COGENT Country coordinators

Southest and East Asia
China Prof Ma Zilong Director Wenchang Coconut Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Science Wenchang Erli, Wenchang City, 571321 Hainan Province Tel: 86-898-3222416 / 3224820 Fax: 86-898-3224820 / 3223918 E-mail: cricatas@public.hk.hi.cn	Indonesia Dr Hengky Novarianto Head of Coconut Breeder Division Department of Forestry and Estate Crops Research and Development Research Institute for Coconut and Palmae P O Box 1004, Manado 95001 Indonesia Tel: (62) 431 812430 Fax: (62) 431 812587 E-mail: balitka@mdo.mega.net.id
Malaysia Mr Abdullah Othman Research Officer Stesen MARDI Kemaman Batu 11, Jalan Air Putih P O Box 44 24007 Kemaman Terengganu Malaysia Tel: +60 09-8646361 / 148 Fax: +60 (09) 8646361 E-mail: abo@mardi.my	Thailand Mr Prasert Anupunt Director Horticulture Research Institute Department of Agriculture Chatuchak Bangkok, 10900 Thailand Tel: (662) 579-0583 / 579-0508 / 561-4666 Fax: (662) 561-4667 E-mail: hort@doa.go.th
Philippines Mr Carlos Carpio Deputy Administrator Agricultural Research and Development Philippines Coconut Authority Don Mariano Marcos Avenue Diliman, Quezon City Philippines Tel: (632) 9281070 / 920-0415 / 632 4261398 Fax: (632) 920-0415 E-mail: cbcarpio@mozcom.com	Vietnam Mr Vo Van Long Coconut Scientist Oil Plant Institute of Vietnam (OPI) 171-175 Ham Nghi St. District 1 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Tel: 84-8-8297336 / 8243526 Fax: 848-8243528 E-mail: opi.vn@hcm.vnn.vn
South Asia
Bangladesh Mr Md. Nazirul Islam Senior Scientific Officer Horticultural Research Centre, Pomology Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), GPO Box 2235 Joydepur Gazipur - 1701 Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-9332340 Fax: 880-2-9353395 / 9800441 E-mail: baridg@bttb.net.bd	India Dr K U K Nampoothiri Director Central Plantation Crops Research Institute India Council of Agriculture Research Kasaragod 671 124 Kerala, India Tel: 91-499-430333 / 4330894 / 430895 / 430864 Fax: 91-499-430322 E-mail: unampoothiri@yahoo.com
Pakistan Dr M Hashim Laghari Director Horticulture Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Plat No. 20, G-5/1, Post Box 1031 45500 Islamabad Pakistan Tel: 92-51-920-7402 Fax: 92-51-920-2968 / 920-240908 E-mail: reshem@comsats.net.pk	Sri Lanka Dr W M U Fernando Head, Genetics and Plant Breeding Division Coconut Research Institute Bandirippuwa Estate Lunuwila Sri Lanka Tel: 94-31-55300 Fax: 94-31-57391 E-mail: rescri@sri.lanka.net
Fiji Dr Jai Kumar Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests & Alta Koronivia Research Station P O Box 77, Nausori Fiji Tel: 679-477044 Fax: 679-400262 E-mail: jkumar@is.com.fj	Papua New Guinea Mr Mathias Faure Research Officer PNG Cocoa and Coconut Research Institute P O Box 1846, Rabaul PNG Tel: (675) 983-9131 / 9108 Fax: (675) 983-9115 E-mail: srs.ccri@global.net.pg
Solomons Dr Jimie Saelea Director of Research for Permanent Secretary Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries Dodo Creek Research Station Ministry of Lands Agriculture and Fisheries P O Box G13 Honiara Solomon Islands Tel: 667-20308 / 31111 / 21327 Fax: 667-21955 / 31037 E-mail: ibsram@welkam.solomon.com.sb	Tonga Dr Pita Taufatofua Head of Research Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Vaini Research Division P O box 14 Nuku' alofa Tonga Tel: 676-23038 / 32125 Fax: 676-32132 / 24271 / 23093
Vanuatu Mr Jean-Pierre Head of Coconut Division Vanuatu Agricultural Research Centre P.O. Box 231 Espiritu Santo Vanuatu Tel: (678) 36320 / 36130 Fax: (678) 36355 E-mail: labouiss@pop.vanuatu.com.vu	Samoa Mr Albert Peters Acting Assistant Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology Research Division P O Box 1587 Apia Samoa Tel: (685) 23416 / 20605 Fax: (685) 20607 / 23996 E-mail: Apeters@lesamoa.net
