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1 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN 30 Paholyotin 41, Jatujak, Bangkok. Thailand (Home), ( Fax ), fecobot@ku.ac.th, EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul, Minnesota Ph.D. in Applied Economics, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul, Minnesota MBA in Marketing, 1978 Certificate,Teaching of Management offered by the International Teachers Program, a Joint Program of a Consortium of 8 International School of Management: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (USA)HBS, (Fr)CESA, (Fr)IAE(Aix), (UK)LBS, (Fr) INSEAD, (Switz)CEI, (Switz)IMEDE, and (UK)MBA, at INSEAD Fontainebleau, France, THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, Bangkok, Thailand Master in Economics, 1974 Bachelor in Economics with Honors, 1972 I. ACADEMIC TEACHING AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Trade and Policy Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Project Formulation Monitoring and Evaluation Rural and Agro-Industrial Development Agribusiness PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE KASETSART UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Economics, Bangkok, Thailand, Present Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Assistant Professor - Director, Ph. D. Program of Agricultural Economics, January Director, Master of Agricultural Economics Program, June Assistant Dean for Research Development and Planning, Director, Center for Applied Economics Research, Director, Agribusiness Program, Key Lecturer in Economics and Marketing including International Agricultural Trade and Commercial Policy, Economics of Futures Market in Agriculture, Analysis of Agricultural Market and Price, Advanced Agricultural Policy, Macroeconomics Analysis, Agricultural Marketing, Agribusiness Management, Introduction to Agribusiness, Seminar on Rural Development

2 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 2 ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, The School of Environment, Resource and Development, Agricultural and Aquatic System Program Associated Faculty - Lecture in Agricultural Sector Analysis, Farm Management Economics, Project Planning and Evaluation, Marketing Strategy and Management ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIA NATION (ASEAN) Project Team Leader (part - time), Training in Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning. TCP/RAS/0053 (T), a FAO supported project for conducting training in all ASEAN countries Chief of Training Branch and Senior Agricultural Economist, ASEAN Agricultural Development and Planning Center (ADPC) Kasetsart University Campus, Bangkok, Thailand COMMITTEE MEMBER OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: (1) Starting from March 2005 Technical Committee of the United Nations ESCAP CAPSA Centre for Alleviation of Poverty Through Secondary Crops Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), United Nations, Bogor, Indonesia. (2) Starting from Aug.2000 Marketing Committee The Royal King s Project Foundation (3) Starting from Sep Agricultural Policy Committee, Thai Chamber of Commerce (4) Starting from Nov July 2000 Technical Advisory Committee of the ESCAP/CGPRT Centre Centre under ESCAP, United Nations, Bogor, Indonesia. II. RESEARCH EXPERIENCES 1. Agricultural Project Formulation and Planning (1) Project Leader Evaluation of Thai Food Safety Program during Project supported by Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operative, September 2006 September 2007 (1) Project Leader Project on Establishment of Special Economic Exporting Zone for Hom Mali Rice in Tung Kula Rong Haii Supported by International Trade Promotion Fund Collected from Special Fee on Rice Export, June June 2002 (2) Researcher A Study for an Establishment of Agricultural Exporting Zone project under the support of Ministry of Commerce, October August (3) Co-Team Leader Evaluation of River Pump Irrigation in the Northeastern Region of Thailand a project evaluation conducted for the National Energy Administration, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, September March (4) Research Consultant Regional Co-operative Activities in Tapioca Products Joint Project with International Trade Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, (5) Research Consultant, Feasibility Study on Regional Co-operative Arrangements in Tapioca Joint Project with International Trade Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1980.

