National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Serge Savary
FOREIGN FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia on 8 March 1957. Educated in Toulouse and Montpellier, France, Ecole National Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier; Agriculture Engineer (Montpellier), 1979; MSc (Plant Pathology) Toulouse, 1979; ORSTOM Researcher Diploma (1980); PhD from the Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands (1986).

Editor-in-Chief, Food Security; Adjunct Professor, IARI; Honorary Professor (Plant Pathology), G.B. Pant Univesity of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand; Visiting Scholar - UC Davis, USA; Guest Researcher, Univ. of Twente, ITC, The Netherlands.

ORSTOM (Office de la Resrche Scientifique Outre-Mer) Researcher,Côte d’Ivoire(1980-1989);Wageningen University, The Netherlands: Fellowship from the International Agricultural Centre (1990); IRRI (International Rice Research Institute): internationally recruited staff seconded by ORSTOM (1991-1993):ORSTOM, Montpellier: IRRI-ORSTOM Research Shuttle Program (1993-1995);IRRI: internationally recruited staff seconded by ORSTOM (1995-1999);ORSTOM& IRD (Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement), Montpellier (CBGP): researcher and research group team leader (2000);CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica): researcher, ORSTOM-IRD representative, and project leader (2001-2002);Professor of Plant Pathology and scientist, INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France), and Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Rennes, France; (2002-2005);INRA, Bordeaux: Head, Crop Health Unit of INRA Bordeaux (2005-2008); Senior scientist, Plant Pathologist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) (2008-2011);Scientist, INRA, Centre INRA Toulouse (2011-2022);Editor-in-Chief, Food Security (2019 – today).

Awards/Honours: Member: American Phytopathological Society (APS); former member, British Society of Plant Pathology; Member and founding Chair, Crop Loss Committee, International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP); member Epidemiology Committee, ISPP;Member, Scientific Council of the Plant Health & Environment Department, INRA (2003-2007);Expert for the World Bank - IPM Project of the University of Pant Nagar, India (2001); Co-organizer, 9th International Epidemiology Workshop the ISPP Pathology (2005); Associate Editor for Phytopathology (2009-2010);Senior Editor, Phytopathology (2010-2013);Vice-President, ISPP (2013-2018);Editor-in-Chief, Food Security (journal of the ISPP): Jan. 1, 2019 – present; Fellow American Phytopathological Society; Fellow, International Society for Plant Pathology; Chevalier du Mérite Agricole, France (2022).

Research Areas: Plant disease epidemiology, Systems analysis and modelling, Crop loss assessment, Plant health and food security

Address: ORSTOM, IRD, INRA, 2 rue Edouard Vaillant, 31320, Castanet-Tolosan (Toulouse), France; [Tel: Cell: +33 (0) 562722361; Email: ssavary01@gmail.com]