Dr Elias Takor Ayuk is the Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA). He has over 20 years experience in Sub-Saharan Africa on development issues including institutional capacity building, poverty reduction, food security, natural resources management, strategic planning and development funding.Prior to joining UNU-INRA, Dr Ayuk has served as a Senior Programme Specialist with the Globalization, Growth and Poverty (GGP) programme of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) at the Regional Office for West and Central Africa, in Dakar, Senegal, from 2004 to 2010. He was responsible for project development, management and monitoring of the IDRC’s GGP program in West and Central Africa. He also served as Acting Executive Director of the Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA/IDRC), Dakar, Senegal from 2002 to 2006.Dr Ngozi Stewart is a specialist in Environmental Law and Ethics. Her core areas are in fostering ecological integrity including biodiversity conservation, environmental policy and regulation, coastal management, sustainability issues in aviation, food security and climate change. She is currently a research fellow in environmental policy at the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA).Praise Nutakor is a Communication Specialist with over seven years’ experience in the communications field. She is currently the Communications and Public Relations Associate of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), heading the Institute’s communications unit.
