UNU Update: Mohamed Hassan joins board of INRA

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	HOME \| ARCHIVES \|	Issue 27: September-October 2003

Mohamed H.A. Hassan joins
board of UNU-INRA

President J.A. Kufor of Ghana (centre), meets members of the UNU-INRA
advisory board. The President is flanked by new chairman Mohamed H.A. Hassan
(right) and UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel. INRA director Uzo Mokwunye is at far right.

One of Africa’s most distinguished scientists, Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan, has been appointed chair of the UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) advisory board.

A native of Sudan, Prof. Hassan is Executive Director of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Secretary-General of the Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) and President of the African Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Hassan replaces Dr. Bjorn Lundgren, who is retiring after six years on the INRA board. Dr. Lundgren was the founding Director-General of the World Agroforestry Center, one of the 16 centers belonging to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

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