Advisory Committee
Experts ensure the quality of our project work
The Committee advises Welthungerhilfe's Executive Management on matters concerning program policy and the funding merits of programs and projects. The consultants can also carry out a review at short notice. This independent expertise from the world of science and practice helps to ensure the quality of our projects.
Members of the Advisory Committee:
- Dr. Getachew Abate Kassa, Agricultural Production and Resource Economics, Technical University of Munich
- Dr. Kwesi Atta-Krah, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee; Retired Director, Country and Regional Engagement, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); also retired Senior Program Engagement Specialist, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT); Dr. Atta-Krah continues his engagement with CGIAR, IITA and TAAT through special consultancy arrangements.
- Carolin Callenius, Scientific Project Officer in Food Systems Research at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Unit Food Security, Ispra Italy
- Dr. Manfred Denich, Associated Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Dept. Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn
- Prof. Carla Eddé, Professor and Vice-rector, Saint Joseph Universität Beirut, Lebanon
- Prof. Dr. Bettina Engels, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Claudia Hensel, Professor for International Marketing, University of Applied Sciences Mainz
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Kohlmeyer, retired agricultural economist, previously TU Dortmund/Spatial Planning, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), African Development Bank
- PD Dr. Alisher Mirzabaev, Senior Agricultural Economist, Unique land use GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- PhD Dr. Elizabeth Mkandawire, Network and Research Manager: Food Systems Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa), University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Dr. Susanne Pecher, self-employed Management Consultant (international cooperation and organizational development)
- Dr. Katrin Radtke, Co-Chair of the Advisory Committee; Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr University Bochum
- Sepideh Saltoninia, Head of the Director's Office & Partnerships Manager, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden, and former humanitarian aid worker
- Prof. Dr. Sabine Schlüter, Environmental and Resource Economics, Faculty for Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems, Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT, University of Applied Sciences Cologne)
- Dr. Paul-Theodor Schütz, former Senior Adviser on Agriculture, GIZ
- Prof. em. Dr. Barbara Thomaß, Institute for Media Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum; Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Klaus von Mitzlaff, former GIZ Country Director and Head of Program in Southern and East Africa (country program management, energy management)
- Prof. Dr. Meike Wollni, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University Göttingen
- Dr. Mainassara Zaman-Allah, Senior Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Zimbabwe