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Prem Bindraban

Dr.Ir. Prem S. Bindraban MBA is director of ISRIC World Soil Information (www.isric.org) and leader of international research in agro-production systems at Plant Research International, both at Wageningen UR, The Netherlands. He is also a lecturer at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He has worked at several international research institutions, including IRRI (Philippines) and CIMMYT (Mexico) and is (has been) engaged in research projects for the World Bank, FAO, IWMI, UN and many other research and development organisations. Using production ecological concepts he has calculated world food production potentials, land quality indicators, water requirement for food and ecosystems. In the real world, he is engaged in project like water-saving rice, strengthening the oilseed sector in Eastern Africa, improving Jatropha productivity, enhancing the sustainability of soybean cultivation, and assessing sustainability of genetically modified crops. He is further involved in the identification of research strategies for development, such as the recent report on “Science and Technology Strategies for improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa” at the request of the former SG of the UN Kofi Annan. Over the years he has actively participated in food, feed fuel debates and has been approached by various ministries in the Netherlands to lead research about the sustainable availability of biofuels. He has initiated intensive collaboration with Brazilian institutions. He pursues analyses of these global matters by making more effective use of the extensive and high quality soil databases of ISRIC.