Cyrus Ndiritu became the Director-General of ISNAR in 2003. Dr. Ndiritu, a Kenyan, comes to ISNAR with a long experience of national and sub-regional agricultural research institutions in Africa, having served in key CGIAR positions (Member of former Technical Advisory Committee, Oversight Committee, and CIMMYT Board of Trustees). For 11 years (1989-2000) he was Director of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI). In addition, he helped found ASARECA and the new Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).
John K. Lynam is associate Director of the Food Security Division, Rockefeller Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya. He is author of The Cassava Transformation and an editor of Transformation of Educational Research Systems.
Adiel Nkonge Mbabu is technical officer for planning at ASARECA in Kampala, Uganda.