The Humanitarian Board is an honorary body that benefits from the expertise of international authorities, including

• Prof Ingo Potrykus (co-inventor of Golden Rice), professor emeritus from ETH Zurich, Chairman (public relations and information);
• Prof Peter Beyer (co-inventor) Univ of Freiburg (scientificic advancement in the areas of biofortification for provitamin A and other micronutrients);
• Dr Gurdev Khush, retired rice breeder from IRRI (rice breeding);
• Dr Gary Toenniessen, The Rockefeller Foundation (food security in developing countries);
• Dr Adrian Dubock, Syngenta (product development and intellectual property rights);
• Dr Howarth Bouis, Director of HarvestPlus, international Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali-Colombia, and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington DC (biofortification);
• Dr Robert Bertram, USAID Washington DC (development in Third World agriculture);
• Prof Matin Qaim, Intl Agricultural Trade and Food Security, Univ of Hohenheim, Germany (socio-economic aspects);
• Prof Robert Russell, Laboratory for Human Nutrition, Tufts University Boston (vitamin A malnutrition);
• Dr Robert Zeigler, Director General, IRRI;
• Dr Sunkeswari R Rao Dept of Biotechnology, India (national cooperation in rice research);

and the ex-officio members

• Dr Gerard Barry, IRRI (Golden Rice Network Coordinator), and
• Dr Jorge Mayer, Campus Technologies Freiburg (Golden Rice Project Manager).