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Regional Congress Contacts
International Grassland Congress
Members of the Continuing Committee, 2008-2013
Region 1
(Canada, USA)
Dr. Guy Allard
Associate dean of studies
University Laval
2425 Rue de l'Agriculture
FSAA - Pavillon Comtois
Quebec (Quebec) G1V 0A6
CANADA
Ph: (418) 656 2131 (ext. 2706)
Fx: (418) 656 7806
guy.allard@fsaa.ulaval.ca
Appointed: 2005 for 2 terms
Region 2
(Central America)
Dr Maria Felicia Diaz Lanchez
Instituto De Ciencia Animal
Carretera Central km47 1/2
San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana
CUBA
Ph: (53 62) 991 8082
Fx: (53 7) 883 5382
mdiaz@ica.co.cu
Appointed: 2005 for 2 terms
Region 3 (South America)
Dr Rita de Cassia Ribeiro Carvalho
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Faculty of Agriculture-
Departamento de Zootecnia - DZO/UFLA
Caixa Postal 3037
Cep: 37.200-000 Lavras - MG
BRAZIL
Ph : 55 35 3829 1211 (UFLA)
Fx : 55 35 3829 1231 (UFLA)
ritarcarvalho@uol.com.br
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 4
(South East Asia)
Dr. Sujatha Premaratne
University of Peradeniya
Dept. of Animal Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Unversity of Peradeniya
Peradeniya
SRI LANKA
Ph : (94) 81 2395333
Fx : (94) 81 2395332
suep@pdn.ac.lk
Appointed 2005 for 2 terms
Region 5
(Australia, New Zealand)
Dr. David Kemp
Professor of Farming Systems
Charles Sturt University
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
PO Box 883
Orange NSW 2800
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 2 6365 7526
Fx: +61 2 6365 7590
dkemp@csu.edu.au
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 6 (East Asia)
Dr. Zhibiao Nan
Dean Professor
Lanzhou University
College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology
PO Box 61, Post Code:730020
Lanzhou
P.R. CHINA
Ph: (0931)8661047
Fx: (0931)8661047
zhibiao@lzu.edu.cn
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 7 (Middle East)
Dr Hossein Barani
Assistant Professor
Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources
Dept. Of Rangeland Management
Shahid Besheti Ave.
Postal Code: 49138 - 15739
Gorgan
IRAN
Ph: +98 171/2245965
Fx: +98 171/2245886
baranihossein@yahoo.com
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 8 (Mediterranean, Near East)
Dr. Claudio Porqueddu
Senior Researcher at CNR-ISPAAM
Traversa la Crucca 3
Località Baldinca
07100 SASSARI
ITALY
Ph: +39 079 2841604
Fax: +39 079 2841699
claudio.porqueddu@ispaam.cnr.it
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 9
(Europe, excluding Regions 8 and 10)
Dr Johannes Isselstein
Professor
University of Goettingen
Department of Crop Science
Von-Siebold-Str. 8
37075 Goettingen
Germany
Ph: +49 551 392253
Fx: +49 551 399355
jissels@gwdg.de
Appointed 2005 for 2 terms
Region 10 (Northern Eurasia)
Dr Piotr Golinski
Professor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Grassland Sciences
Wojska Polskiego 38/42
60-637 Poznan
POLAND
Ph: +48 61 8487414
Fx: +48 61 8487424
pgolinsk@au.poznan.pl
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Region 11 (Africa excluding regions 7 and 8)
Dr. David Miano Mwangi
Assistant Director Animal Production
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
PO Box 57811 - 00200
City Square
Nairobi
KENYA
Ph: +254-20-4180637 (Office)
Mobile +254-727-781127
Fx: +254-20-4183344
dmmwangi@kari.org or Mwangi_Miano@yahoo.co.uk
Appointed 2008 for 2 terms
Representative of previous host country
Dr. Yun Jinfeng
Inner Mongolia Agriculture University
306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia,
Post Code: 010018
P. R. China
Ph: 86-471-4317724
Fx: 86-471-4317724
csgrass@vip.163.com
Appointed 2008 for 1 term