]] - President, FINCA International,
*[[Jim Hershey]] - Director, World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH)
*[[Oran Hesterman]] - Program Director, Food Systems and Rural Development, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
*[[Julie Howard]] - Executive Director, [[Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa]]
*[[Rehana Khilji]] - Program Advisor, Concern Worldwide ([[Pakistan]])
*[[James McDonald]] - Vice President, Policy and Programs, Bread for the World
*[[Timothy Nzioka]] - Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Gatsby Trust
*[[Ray Offenheiser]] - President, [[Oxfam USA|OxFam America ]]
*[[Ralph Paige]] - Executive Director, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Land Assistance Fund
*[[Susana Pinilla Cisneros]] - Executive President, Asociacion Nacional de Institutos de Desarrollo Del Sector Informal ([[Peru]])*[[Narcedelia Ramirez Pineda]] - Vice President, Fundacion Ayu - Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Mixteca A.C. ([[Mexico]])
*[[Mark Ritchie]] - President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
*[[James Shikwati]] - Director, Inter Region Economic Network (IREN)
*[[Frank Tugwell]] - President & CEO, Winrock International
*[[Amina Hassane Wangari]] - President, West African Business Women's Network (Niger)
*[[Tensie Whelan]] - Executive Director, [[Rainforest Alliance]]
[http://www.worldagforum.org/index.php?section=18 Source]
==Contactdetails==One Metropolitan Square Plaza<br>Suite 1300<br>Saint Louis, Missouri 63102<br>USA <br> Phone:(314) 206-3208<br>Fax: (314) 206-3222<br>Email: wafstl AT stlrcga.org<br>Web: http://www.worldagforum.org
==External links==
Aziz Choudry, "[http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2003-04/18choudry.cfm Neutral, Inclusive]", ''Zmag'', April 18, 2003.
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