Emil Q. Javier

Dr. Emil Q. Javier was recently conferred the rank of National Scientist by the President of the Philippines, the highest honor given by the President to a Filipino in the field of science and technology. Dr. Javier is a Filipino agronomist with a broad understanding of developing country agriculture. He was the first and only developing country scientist to Chair the Technical Advisory Committee of the prestigious Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global consortium led by the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He was Director General of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC) based in Taiwan and has served as Chairman of the Board of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and as Chairman and Acting Director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). In the Philippines at various periods, he had been President of the University of the Philippines, Minister for Science and Technology and President of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines. Dr. Javier is an Independent Director of Del Monte Foods, Inc., DMPL’s US subsidiary, and of Del Monte Philippines, Inc., DMPL’s Philippine subsidiary, and is an Independent Director of Philippine-listed Centro Escolar University. He holds doctorate and master’s degrees in plant breeding and agronomy from Cornell University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, respectively. He completed his bachelor’s degree in agriculture at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.