Technical Advisory Group

The Technical Advisory Group provides advice and peer review services for the
consideration of the Partnership Council.

Professionals are invited to the Group based on technical expertise in agricultural or rural
statistics, including survey methodologies, data management and data analysis.

At least half of Group members come from academic institutions, such as universities and
research institutes, and at least one member is a gender expert because improving
gender-relevant data in agriculture is an important objective of 50x2030.

Inbal Becker-Reshef
Associate Research Professor, Co-Director Center for Global Agricultural Monitoring Research; Director (NASA Harvest), University of Maryland; NASA Harvest Project
Samuel Benin
Deputy Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Andrew Dillon
Clinical Associate Professor within Kellogg’s Public-Private Interface Initiative (KPPI); Research Associate Professor in the Global Poverty Research Lab, Buffett Institute, Northwestern University
Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva
Former President of International Statistical Institute
Cheryl Doss
Senior Departmental Lecturer, Oxford University
Mercy Kanyuka
Commissioner, Statistics Malawi
Benjamin Koetz
Exploitation Engineer, European Space Agency
Miet Maertens
Professor in Agricultural and Development Economics, University of Leuven in Belgium, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bio-economics
José Molinas Vega
Chief Economist and Academic Director, Development Institute
Emily Schmidt
Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Aberash Tariku
Deputy Director General, Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia

Technical Advisory Group

Inbal Becker-Reshef

Associate Research Professor, Co-Director Center for Global Agricultural Monitoring Research; Director (NASA Harvest), University of Maryland; NASA Harvest Project

Samuel Benin

Deputy Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Andrew Dillon

Clinical Associate Professor within Kellogg’s Public-Private Interface Initiative (KPPI); Research Associate Professor in the Global Poverty Research Lab, Buffett Institute, Northwestern University

Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva

Former President of International Statistical Institute

Cheryl Doss

Senior Departmental Lecturer, Oxford University

Mercy Kanyuka

Commissioner, Statistics Malawi

Benjamin Koetz

Exploitation Engineer, European Space Agency

Miet Maertens

Professor in Agricultural and Development Economics, University of Leuven in Belgium, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Bio-economics

José Molinas Vega

Chief Economist and Academic Director, Development Institute

Emily Schmidt

Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Aberash Tariku

Deputy Director General, Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia