Columnists


African Union Development Agency
The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD provides knowledge-based advisory support to AU Member States in the pursuit of their national development priorities.
Read Full Bio
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development
The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is catalysing positive change in agricultural research for development by building a pipeline of intergenerational women in leadership, equipping AR4D professionals and institutions to integrate gender in policies and practices, and influencing the enabling environment to enhance gender responsiveness.
Read Full Bio
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives.
Read Full Bio
CABI
The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, is a nonprofit intergovernmental development and information organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Read Full Bio
CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies
CGIAR launched the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS) with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond to policy demands and crises, and integrate policy tools at national and subnational levels in countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Read Full Bio
Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global
The Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN) is a dynamic network of youth-serving individuals and partner organisations with a strong interest in Climate Smart Agriculture and sustainable agriculture.
Read Full Bio
COP28 UAE
Conferences of the Parties (COPs) are how the world organises its collective response to the global challenge of climate change. COP28 brings the world together at a pivotal, consequential moment – to shape collective commitment to climate action and to meet the globally agreed warming limit of 1.5°C.
Read Full Bio
Crop Trust
The Crop Trust is a non-profit international organisation dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever, for the benefit of everyone.
Read Full Bio
CropLife International
CropLife International champions innovative technologies that help farmers grow more food on less land sustainably.
Read Full Bio
EAT Forum
EAT is a non-profit dedicated to transforming the global food system through partnership with a range of foundations, academic institutions, organisations and companies and collaborating on programs.
Read Full Bio
Farm Africa
Farm Africa reduces poverty in eastern Africa by helping farmers grow more, sell more and sell for more while protecting the environment for years to come.
Read Full Bio
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
Read Full Bio
Global Center on Adaptation
Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) is an international organisation working as a solutions broker to accelerate action and support for adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector, for a climate-resilient future.
Read Full Bio
Global Farmer Network
The Global Farmer Network® amplifies the farmers’ voice in promoting trade, technology, sustainable farming, economic growth, and food security.
Read Full Bio
HarvestPlus
HarvestPlus is part of the CGIAR and leads a global movement to rapidly scale up production and consumption of biofortified staple crops and foods made with them.
Read Full Bio
Heifer International
Since 1944, Heifer International have helped more than 52 million families lift themselves out of hunger and poverty by providing livestock, training, tools and education.
Read Full Bio
IFPRI
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a CGIAR Research Center established in 1975, provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.
Read Full Bio
International Fund for Agricultural Development
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and specialised United Nations agency based in Rome, the UN’s food and agriculture hub.
Read Full Bio
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to fulfil a bold commitment: to create a world where people and the planet thrive.
Read Full Bio
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe, and sustainable use of livestock.
Read Full Bio
International Potato Centre
The International Potato Centre (CIP) was founded in 1971 as a research-for-development organisation with a focus on potato, sweet potato and Andean roots and tubers.
Read Full Bio
International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is dedicated to abolishing poverty and hunger among people and populations that depend on rice-based agri-food systems.
Read Full Bio
International Science Council
The International Science Council is an international non-governmental organization that unites scientific bodies at various levels across the social and natural sciences.
Read Full Bio
International Seed Federation
The International Seed Federation (ISF) is the voice of the global seed industry. It has represented the interests of its members since 1924 and represents 96% of the international seed trade today.
Read Full Bio
Pan-African Bean Research Alliance
The Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) is all about beans. It believes that beans can improve the food security, income and health of smallholder farmers and urban dwellers across Africa, as well as contribute to improved soil fertility.
Read Full Bio
Partners in Food Solutions
Partners in Food Solutions, an independent nonprofit organisation, is working to strengthen food security, improve nutrition and increase economic development across Africa.
Read Full Bio
The Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize
The Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize recognises food as the predominant fuel of humanity’s daily development and evolution, over time.
Read Full Bio
The Food and Land Use Coalition
The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) is a global community of innovators and experts working to advance sustainability, equity and resilience in food and land use systems.
Read Full Bio
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a pioneering international organisation committed to developing and improving dryland farming and agri-food systems.
Read Full Bio
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organisation dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today.
Read Full Bio
The Malabo Montpellier Panel
The Malabo Montpellier Panel convenes 17 leading experts in agriculture, engineering, ecology, nutrition, and food security.
Read Full Bio
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The UN Environment Programme is the leading global voice on the environment.
Read Full Bio
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) supports developing countries to access the benefits of a globalised economy more fairly and effectively.
Read Full Bio
We Mean Business Coalition
We Mean Business is a global nonprofit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change.
Read Full Bio
World Bank
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
Read Full Bio
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global community of over 225 of the world’s leading businesses driving systems transformation for a better world in which 9+ billion people can live well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century.
Read Full Bio
World Farmers Organisation
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) is a member-based association that brings together national farmers’ organisations and agricultural cooperatives from all over the world.
Read Full Bio
World Food Prize Foundation
The World Food Prize Foundation’s mission is to elevate innovations and inspire action to sustainably increase the quality, quantity and availability of food for all.
Read Full Bio
World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is an intergovernmental organisation working across borders to improve the health of animals and therefore, human future.
Read Full Bio
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) is an independent conservation organization active in nearly 100 countries, we are working to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife.
Read Full Bio
WorldFish
WorldFish is an international, non-profit research and innovation organisation reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty across Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Read Full Bio
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) is a non-profit organisation by young Professionals for young professionals for agricultural development.
Read Full Bio
Rural 21
The international journal Rural 21 has dedicated more than 50 years to all topics surrounding rural development. Its ambition is to further those strategies and policies that strengthen rural areas of developing and newly industrialising countries and encourage their implementation.
Read Full Bio
Fazle Hasan Abed
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder of BRAC and the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate.
Read Full Bio
Practical Action
Practical Action is an international development group, building sustainable lives and livelihoods with people on the frontlines of poverty and climate change.
Read Full Bio
Benjamin Kwasi Addom
Benjamin Kwasi Addom is Adviser on Agriculture & Fisheries Trade Policy for the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda.
Read Full Bio
Akinwumi Adesina
Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is the the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.
Read Full Bio
Shweta Adhikari
Shweta Adhikari is a student at the Agriculture and Forestry University in Nepal.
Read Full Bio
Access Agriculture
Access Agriculture is the world’s leading non-profit organisation for quality agricultural training videos in local languages, working across the Global South.
Read Full Bio
Mohamed Aheeyar
Mohamed Aheeyar is a researcher with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Read Full Bio
Ebunoluwa Ijeoma Ajobiewe
Ebunoluwa Ijeoma Ajobiewe is an Ambassador for the NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN) and advocate for youth in agriculture.
Read Full Bio

Leila Al-Hamoodah
Leila Al-Hamoodah is formerly from the big data company aWhere, Inc.
Read Full Bio
Lamyaa Al-Riyami
Dr Lamyaa Al-Riyami is the Senior Manager for Evaluation Programme Planning at GALVmed and has now been working in Monitoring & Evaluation for 10 years.
Read Full Bio
Fadhel Alansari
Fadhel Alansari is the the General Manager of Manufacturing at Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company.
Read Full Bio

Barrett Alexander
Barrett Alexander is former Program Manager for Food Security and Livelihoods at World Vision.
Read Full Bio



Maria Andrade
Maria Andrade is a member of the high-level group of champions for the Food Forever Initiative. Notable recognitions include being named a Nutrition Champion by Transform Nutrition in 2013, receiving an appreciation award from ISTRC-AB for her exceptional contributions to RTC in Africa, and being honoured as an outstanding alumna by NCSU. In 2016, she was recognised as a co-laureate of the World Food Prize, and in 2017, she received the Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection.
Read Full Bio
Alex Andreoli
Alex Andreoli is the Associate, Knowledge Generation, at Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU).
Read Full Bio

Debisi Araba
Dr Debisi Araba is Managing Director of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) and Malabo Montpellier Panel Member.
Read Full Bio
Tom Arnold
Tom Arnold is Global Panel Member and Chair, EU Commission Task Force Rural Africa (TRFA).
Read Full Bio
Sheri Arnott
Sheri Arnott is Senior Policy Advisor for Food Assistance/Food Security at World Vision.
Read Full Bio

Kellen Asena
Kellen Asena is a veterinarian by training with a rich background in sales and marketing of veterinary pharmaceuticals.
Read Full Bio
Nick Austin
Nick Austin is Agricultural Development Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Read Full Bio
Suresh Babu
Dr. Suresh Babu is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit and is the Head of IFPRI’s program on Learning and Capacity Strengthening.
Read Full Bio
Ousmane Badiane
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, Distinguished Fellow of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, recipient of the Africa Food Prize in 2015 and member of the World Academy of Sciences, is the Executive Chairperson of AKADEMIYA2063.
Read Full Bio
Hakan Bahceci
Hakan Bahceci is CEO of Hakan Foods and Former Global Pulse Confederation President.
Read Full Bio
Babar Bajwa
Babar Bajwa serves as the Senior Regional Director, Asia for CABI, fostering collaborations with Member Country governments, research organizations, and development agencies.
Read Full Bio
Soumya Balasubramanya
Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya is a Senior Researcher in Environment and Development Economics at the International Water Management Institute.
Read Full Bio
Kasey Bamberger
Kasey Bamberger is third generation owner of Bryant Agricultural Enterprise.
Read Full Bio

Arun Baral
Arun Baral. is CEO of HarvestPlus – CGIAR’s flagship programme on staple crop biofortification.
Read Full Bio
Jim Barnhart
Dr. Jim Barnhart is Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development.
Read Full Bio
David Beckmann
David Beckmann served as president of Bread for the World from 1991 to 2020, where he led people and churches nationwide in successful advocacy efforts with Congress. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 2010 for his contribution to the world’s progress against hunger. Beckmann works with advocacy organizations and Congress on this year’s Build Back Better legislation.
Read Full Bio
Melissa Benn
Melissa Benn is a former manager with Chemonics’ Agriculture and Food Security Practice.
Read Full Bio
Tim Benton
Professor Tim Benton is Dean of Strategic Research at Leeds University and former UK Global Food Security Champion.
Read Full Bio

