Background
Bengtsson, Bo Malte Bengtsson was born on May 13, 1939 in Landskrona, Skane, Sweden. Son of Herman and Lisa Ingegerd (Johansson) Bengtsson.
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Bo Malte Bengtsson Bengtsson
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Master Agriculture, Swedish College Agriculture, Uppsala, 1965. Diploma in Tropical Agriculture, University West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture, Swedish University Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, 1983.
Career
Expert on Swedish aid, Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1966-1968;
liason/recruitment officer, College Agriculture, Uppsala, 1968-1969;
head rural development section, Swedish U. Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, 1970-1975;
director international rural development division, Swedish U. Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, 1975-1976;
associate professor, Swedish U. Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, 1984;
Adjunct Professor, Swedish U. Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, 1987-1991;
professor crop production science, Swedish U. Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala, since 1992;
senior research officer, Swedish Agency for Research Cooperative with Development Countries, Stockholm, 1976-1983;
director general, Swedish Agency for Research Cooperative with Development Countries, Stockholm, 1983-1991. Foundation member and vice chair board of trustees International Svc. of National Agriculture Research, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1980-1986. Member, chairman governing county International Center Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985-1991.
Member board directors Agriculture Economics Research Cons., Nairobi, New York City, 1988-1989. Ex officio member board of trustees International Center Research Agro-forestry, Nairobi, 1992-1997. Foundation member, chair board of trustees Center International ForestryRsch., Bogor, Indonesia, 1992-1997.
Member board directors CATIE, Costa Rica, 1996-1998. Member The Swedish Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Committee since 1997. Member scientific committee Min.
Agricultural, since 1996. Chairman evaluation panel European Union, 1993-1994. Member external evaluation panel The Peanut CRSP U., United States of America, 1993-1994.
Member Consultative Group International Agricultural Research Committee Genetic Resources Policy, since 1994, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Sys. Review Secretariat, 1997-1998. Trustee Keystone Center, Colorado, 1994-1997, member working group sustainable agricultural production Swedish Council Forestry and Agricultural Research, 1993-1997.
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Membership
Member board Swedish Agency for Research Cooperative with Development Countries, Stockholm, 1983-1991. Member Swedish National Committee for United Nations Conference Environment and Development, Stockholm, 1990-1992. Member standing committee for National Plans for Science and Technology, The Third World Network of Science Organizations, Trieste, Italy, 1991-1996.
Elected member Royal Swedish Academy Forestry and Agriculture 1996. Member high-level oversight panel Food and Agriculture Organization Special Programme on Food Security, Rome, since 1997. Chairman steering group, East African Regional Network.
Member International Association Agricultural Economists, Royal Swedish Academy Agriculture and Forestry, The Plant Husbandry Club, Tropical Agricultural Association.
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Married Anita Hörnstein, December 30, 1966 (divorced 1978). Married Christina Hammarlund, August 27, 1996.
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