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Dr. Raymond Miller is Director of International Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources (IPAN). Dr. Miller has traveled and worked in over 30 countries worldwide and specializes in science, education management and administration, education, distance education, and assessment of agriculture science and education. He is a soil chemist by training and, in addition, has conducted research in plant mitochondria and geographical information systems. Currently, Dr. Miller is involved in active programs in Rep. of Georgia, China, Russia, India and international training workshops.

Dr. Richard A. Weismiller is Associate Director of IPAN. He is formerly the Chair of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture. Dr. Weismiller teaches soil science at UMD, and has honorary degrees from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, in Romania.

Dr. James Hanson is the Assistant Director of IPAN and shares a joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics as an Extension Economist. His current international projects include work in Iraq, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Honduras, and Bosnia. In these countries, he is developing educational outreach programs for farmers to improve rural incomes and protect natural resources. Over the past decade, he has worked in 9 other countries with an emphasis on farm management, marketing, and sustainable agriculture.

Dr. Prabhakar Tamboli is an Adjunct Professor and Director of International Training Programs. He teaches "International Crop Production -- Issues and challenges in the 21st Century," at UMD. Dr. Tamboli was a Senior Agriculturalist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., where he worked on projects in 30 countries in Africa and Asia. He also has held positions as a Soil Fertility expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and as a professor and associate dean at Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University at Jabalpur (M.P.), and was involved in designing and implementing All India Agronomic Trials throughout India. In addition to his work at IPAN, Dr. Tamboli is a consultant to World Bank, IFAD, and FAO.

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Last updated: 06/7/2007