Cook Island Dr Matairangi Purea Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture Government of the Cook Islands P.O. Box 96 Rarotonga Cook Islands Tel: (682) 28711 Fax: (682) 21881 E-mail: cimoa@oyster.net.ck	Marshall Island Mr Frederick Muller Chief of Agriculture Ministry of Resources & Development Agriculture Division P.O. Box 1727, Majuro MH 96960 Marshall Islands Tel: (692) 625-3206 / 0740 Fax: (692) 625-3005 E-mail: agridiv@ntamar.com
Kiribati Mr Manate Tenang Chief Agriculture Officer Division of Agriculture Ministry of Natural Resources and Development P O Box 267 Bikenibeu, Tarawa Kiribati Tel: 686-28-139 / 108 Fax: 686-28-139 / 21-120 E-mail: vet@tskl.net.ki
Africa and the Indian Ocean
Benin Mr Prosper Kakanakou Director Institut National Des Research Agricoles Du Benin (INRAB) Station de Recherche sur le Cocotier BP Cotonou Tel: 229-240101 Fax: 229-250266	Ghana Dr J B Wonkyi-Appiah Oil Palm Research Institute P.O. Box 74 Kade Ghana Tel: (031) 804-710229 (Director) / 710226 / 10228 Fax: (031) 233-463357
Côte d'Ivoire Dr Pierre Yavo N'Cho Director Station de Recherche Marc Delorme Centre National De Recherche Agronomique (CNRA) Port Bouet, 07 P O Box 13 Abidjan 07 Côte d' Ivoire Tel: (225) 248872 / 248067 Fax: (225) 226985 / 248872	Tanzania Dr Alois Kullaya Director Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI) Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives P.O. Box 6226 Dar es Salaam Tanzania Tel: 255 51-700552 Fax: 255 51-75549 Mobile: 255-812-784031 E-mail: arim@africaonline.co.tz
Nigeria Dr E E J Akpan Chief Research Officer Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) P M B 1030 Benin City Nigeria Tel: 52-440130 Fax: 52-248549	Mozambique Jose Sancho Cumbi Research Assistant - Entomology National Research Institute (INIA) Entomologist Crop Protection Section Box 3658, AV. Das FPLM INIA-MAPUTO Mozambique Tel: 258 (1) 460097 / 460130 Fax: 258 (1) 460074 E-mail: Sancho@iniadta.uem.mz
Seychelles Mr Antoine-M. Moustache Director General Crop Development and Promotion Division Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Grand Anse, P O Box 166 Victoria Mahe Seychelles Tel: 248-378252 / 378312 Fax: 248-225425 E-mail: antmoust@seychelles.net	Kenya Mrs. Mary. N. Wabule Assistant Director KARI Horticulture and Industrial crops Division P O Box 57811 Nairobi Kenya Tel: 254 (2) 583301-20 ext. 2 Fax: 254 (2) 583344 E-mail: MNWabule@kari.org
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bazil Dr Evandro Almeida Tupinamba Head of Coconut Germplasm Bank EMBRAPA / CPATC Av. Beira-Mar, 3250, CEP 49025-040 Aracaju-SE Brazil Tel: 55-79-2171300 Fax: 55-79-2319145 E-mail: tupi@cpatc.embrapa.br	Mexico Ing Mariano Mora Vargas Director De Productos De Abasto Nacional Serapio Rendon No.83 Col. San Rafael C.P. 06470 Mexico Tel: 52-5-140-1652 / 1651 Fax: 52-5-546-9020 E-mail: moram@inifap2.inifap.conacyt.mx
Cuba Mr Jorge Rolando Cueto Rodriguez Deputy Director Ministerio de La Agricultura Instituto de Investigaciones de Citricos y Otros Frutales (IICF) Ave. 7ma. #3005 centre 30 y 32, Miramar, Playa Havana 10600 Cuba Tel: 537-293585 / 225526 / 246794 Fax: 537-246794 / 537-335217 (National Citrus Corporation) E-mail: iicit@ceniai.inf.cu	Haiti Ing Jackson Donis Coordinator Ministry of Agriculture, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation Agricoles (CRDA) Damien Republic d'Haiti Tel: 509 (22) 4503 Fax: 509 (45) 4034
Costa Rica Edgar W. Mclaren (Sr) Direccion Regional Huetar Altlantica-Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia Siquirres-Limon Costa Rica Tel: (506) 718-6092 / 7688063 Fax: (506) 768-8410	Trinidad Mr Hugh Wilson Ministry of Agriculture Cental Experimentation Centend V 117 Arima PO 52 La Florissante Garden Dabadie Trinindad and Tabago Tel: 1-809-642-8552 / 642-0718 Fax: 1-809-622-4246