Standing Committees

These committees meet every one-two months to discuss issues and activities pertaining to their field. They assist in the planning of study tours and expert consultations and prepare position papers with regards to these topics. Members of these committees are professionals in their field and may be consulted for speaking engagements and other issues pertaining to the committee subject matter. If you are an active member of APSA and would like to join a Standing Committee, please contact the APSA office in order to be connected to the Chairperson for registration and future involvement.

The Executive Committee shall have the authority to establish Special Committees and Special Interest Groups, which shall report to the Executive Committee. Each Standing Committee and Special Interest Group shall meet at the call of its chairperson.

Each Standing Committee and Special Interest Group shall, within their respective terms of reference from time to time approved by the Executive Committee:

  • - Conduct programs of interest for the Members;
  • - Consider and report on relevant subject-matter to the Executive Committee; and

  • - Make recommendations to the Executive Committee on positions to be taken by the Company on issues of concern to the Company or the Members, for the Executive Committee’s approval.

To view the Terms of Reference, Roles & Responsibilities for APSA Committees, please CLICK HERE

Any APSA Member interested in seeing the latest Standing Committees activities , please log-in to your account and visit the SC & SIG Folders within Members Documents.

 

Standing Committee Plant Breeding Innovation (PBI)

No. Name Position in the group Company Member since Country/Territory Representative
1 Vacant Chair    2026  
2 Chu Linfeng (Lisa) Co-Chair China Seed Association (CSA) 2026 China
3 Ali Afzal Member Krishibid Seed Limited 2026 Bangladesh
4 Mosaref Hossain Member Agricas Seeds Pvt. Ltd. 2026 Bangladesh
5 Enid Perez-Lara Member Agronomix Software 2026 Canada
6 Weihong Tian (Alison) Member China National Seed Trade Association (CNSTA) 2026 China
7 Yongsheng Zhang Member China National Seed Group Co., Ltd. 2026 China
8 Urvashi Vashist Member Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) 2026 India
9 Anita Verma Member Bayer Science and Innovation Pvt Ltd. 2026 India
10 G.V. Naveen Sharma Member Nuziveedu Seeds Limited 2026 India
11 Madoka Koshibe Member Vilmorin-Mikado Co., Ltd 2026 Japan
12 Chinna Babu Muvva Member Enza Zaden Asia Sdn. Bhd. 2026 Malaysia
13 Javaria Amin Member Green Gold Agri Seeds (Pvt) Ltd. 2026 Pakistan
14 Michael Leader Member Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd. 2026 Singapore
15 Boonyanath Nathwong Member Thai Seed Trade Association (THASTA) 2026 Thailand
16 Paul D. Olson Member East West Seed International Limited 2026 Thailand
17 Fan-Li Chou Member American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) 2026 USA
18 Marc Cool Member Corteva Agriscience 2026 USA
1 Suping Geng Observer China Seed Association (CSA) 2026 China
2 Raghavan Sampathkumar Observer Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) 2026 India
3 Ratna Kumria Observer CropLife Asia 2026 Singapore
4 Bülent Uzun Observer Turkish Seed Association (TURKTOB) 2026 Türkiye
5 Hüseyin Özbuğday Observer Turkish Seed Industry Association (TURKTED) 2026 Türkiye

Standing Committees International Trade and Quarantine (ITQ)

No. Name Position in the group Company Member since Country / Terriotory Representative
1 Vacant Chair   2026  
2 Nguyen Thuy Ha Co-Chair Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd. 2026 Singapore 
3 Mahbub Anam  Member Lal Teer Seed Limited  2026 Bangladesh 
4 Weihong (Alison) Tian  Member China National Seed Trade Association (CNSTA) 2026 China 
5 Chu Linfeng (Lisa)  Member China Seed Association (CSA) 2026 China 
6 Yen-Hsin Chiu  Member Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station  2026 Chinese Taipei 
7 Nicolas Perrin Member SEMAE  2026 France 
8 Manisha Negi  Member East West Seed International Limited 2026 India 
9 Kuldeep Tyagi  Member Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) 2026 India 
10 Sundar Raja Vadlamani  Member SeedWorks International Limited  2026 India 
11 Ch. Atik Setyawati, SP., MP.  Member PT East West Seed Indonesia  2026 Indonesia 
12 Wing-Ki, Poon Member Vilmorin-Mikado Co., Ltd  2026 Japan 
13 Quratulain Khawar  Member Green Gold Agri Seeds (Pvt) Ltd 2026 Pakistan
14 Mary Ann P. Sayoc  Member Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA) 2026 Philippines
15 Craig Hollings  Member Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd. 2026 Singapore
16 Kanokwan Chodchoey Member Thai Seed Trade Association (THASTA) 2026 Thailand
17 Aykut Özbuğday Member Turkish Seed Industry Association (TURKTED) 2026 Türkiye 
18 Martha Malapi Member American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) 2026 USA
1 Laigle Guillaume Observer HM. Clause India Pvt Ltd 2026 India 
2 Ines Espasandin Observer Syngenta India 2026 India 
3 Thelma Soriano Observer CropLife Asia 2026 Singapore
4 Rose Souza Richards Observer International Seed Federation (ISF) 2026 Switzerland

