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Sam Dryden is a thought leader and advocate for food and nutrition security, with a particular focus on small-holder farmer led agricultural development in Africa and Asia. Currently Dryden is a Fellow at (Imperial College ), working on a project to promote digital technologies that can catalyse sustainable agricultural transformation across the food system in Africa.〔African Union, Kofi Annan Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ''African Agriculture and Food Systems,'' http://www.merid.org/en/Content/Projects/African_Agriculture_and_Food_Systems.aspx〕 Dryden led the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Agricultural Development strategy,〔(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Press Release, URL: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2010/01/Sam-Dryden-to-Head-Agricultural-Development )〕 making it the largest funding program along-with polio, and re-oriented the program to focus on pro-poor staple crops, women farmers and local institutions.〔Gates Foundation, "(Putting Women Farmers in Africa at the Center )", Impatient Optimists blog.〕〔Nathaniel Johnson, "(Teaching a humongous foundation to listen to small farmers )," ''The Grist'' (11 Aug 2014).〕〔"Small holders hold the key to Africa's Food and Nutrition Security" in ''Africa at a Fork in the Road'', Yale University Press, 2015.〕〔John Vidal, "Sam Dryden: The most powerful figure in the global South's agriculture?" in ''(The Guardian )'', 6 July 2012. URL: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/jul/06/sam-dryden-global-south-agriculture〕 Dryden's appointment was seen as controversial,〔http://grist.org/article/2010-01-08-gates-foundation-agribusiness-dryden/〕 but his leadership and vision to promote pro-poor agricultural development interventions, linked with nutrition and women's empowerment, were lauded by critics and supporters, and earned him the (Hunger Hero Award ) from the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on the nomination of World Food Programme.〔World Food Programme, Hunger Hero Awards, January 2014.〕 Prior to the Gates Foundation, Dryden had a distinguished track record as an investor and developer of life-sciences ventures with extensive expertise in the scale-up and commercialization of early-stage agricultural technologies world-wide, as well as public-private partnerships like being the private sector representative in the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Sylvia Matthews Burwell, President of the Global Development Program at the Gates Foundation, summed up Dryden's track record: "Sam brings a wealth of experience to the foundation—not only in agriculture, research, and business, but also in a wide variety of projects related to agricultural development and public-private partnerships. His strong leadership qualities will help the team deliver on our strategy to help small farmers improve their lives."〔 Dryden used to be Managing Director of Wolfensohn & Company, a private investment and advisory firm founded by James Wolfensohn, former President of the World Bank. There he focused primarily on private equity investments in alternative energies. Until June 2006, he served as the Chair and Corporate CEO of Emergent Genetics, Inc. — a global leader in the development and marketing of biotechnology-enhanced seed products. Emergent Genetics' operations were based in Europe, the United States, Argentina and Brazil, and comprised one of the largest seed companies in India. The majority of the company was acquired in April 2005 by the Monsanto Company and its remaining operations were acquired in June 2006 by Syngenta AG. Prior to that Dryden had worked across the world in various capacities; he began his career at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. ==Biography== A native of Mount Olivet in eastern Kentucky, Dryden grew up on a small farm. Dryden went to Mason County High School. During the New Deal, his parents- Hazel and Roy- hosted volunteers, and one of them convinced Dryden to enroll in university.〔"Sam Dryden gives graduation speech" in (''The Independent Ledger'' ), March 27, 2011.〕 Dryden took on the advice, going to Marysville Community College for two years, before joining Emory University where he received his B.A. degree in economics 1973.〔 (Dryden sponsors students who graduate from his hometown to go to college under the Hazel Dryden scholarship programme.)〔http://www.maysville-online.com/news/local/sam-dryden-gives-keynote-speech-at-deming-graduation/article_f12c0d1a-88af-11e0-806a-001cc4c03286.html〕 He began his career as an Analyst with the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, with responsibilities for modeling and forecasting selected sectors of the US economy. He was then employed by the Union Carbide Corporation from 1974 to 1980, with responsibilities for various aspects of new corporate ventures.(f12c0d1a-88af-11e0-806a-001cc4c03286.html ) These transactions involved extended assignments in Japan, Europe, and South America. In 1980, Dryden led the spin-out of Union Carbide's biotechnologies and related business operations and was subsequently co-founder, President and CEO of Agrigenetics Corporation. The company grew to become one of the world's largest seed enterprises and was acquired in 1985 - it is now part of Dow AgroSciences. During this same period, he was also chairman of an affiliated partnership which managed and invested $60 million in proprietary plant sciences research conducted in leading universities, as well as private and public research institutions worldwide. Dryden has a strong interest in music, culture and films, and is close friends with Lou Reed, U2, Robert De Niro, and is married to acclaimed documentary maker and director, Sandy McLeod. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Dryden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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