August Temu

Prof. Temu leads the Partnerships Directorate at the World Agroforestry Centre. Previously he served as a professor at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania (1973-92) where he held various senior management positions, including Deanship of the Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation. He also served as Chief Technical Advisor and visiting professor at Chittagong University in Bangladesh under FAO/UNDP, and was the first Executive Secretary of The African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE). He has written extensively on forestry, agricultural and natural resources education and research. In 2000 he was admitted as an International Fellow of the Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA).

At the World Agroforestry Centre, Prof. Temu is responsible for the overall vision, strategy and management of partnerships. He undertakes planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on corporate partnership activities and positioning the Centre in the context of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research’s Science and Partnerships Council and other global institutions. Much of his work involves strengthening collaboration with sister CGIAR centres, scrutinizing agreements, initiating and supporting joint resource mobilization with partner organizations, strengthening linkages with regional initiatives (such as CAADP and the Great Green Wall for Sahel) and collaboration with regional/sub-regional institutions (such as FARA, ASARECA, CORAF, CATIE, ASEAN, ECOWAS, COMESA and EAC).