3 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 3 2. Agribusiness / Agro-Industrial Development and Policy (1) Researcher "Thai Cassava Policy Evaluation and Formulation" The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, 1999 (2) Researcher Developing and Upgrading Quality Standard of Thai Agro-Industrial Products for Export Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, July September 1998 (3) Researcher Agricultural Diversification Opportunities in Laos with Special Reference to the Thai Market The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, August - October 1995 (4) Researcher Agricultural Diversification/Restructuring of Agricultural Production Systems The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, 1994 (5) Researcher The Suitability of Renewing the Tapioca Agreement between Thailand and the EC The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, September - November 1993 (6) Researcher Policy Formulation and Planning for Agro-industrial Development in Thai-land Joint project between Policy Analysis Division, FAO/Rome, and the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, funded by FAO, November May 1992 (7) Researcher Cassava: scenario in the Next decade The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, July October 1991 (8) Project Coordinator ASEAN Agribusiness Development Policy Formulation and Planning. Joint project with ESP FAO/Rome and ASEAN ADPC, August, October 1991 (9) Research Coordinator, Case Studies on Selected Rural / Agricultural Development Project in the ASEAN ASEAN ADPC, (10) Research Coordinator Policies and Strategies for Rural Development in ASEAN ASEAN ADPC, 1989 (11) Research Coordinator, New Initiatives to Further Enhance ASEAN Economic Co-operation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry ASEAN ADPC, Commodity and Agricultural Marketing Researches (1) Project Leader Study on Production and Development of Thai Hom Mali Organic Rice for Export to EU and USA Market Project supported by International Trade Promotion Fund Collected from Special Fee on Rice Export, September August (2) Project leader Study on Strategy Crops of Thailand: Cassava project under the supports of The Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, (3) Research Consultant Competitiveness of Feedstuff and Livestock in Thailand Joint project with the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), (4) Research Consultant Mungbean Study in Thailand for the ESCAP Regional Co-ordination for Centre for Research and Development of Course Grains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP CGPRT Centre) Bogor, Indonesia, (5) Research Consultant Distribution Infrastructure for Tapioca Export Trade Joint Project with Thailand Development Research Institute, Bangkok Thailand, (6) Research Consultant, Analysis of the Short and Long-term Demand and Supply Prospects of Tapioca Products Joint Project with International Trade Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, (7) Research Consultant, Production and Market Alternative for Cassava in Tropical Asia Joint Project with CIAT, Colombia, (8) Project leader Wheat Marketing and Utilization in Thailand research granted by CIMMYT, Mexico, 1981.

4 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 4 III. ORGANIZING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP 1. Sectoral Planning (1) Organizing the Inter-Country workshop on Training Application of FAO s CAPPA Software FAO-ASEAN ADPC, (CAPPA: Computerized system for Agricultural and Population Planning Assistance and training is a micro computer-based simulation system for agricultural sectoral analysis and planning developed by ESP FAO/Rome), Bangkok, Thailand, January 23-29,1991 (2) Organizing a Demonstration Workshop on the Computerized System for Agricultural and Population Planning Assistance and Training (CAPPA) for ASEAN Senior Agricultural Planner a joint workshop between ESPT FAO/Rome and ASEAN ADPC, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2-6, Agricultural Project Formulation and Planning (1) Course Director Project Monitoring and Evaluation, AIT Extension, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, June 3-28, 2002 (2) Course Director Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning, Bandar Seri Begawan, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jointly organized by Department of Establishment, Department of Agriculture, and ASEAN, Agricultural Development Planning Centre, December 9-22, 1992 (3) Course Director In-country Training in Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning,TCP/RAS/0053(T), Ciawi, West Java, Indonesia, June 29- July 10, 1992 (4) Course Director In-country Training In Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning, TCP/RAS/0053(T),National Institute of Public Administration(INTAN), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 17-29, 1992 (5) Course Director In-country Training in Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning, TCP/RAS/0053(T), Department of Agriculture, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, January 20-31, 1992 (6) Course director of In-country Training in Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning, TCP/RAS/0053(T), ASEAN ADPC, Bangkok, Thailand, December 9-20, 1991 (7) Organizing Workshop on Training of Trainers in Use of Computer Tools for Agricultural Project Analysis and Planning, TCP/RAS/0053(T), ASEAN ADPC, Bangkok, Thailand, July 15-26, 1991 (8) Course director of ASEAN Training for Trainers Workshop on Agricultural Investment Project Planning, ASEAN ADPC,, a joint workshop among FAO/ESP, ASEAN ADPC and RAS/81/042 Project, Bangkok, Thailand, November 7-25, 1988 (9) Conducting a special training/workshop on Data Analysis and Simulation Program (DASI) in Project Analysis and Planning a joint training-cum- workshop activity between ESPT FAO/Rome and ASEAN ADPC at ASEAN ADPC Bangkok, Thailand, March 5-13, (10) Conducting a 3 - month Training Program on Agricultural Project Formulation, Planning Monitoring, and Evaluation for Government Officials from ASEAN Countries, at ASEAN ADPC, Bangkok, Thailand, two programs per year, during

