International Steering Committee

 Dr. Mangala Rai
 Chairman
 Secretary DARE (Govt of India) and Director General
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 New Delhi 110 001, India
Dr. William Dar
Member
 Director General, ICRISAT
 Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India
 Dr. A.K. Singh
 Member
 Deputy Director General (NRM),
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 New Delhi 110 001, India
 Dr. Kamel Shideed
 Member
 Director, SEPR Programme, ICARDA
 Aleppo, Syria
 Dr. Rattan Lal
 Member
 Director, CM&S Center,
 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
 The Ohio State University
 Columbus, OH 43210, USA
 Dr. Donald Gabriels
 Member
 Professor, Department of Soil Management, Ghent University
 Coupure Links 653
 B-9000 Gent, Belgium
 Dr. M.V.K. Sivakumar 
 Member
 Chief, Agricultural Meteorology Division
 Climate and Water Department
 World Meteorological Organisation
 Case postale 2300, Geneva (Switzerland)
 Dr. Uriel Safriel
 Member
 Professor, Department of Evolution Systematics and  Ecology Hebrew University
 Jerusalem, Israel
 Dr. N.S. Jodha
 Member
 International Center for Integrated Mountain Development  Kathmandu, Nepal
 Dr. K.P.R. Vitttal
 Member Secretary
 Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute
 Jodhpur 342 003, India