Standing Committee Seed Technology

No. Name Position in the group Company Member since Country / Territory Representative
1 Vacant Chair      
2 Bhupen Dubey Co-Chair Northern Seed Association (NSA) 2026 India
3 Ashley Fraser  Member Australian Seed Federation (ASF) 2026 Australia
4 Simon Watt  Member Centor Oceania  2026 Australia
5 Md. Abdul Mannan  Member Bangladesh Seed Association (BSA) 2026 Bangladesh 
6 Md. Azizul Hoque  Member Lal Teer Seed Limited  2026 Bangladesh 
7 Manish Patel  Member National Seed Association of India (NSAI) 2026 India 
8 Pramod R. Patil  Member ACSEN AgriScience Pvt. Ltd.  2026 India 
9 Rajasekaran Rajakumar  Member Mahyco Private Limited  2026 India 
10 Woosik Kang  Member

Korea Seed & Variety Service (MAFRA) 

2026 Korea
11 Uma Rani Sinniah  Member National Seed Association of Malaysia (NSAM) 2026 Malaysia
12 Tomoko Sakata Member Incotec Europe B.V. 2026 Netherlands
13 Farhan Tahir  Member Haji Sons Pvt. Ltd. 2026 Pakistan
14 Patcharin Taridno  Member Rung Rueng Consulting Co., Ltd / Rhino  2026 Thailand
15 Sandeep Jadli  Member East West Seed International Limited 2026 Thailand
16 Bekir Artam Atalay  Member

Turkish Seed Industry Association (TURKTED)

2026 Türkiye 
1 Aliyah Mohd Yahaya  Observer Crop Power Sdn Bhd  2026 Malaysia
2 Shaiza Rasool  Observer Green Gold Agri Seeds (Pvt) Ltd  2026 Pakistan 
3 Jagadish Ganjigunte Venkataraman   Observer International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) 2026 Switzerland 
4 Rose Souza Richards  Observer International Seed Federation (ISF) 2026 Switzerland

Standing Committee Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity

No. Name Position in the group Company Member since Country / Territory Representative
1 Vacant Chair   2026  
2 Kwanghong Lee Co-Chair Korea Seed & Variety Service (MAFRA) 2026 Korea
3 Yannan (Irene) Hou Member China Seed Association (CSA) 2026 China
4 Zhu Gaoming Member Way Seed Agriculture Tech Ltd. 2026 China
5 Ming-Tsung Liu Member Taiwan Seed Improvement and Propagation Station 2026 Chinese Taipei
6 Nicolas Perrin Member SEMAE 2026 France
7 Raghavan Sampathkumar Member Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) 2026 India
8 O.K. Tara Member Nuziveedu Seeds Limited 2026 India
9 Meenakshi T Ravindran Member HM. Clause India Private Limited 2026 India
10 Arun Pandey Member Advanta Enterprises Limited 2026 India
11 Nguyen Thuy Ha Member Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd. 2026 Singapore
12 Kanokwan Chodchoey Member Thai Seed Trade Association (THASTA) 2026 Thailand
13 Manisha Negi Member East West Seed International Limited 2026 Thailand
14 Marc Cool Member Corteva Agriscience 2026 USA
15 Sam Crowell Member American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) 2026 USA
16 Nguyen Thanh Minh Member Vietnam Seed Trade Association (VNSTA) 2026 Vietnam
1 Sathish Vangaru Observer Bayer Science and Innovation Pvt Ltd. 2026 India
2 Onkar Singh Observer ACSEN Agriscience Pvt Ltd 2026 India
3 Thelma Soriano Observer CropLife Asia 2026 Singapore
4 Ratna Kumria Observer CropLife Asia 2026 Singapore
5 Lorelei Garagancea Observer International Seed Federation (ISF) 2026 Switzerland