5 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 5 PUBLICATIONS I. AGRIBUSINESS / AGRO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (1) "Report: Cassava Policy Evaluation and Formulation" The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, 1999 (written in Thai). (2) Report: Developing and Upgrading of Thai Agro-industrial Products for Export Second Phase Report submitted to Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, 1997 (Written in Thai) (3) Report: Developing and Upgrading of Thai Agro-industrial Products for Export Report submitted to Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, 1996 (Written in Thai) (4) Agricultural Diversification/Restructuring of Agricultural Production Systems; Prepared for the Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations The Sectoral Economics Program, The Thailand Development Research Institute, August (5) Report: the Suitability of Renewing the Tapioca Agreement between Thailand and the EC Report submitted to the Thai Tapioca Development Institution, The Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, 16 December, 1993 (Written in Thai). (6) Agro-Industry and Upland Agriculture: Issues and Constraints, Paper presented at the Regional Seminar: Upland Agriculture in Asia, Apr , ESCAP CGPRT Centre, Bogor, Indonesia. (7) Report: A Study for An Establishment of Agricultural Export Zone Submitted Dept. of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce, by Applied Economics Research Centre, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Kasetsart University, October (8) Production and Marketing of Mungbean in Thailand: the Role of Private Sector ESCAP CGPRT Centre, Bogor, Indonesia, Working Paper Series February (9) The Private Sector in the Development of Mungbean and Black Gram in Thailand Paper presented at the Second International Symposium of Mungbean organized by AVRDC, November 16-20, (10) ASEAN Agricultural Trade Paper presented at International Seminar on World Structural Change II: The ASEAN - EEC Link and Human Resource. (11) Wheat Marketing and Utilization in Thailand Journal of Economics and Business Administration Vol. 11 No. 2 January - April (12) Policy on Agricultural Marketing Submitted to National Economics and Social Development Board, Kingdom of Thailand, by Regional Research and Development Centre, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand, November (13) Technology for Development: Review of Agriculture Sector in Selected ESCAP Countries Document in Technology for Development, ESCAP, Bangkok, (14) Feasible Target for Domestic Wheat Production Paper presented at A Workshop on Temperate Small Grain in Thailand at the Northern Regional Agricultural Development Centre (NADCO, Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 9-11, II. COMMODITY MARKETING TRADE AND POLICY (1) Study on Production and Development of Thai Hom Mali Organic Rice for Export to EU and USA Market Supported by International Trade Promotion Fund Collected from Special Fee on Rice Export Report submitted to the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Published by Center for Applied Economics Research, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, August 11, 2003 (Written in Thai). (2) Project on Establishment of Special Economic Exporting Zone for Hom Mali Rice in Tung Kula Rong Haii Supported by International Trade Promotion Fund Collected from Special Fee on Rice Export Report submitted to the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Published by Center for Applied Economics Research, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, May 30, 2002 (Written in Thai).

