General Coordination

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

m.louhaichi@cgiar.org

Regional Coordinators

North America Region

Prof. Jesus Fuentes

Production 

Prof. Mercia Santos

Mediterranean Region

Prof. Innocenza Chessa

Sub-Saharan Africa Region

Dr. Herman Fouché

South East Asia

Dr. Suresh Kumar

Arid Zones Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur, India

Sk_ecology@yahoo.co.in

Research Theme Coordinators

Genetic Resources

Dr. Candelario Mondragon

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agricolas y Pecuarias, Mexico

jacobo77@hotmail.com

Medicinal and Cosmetic Uses

Prof. Monica Nazareno

Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Argentina

nazareno@unse.edu.ar

Agro-industries

Prof. Carmen Saenz

Universidad de Chile.Facultad de Ciencias Agronomicas; Santiago, Chile.

csaenz@uchile.cl

 

 

Pitayas and Pitahays

Dr. Noemi Tel-Zur

Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Sede-Boqer, Israel

telzur@bgu.ac.il

Cochineal

Prof. Liberato Portillo

 

Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA; Mexico

portillo@cencar.udg.mx

Forage, Rangeland & Environmental Protection

Dr. Hichem Ben Salem 

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

H.BenSalem@cgiar.org

 

 

Fruit Production

Dr. Judith Ochoa

Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Argentina

judith@unse.edu.ar

Post-Harvest

Dr. Salvatore d'Aquino

Institute of Sciences of Food Production of the Italian National Research Council, territorial unit of Sassari, Italy

salvatore.daquino@ispa.cnr.it

Agronomy Practices

Dr. Giorgia Liguori

Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Giorgia.liguori@unipa.it

Departamento de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, México

joelcorrales@hotmail.com

 

 

Nopalitos

Dr. Joel Corrales-García

 

 

 

FAO Focal Point

 

Makiko Taguchi

South America Region

Prof. Alexander Mello

Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Brazil

mello@dz.ufrpe.br

 

FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus