Editorial Team
CORD
International Journal Coconut R&D
EDITORIAL BOARD
DR. JELFINA C. ALOUW, Editor-in-Chief and Director General International Coconut Community
ALAN AKU. Managing Director, Kokonas Indastries Koporesen (KIK), Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock. P.O. Box 81, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea. Email: aaku@kik.com.pg; aakualan@gmail.com
ALEXIA PRADES. Coconut Supply Chain Correspondent, UMR Qualisud-73 Rue JF Breton-34398, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. Email: alexia.prades@cirad.fr
ANITA DAS RAVINDRANATH. Ex- Director RDTE, Central Coir Research Institute (Coir Board), Kalavoor, Alappuzha 688522, Kerala, India. Email: anitadas30@gmail.com
C. ANANDHARAMAKRISHNAN. Director, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Email: director@niist.res.in
CARMEL A. PILOTTI. Associate Scientist - Coconut Genetic Resources, Land Resources Division/Pillar 1 – Genetic Resources SPC Narere Campus, Suva, Fiji. Email: carmelp@spc.int
DECIYANTO SOETOPO. Senior Researcher Entomologist, Indonesian Centre for Estate Crops Research & Development, Jl. Tentara Pelajar No 1 Bogor 1611, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Email: deciyantos@yahoo.com
DIVINA B. BAWALAN. Freelance International Consultant on Coconut Processing, Former Senior Science Research Specialist of Philippine Coconut Authority, B44 far East Asia Village, Marcos Highway Antipolo City, 1870, Rizal, Philippines. Email: divine_bawalan@yahoo.com
FABIAN M. DAYRIT. RCh Academician, National Academy of Science and Technology President, Integrated Chemists of the Philippines Professor, Department of Chemistry Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines. Email: fdayrit@ateneo.edu
FABIAN PILET. CIRAD - UMR PVBMT (Unité Mixte de Recherche Peuplement Végétaux et Bioagresseurs en Milieu Tropical), 97410 Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France. Email: fabian.pilet@cirad.fr
HENGKY NOVARIANTO. Senior Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), North Sulawesi, Manado Indonesia. Email: hengkynovarianto@yahoo.com
H. P. MAHESWARAPPA. Director of Research, University of Horticultural Sciences, Udyanagiri, Bagalkote-587104, India. Email: dr@uhsbagalkot.edu.in
JOKO PURBOPUSPITO. Soil, Forest and Climate Scientist, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia. Email: joko.purbopuspito@unsrat.ac.id
L. C. PRIYANTHIE FERNANDO. Former Director, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila 61150, Sri Lanka. Email: priyanthiefernando@yahoo.co.uk
LALITH PERERA. Additional Director, Coconut Research Institute, Bandirippuwa Estate, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka. Email: lalithperera1234@yahoo.com
LUC BAUDOUIN. Geneticist, CIRAD - AGAP, Avenue Agropolis, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. Email: luc.baudouin@cirad.fr
MELDY L. A. HOSANG. Senior Researcher and Head Plant Protection Division, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), North Sulawesi, Manado, Indonesia. Email: meldyhosang@yahoo.com
MILLICENT WALLACE. Botanist/Plant Breeder & Director, Research Coconut Industry Board, Ministry of Agriculture, 18 Waterloo Road, Kingston, Jamaica. Email: millieall04@yahoo.co.uk
P. CHOWDAPPA. Former Director, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kudlu. P.O, Kasaragod, Kerala 671124, India. Email: pallem22@gmail.com
PONNIAH RETHINAM. Plantation Crops Management Specialist, 18, Lakshmi Nagar S. N. Palayam Coimbatore 641007, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: palms02@hotmail.com
RAMON L. RIVERA. Acting Deputy Administrator (R&D), Philippine Coconut Authority, Philippines. Email: rlrivera_pca@yahoo.com.ph
ROLAND BOURDEIX. Diversiflora Expertise, 1444 route de Mende Escalier G169 34090, Montpellier, France. Email: roland_bourdeix@yahoo.fr
ROSA S. ROLLE. Senior Enterprise Development Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Email: Rosa.Rolle@fao.org
STEIVIE KAROUW. Director, Indonesian Institute for Instrument Standardization of Palm Crops, Manado, Indonesia. Email: steivie591972@gmail.com
STEVE W. ADKINS. Professor in Plant Physiology, School of Agriculture and Food Science (SAFS), Centre for Plant Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Brisbane, Australia. Email: s.adkins@uq.edu.au
SUCI WULANDARI. Agricultural Social Economy Scientist, Indonesian Center for Estate Crops Research & Development, Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research & Development, Bogor, Indonesia. Email: suciwulandari@hotmail.com
S. SUDARSONO. Research Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor 16680, Indonesia. Email: s_sudarsono@ymail.com
U. S. SARMA. Director, Indian Jute Industries’ Research Association (IJIRA), 17, Taratala Road, Kolkata-700 088, India. Email: uss_2000@yahoo.com; director@ijira.org
VINCENT JOHNSON. Former COGENT Coordinator, Parc Scientifique Agropolis ll, 34397 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. Email: v.johnson@cgiar.org
V. PRAKASH FRSC. Vice President International Union of Nutritional Sciences and President IUFoST, No 58, 5A Main Vontokoppal Mysore 570002 India. Email: prakashvish@gmail.com
VERMEN M. VERALLO-ROWELL. Adjunct Research Professor, Institute of Herbal Medicine and Head Skin Study Group, University of the Philippines, National Institute of Health and Founder and Program. Director, VMV Skin Research Center and Clinics. Chairwoman of the Department of Dermatology Skin and Cancer Foundation, Unit 1611, Medical Plaza Ortigas, San Miguel Avenue, San Antonio Village, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Email: vmvrmd@gmail.com
VIJITHA R. M. VIDHANAARACHCHI. Head of Tissue Culture Division, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila 61150, Sri Lanka. Email: vijitharma@yahoo.com
EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editor:
ALUTHWALA HEWA NUWAN CHINTHAKA, Deputy Director General, ICC
Editorial Assistant:
OTNIEL SINTORO, Information & Publication Director, ICC
BAHARI ILMAWAN, Publication Assistant, ICC
MUFID FEBRIANTO, IT Assistant, ICC
