A Board Advisory Committee, comprised of representatives of various stakeholder organisations in Africa as well as technology providers and donors provides guidance both to the AATF staff and to the members of the Board’s Programme/Product Development Committee. on a wide range of strategic issues relating to AATF operations.

Gerard Barry
Golden Rice coordinator
International Rice Research Institute
Manila, Philippines

Douglas Gibson Brew
Senior Natural Resources Adviser
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
UK

Giselle Lopes D'Almeida
President
Interface Network
Dakar, Sénégal

Josué Dioné
Chief
Sustainable Development Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aleke Dondo
Managing Director
K-Rep Development Agency
Nairobi, Kenya

Monty Jones
Executive Director
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
Accra, Ghana

Josette Lewis
Biotechnology Advisor
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Washington, DC, USA

Peter Joseph Matlon
Director, Africa Regional Program
The Rockefeller Foundation
New York, USA

John Mugabe
Advisor to NEPAD
Secretary, NEPAD's African Forum on Science and Technology for Africa's Development
Pretoria, South Africa

William Niebur
Vice President, Product Development
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Johnston, Iowa, USA