Yurdi Yasmi
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Yurdi Yasmi is an Indonesian agriculture and forestry expert who is the director of the Plant Production and Protection Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) based in the headquarters of FAO in Rome, Italy. He was previously the FAO's special coordinator for Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), the FAO's deputy regional representative for Africa cum the FAO's representative to Ghana, as well as the FAO's coordinator for sustainable agriculture and forest policy officer for Asia and the Pacific.[1][2]
Yasmi has worked for in the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as the director for Southeast Asia, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) as the coordinator for Mekong region, the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) as the director for research and capacity building, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) as a scientist.[3]
Yurdi Yasmi was born in Jorong Tanjung Jati, Nagari VII Koto Talago, Lima Puluh Kota Regency, on July 11, 1974, to Yasmi and Yuminas, both of whom were high school teachers. He is the second of four siblings. He is married to Inike Widyanti and they have a son.[1]
Yurdi spent his childhood and teenage years in his hometown in West Sumatra. After completing elementary school in Tanjung Jati, he continued to SMP Negeri Limbanang (1989–1991). He then attended SMA Negeri 2 Payakumbuh in Limbanang, now known as SMA 1 Suliki (1991–1993). During high school, he participated in the America Field Service (AFS) exchange program and lived in Sydney, Australia for a year.[2]
Yurdi pursued his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), graduating in 1998. In 1997, he represented his university as a National Outstanding Student, competition (known as Siswa Telandan), achieving second place at national level.[2] He completed his Master's (2002) and Ph.D. (2007) degrees at Wageningen University, Netherlands. There, he graduated with honors (cum laude).[1]
