| Expert Name | Ms. Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström |
| Title | Research Fellow |
| Division | Institute of Development Studies |
| Institution | University of Helsinki |
| City | Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Telephone | 358 9 2962839 |
| Email | Marja-Liisa.Tapio-Bistoöm(at)Helsinki.Fi |
| Work Experience | 1. Expert member of the governmental commission for sustainable development in Finland.
2. Adviser for the Ministry of Agriculture for FAO food summit.
3. A research project on the impact of food aid on recipient countries.
4. "An outcast of Finnish FAO-policy" a report for the Min. of Agriculture.
5. "Global food outlook with special ref. to Russia and China", a report to MOA. Lecturer on rural development issues since 1978 at Helsinki Univ. |
| Qualifications | Licentiate in Agric. and Forestry, Agricultural Economics, Univ. of Helsinki , 1992.
Master of Agric. and Forestry, Entomology and plant pathology, Univ. of Helsinki, 1980. |
| Number of Publications | 3 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | |
| Publications | 1. Team Leader for a mid-term review on "Awareness building and facilitating the use of neem as a source of natural insecticides in Sub-Saharan Africa" in Kenya.
2. Three periods of field work in Tanzania and Kenya related to a research project on the impact of food aid on food security.
3. Desk Officer for Finnish Red Cross with projects in Ethiopia and Somalia. |
| Discipline | Agricultural Sciences |
| Last updated | 09/05/2007 11:16:00 |