Annual Meeting 2008
44th Annual Meeting
June 1-3, 2008

"Innovative Public-Private Partnerships that Promote
International Agricultural and Rural Development"
Speakers and Panelists

Dr. Mpoko Bokanga, Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, is a food scientist who has been involved in agricultural research and development for the past 15 years. 

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Before joint AATF as its first Executive Director, Dr. Bokanga worked as Industrial Development Officer (Agro-Industries) with the Regional Industrial Development Centre of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Abuja, Nigeria. He has also served as a Research Scientist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), as a Visiting Professor of Food Science at the Alabama A&M University, and as Research Associate with Westreco Inc., a Nestlé Research company based in Connecticut. His research has centered on cyanogenesis of cassava and related food safety issues. He holds a Masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Doctorate from Cornell University.