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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
following people have joined our ranks as members during the last half of 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Welcome back to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Prof. Miguel de Castro Neto </span></font></b><font
size=2><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt'>(</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:mneto@isegi.unl.pt"><span lang=PT-BR>mneto@isegi.unl.pt</span></a></span></font><font
size=2><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt'>), Universidade Nove de
Lisboa, Portugal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>IAALD
welcomes the following people as new individual members:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Mr. George Adamides</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:adamides@arinet.ari.gov.cy">adamides@arinet.ari.gov.cy</a>)
Agricultural Research Officer, Agricultural Research Institute, <st1:City
w:st="on">Nicosia</st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Cyprus</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Mr. Damon Austin (</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:daustin@umd.edu">daustin@umd.edu</a>)
Science Library, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Maryland</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Warwick</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Easdown</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a
href="mailto:warwick.easdown@worldveg.org">warwick.easdown@worldveg.org</a>),
Head, Communications at AVROC- The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Ms. Happiness S. Mabuza</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:happiness2mabuza@yahoo.co.uk">happiness2mabuza@yahoo.co.uk</a>),
Assistant Librarian, Ministry of Agriculture, Manzini <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Swaziland</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Dr. Divine Njie</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:divine.njie@fao.org">divine.njie@fao.org</a>),
FAO, <st1:City w:st="on">Rome</st1:City> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Dr. Ike Nwachukwu </span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<a href="mailto:nwaike3@yahoo.com">nwaike3@yahoo.com</a>),
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Umudike</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Valeria Pesce</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>, Globarl Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) (<a
href="mailto:valeriapesce@email.it">valeriapesce@email.it</a>), <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rome</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Ms. Gauri Salokhe </span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<a href="mailto:garui.salokhe@fao.org">garui.salokhe@fao.org</a>),
Information Management Officer, FAO in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rome</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Ms. Ann Starasts</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:ann.starasts@dpi.qld.gov.au">ann.starasts@dpi.qld.gov.au</a>),
in the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Warwick</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Queensland</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We
also welcome a number of new student members:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>J<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>onathan Fretheim</span></b> (<a
href="mailto:Fretheim@gmail.com">Fretheim@gmail.com</a>), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Sunnyvale</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Farhad Mirzael</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:f_mirzaei@asri.ir">f_mirzaei@asri.ir</a>),
National Dairy Research Institute, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Karnal</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Olumuyiwa Olaniyi </span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(<a href="mailto:dayomuyiwa@yahoo.com">dayomuyiwa@yahoo.com</a>),
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ogbomoso</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Mr. Kesh Bhadur Pariyar</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:Ladnepal@hotmail.com">Ladnepal@hotmail.com</a>),
Literary Academy for Dalit of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Kathmandu</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nepal</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Mrs. Shamin Renwick</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:shamin.renwick@sta.uwi.edu">shamin.renwick@sta.uwi.edu</a>),
University of the West Indies, La Pastora, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Telojo Valerie Onu </span></font></b><font size=2><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:tellyono@gmail.com"><span
lang=EN-US>tellyono@gmail.com</span></a></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>), Caribbean Farmer’s Network, St. Vincent &
The <st1:place w:st="on">Grenadines</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Wasim-ul-Haq</span></font></b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<a href="mailto:hasqulwasim@yahoo.com">hasqulwasim@yahoo.com</a>)
Pakistan Academy of Sciences, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Islamabad</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Toni Greider</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>IAALD
Secretary/Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>IAALD
Secretariat</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>A.P.
Greider, Secretary/Treasurer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>P.O. Box</span></font></st1:Street><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 63</span></font></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lexington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State w:st="on">KY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">40588-0063</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:
10.0pt'>USA</span></font><span lang=PT-BR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Email: </span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:Toni.Greider@iaald.org"><span lang=PT-BR>Toni.Greider@iaald.org</span></a></span></font><span
lang=PT-BR><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fax:
+1-859-257-8379</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WWW: <a
href="http://www.iaald.org/">www.iaald.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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