Robert J. Clements, Agricultural Consultant, Australia

Asamoah Larbi, Independent Consultant, Agriculture and Food Security, United States

Huan HengFu, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), China

Michael Peters, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia

Rainer Schultze-Kraft, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia

Cacilda B. do Valle, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Brazil

Lyle Winks, former editor of "Tropical Grasslands", Australia