6 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 6 (3) Lessons Learned from Commodity-base Diversification with Particular Emphasis on Small Producers and Exporters on Poverty Reduction Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Commodity Export Diversification and Poverty Reduction in South and South Asia, Organized by UNCTAD in Cooperation with ESCAP, Bangkok, April 3-5, (4) Integrated Report of the Project Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries with Special Focus on CGPRT Crops Working paper 53 The CGPRT Centre Working Paper Series, Bogor, Indonesia, and April (5) Consolidated Report on Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries with Special Focus on CGPRT (TradeLib) Paper presented and published at the Effects on Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Asia: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Bogor, Indonesia, October 5-8, 1999 CGPRT NO. 38, The CGPRT Centre, Bogor (6) Integrated Report of the Project Marketing Prospect of Upland Crop Products and Policy Analysis in Selected Asian Countries Working Paper 28 The CGPRT Centre Working Paper Series, Bogor, Indonesia, June (7) Study on Strategy Crop: Cassava Report submitted to the Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, April 1997 (Written in Thai). (8) Export Policy on Cassava Products for Animal Feed Exported to EU under the Agreement between the Royal Thai Government and the EU Year Book 1996, The Thai Tapioca Trade Association, (9) Restructuring of Agricultural Production systems: A case of Effect of Reducing Rice Planted Areas on Export Price paper presented at the 34th Kasetsart University Annual Conference, January 30 February 1, 1996(written in Thai). (10) Study on Effect of Asian Free Trade Area (AFTA) on the Production, Consumption and Trade of Palm Oil in Thailand, Report prepared for the Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific, FAO, Bangkok, Thailand, August (11) Asian Cassava Market Dynamics: Opportunities for Biotechnology Paper presented at the II International Scientific Meeting of CBN, Bogor, Indonesia, August 22-26,1994 (12) Thai Cassava Starch Industry: Current and Future Utilization Paper presented at the International Meeting on Cassava Flour and Starch, Jan The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. (13) Agricultural Council: Benefits to Cassava Farmers Year Book 1993 : The Thai Tapioca Trade Association (TTTA), Bangkok, Thailand, (14) Policy Formulation and Planning for Agro-industrial Development in Thailand Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, October, (15) Cassava : Scenario in the Next Ten Year Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation (TDRI), January 1992 (in Thai). (16) Significant Factors Contributing to the Success of the Thai Cassava Industry paper presented at the 8th symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops: Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Changing Role in a Modern World, October 30 - November 5, 1988 (17) The Effects of the Co-operation Agreement Between the EEC and the Kingdom of Thailand on Manioc Production Marketing and Trade on the Marketing Margins of Tapioca the Thai Tapioca Trade Association Year Book 1988, printed by Year Book Publisher Co., Ltd. Bangkok Thailand. (18) Transnationals in the Development of Cassava Exports from Thailand case study contributed to John C. Abbott Agricultural Marketing Enterprises for the Developing World Cambridge University Press printed in Great Britain, (19) Distribution Infrastructure for Tapioca Export Trade Submitted to the Engineering Advancement Association Japan by Thailand Development Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, March (20) EEC Tapioca Restrictions: An Implication for ASEAN Countries Especially Thailand Paper presented at the AESSEA Sixth Biennial Meeting, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 25-27, (21) Analysis of the Short and Long-term Demand and Supply Prospects of Tapioca Products ESCAP Trade Co-operation Group Bangkok, Thailand, (22) The Potential Animal Feed Markets for Thai Tapioca Besides the EC the Thai Tapioca Trade Association Year Book 1984 Bangkok, Thailand. (23) Cassava in the Agricultural Economy of Thailand Paper presented at the Workshop on the Future Potential of Cassava in Asia and Research Development Needs, organized jointly by CIAT and the ESCAP/CGPRT Centre, ESCAP Bangkok, Thailand, June 5-8, 1984 (24) Domestic Tapioca Starch Consumption in Thailand The Thai Tapioca Trade Association Year Book 1982, printed by Amarin Press, Bangkok, Thailand. (25) The Role of Transnational Corporations in Tapioca Trade Paper presented at International Seminar on Cassava and Cassava Products, Bangkok, Thailand, December 7-10, 1981.

7 BOONJIT TITAPIWATANAKUN PAGE 7 (26) Thai Tapioca Industry Paper presented at the Third Asia Agribusiness Seminar, organized by the Bank of America, Bangkok, Thailand, November 5-7, (27) Regional Co-operative Activities in Tapioca Products ESCAP, Trade Co-operation Group, Subgroup for Commodities May (28) Feasibility Study on Regional Co-operative Arrangements in Tapioca ESCAP, Trade Co-operation Group, May (29) Tapioca Industry in Thai Agricultural Economy paper presented at the Seventh Meeting Thailand-Indonesia Joint Coordinating Board of Marketing on Maize Tapioca Products, held in Surabaya, Indonesia, February 25-27, (30) Maize and Cassava Marketing in Thailand Extension Bulletin No. 153 Oct. 1980, ASPAC, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, Taipei, Taiwan. (31) Changes in Agricultural Wholesale Marketing in Thailand: A Case of Maize and Cassava Staff Paper No. 39, January 1980, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kasetsart University. (32) Analysis of Thai Tapioca Industry Journal of Economics Business Administration, Vol. 8, No. 3, July - September 1979, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Kasetsart University. AWARDS - Received Award of Best Academic Paper in the Field of Economics, Feb 3, 1997 Presented at the 34th Kasetsart University Annual Academic Conference, January 30 February 1, 1996, paper on Restructuring of Agricultural Production systems: A case of Effect of Reducing Rice Planted Areas on Export Price - The Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Grant for Ph.D., Degree study at the University of Minnesota, USA - The Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Grant for attending the International Teachers Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, Thai Military Bank Ltd., Scholarship Grant for Master of Economics degree study at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, COMPUTER SKILLS Window XP, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Outlook, Excel, LOTUS, HG, TSP, PAM DASI (ESP/FAO), CAPPA (ESP/FAO).Comfortable with the Internet. LANGUAGES Thai, English and Chinese (Mandarin, Chawcho and Cantonese)

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