He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA),AGRA, Board Members, retrieved August 09, 2014 the Global Crop Diversity Trust and served on the National Academies Panel on Science and Technology for Global Sustainability. In the past, he served as an advisor to the World Bank regarding rural development strategy. He also served on the Steering Committee for the Global Assessment on Agricultural Science and Technology, led by the World Bank. He was a member of the Executive Council, as well as chair of the Private Sector Committee, of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. He has been an advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation and a member of the Design Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory Board of its African Agricultural Technology Foundation — an organization created for the advancement of African food security. In the mid-1980s, he chaired a Rockefeller Brothers Fund development initiative to benefit developing country food security. He also served on the Board of the South/North Development Initiative—a private Rockefeller Family foundation for alleviation of rural poverty in less developed countries through entrepreneurial development. He is a past member of the U.S. Government's Agricultural Sciences and Technology Review Board.