Leighona Bernstein
Leighona Bernstein is former Communications Manager at CropLife International.
Read Full Bio
Catherine Bertini
Catherine Bertini is distinguished fellow of Global Food and Agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and professor of public administration and international affairs, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Read Full Bio

Ekin Birol
Ekin Birol is the Director, Impact and Strategy, at HarvestPlus. She is an accomplished research leader and senior manager with 15 years of post-doctorate experience in identifying evidence gaps and designing research portfolios, projects and programmes.
Read Full Bio
Vicente Bissoni Neto
Vicente Bissoni Neto produces soybeans and corn and runs a cattle livestock operation in Brazil.
Read Full Bio

Henning Bjornlund
Professor Henning Bjornlund is a Research Professor in Water Policy and Management at the School of Commerce at the UniSA Business School.
Read Full Bio

Carla Mayara Borges
Carla Mayara Borges is a third-generation grain farmer from the Mid-West of Brazil.
Read Full Bio
Dr. Pierre-Marie Borne
Dr. Pierre-Marie Borne is a veterinarian with extensive experience in public health, zoonotic diseases and animal health strategies.
Read Full Bio
Jerome Bossuet
Jerome Bossuet is a communications specialist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Read Full Bio
Howarth Bouis
Howarth Bouis, a 2016 World Food Prize laureate, introduced the idea of biofortification in the early 1990s. He is the Founding Director of HarvestPlus.
Read Full Bio
Stephanie Brittain
Stephanie Brittain is Project and Communications Officer at Agriculture for Impact.
Read Full Bio

Lynn Brown
Lynn Brown is Director Policy, Strategy, and the Africa Region at HarvestPlus.
Read Full Bio
Howard G. Buffett
Howard G. Buffett is Chairman and CEO of the Howard Buffett Foundation.
Read Full Bio

Layih Butake
Dr. Layih Butake is the Director of Communication and Outreach at AKADEMIYA2063.
Read Full Bio
Jill Cairns
Jill Cairns is a physiologist whose current research is largely focused on the development, validation and deployment of new phenotyping tools to increase maize breeding efficiency.
Read Full Bio
Oliver Camp
Oliver Camp is an innovation specialist focused on nutrition, health, wellness, and sustainability.
Read Full Bio

Zoe Campbell
Dr. Zoë Campbell is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in the intersection between gender and animal health/ One Health.
Read Full Bio
Alessandro Caprini
Alessandro Caprini is a Junior Consultant at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Read Full Bio
Sue Carlson
Sue Carlson is Chair of the Women’s Committee of the World Farmers’ Organisation.
Read Full Bio
Keri Carstens
Keri Carstens is the former Global Regulatory Lead – Seed Applied Technologies & Biologicals at Corteva Agriscience.
Read Full Bio
Michael R. Carter
Professor Michael R. Carter is the founding director of the Resilience+ Innovation Facility.
Read Full Bio

Ranveer Chandra
Ranveer Chandra is formerly the Chief Scientist at Azure Global, Microsoft.
Read Full Bio
Erik Chavez
Erik is a research fellow at the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis at the Finance Department of Imperial College Business School.
Read Full Bio
Mona S. Chaya
Dr. Mona S. Chaya is Deputy Strategic Programme Leader for Sustainable Agriculture at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Read Full Bio



Rory Christie
Rory’s farming business is located close to the small fishing villages of Port William and Monreith, in the Machars of Wigtownshire, near Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway. Rory and his brother currently run a 200-sow pig business and an 1100-cow dairy enterprise.
Read Full Bio
Wayne Coles
Wayne Coles tells CABI’s story to a global audience through online, broadcast and print media. He is a trained journalist with over 20 years of experience in print and PR.
Read Full Bio
David A. Ramírez Collantes
Dr. David A. Ramírez Collantes is a nominee for the Louis Malassis Scientific Prize for Young Promising Scientist.
Read Full Bio

Liam Condon
Liam Condon is member of the Board of Management for Bayer AG and President of the Crop Science Division.
Read Full Bio
Joan Conrow
Joan Conrow is a writer and communications consultant based in the United States.
Read Full Bio
Gordon Conway
Sir Gordon Richard Conway was a British agricultural ecologist, who served as the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Royal Geographical Society.
Read Full Bio

Joe Cornelius
Joe Cornelius is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One).
Read Full Bio

Didier Coulomb
Didier Coulomb is Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR).
Read Full Bio
Ertharin Cousin
Ertharin Cousin is an American lawyer who served as the twelfth executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2012 to 2017
Read Full Bio
Namukolo Covic
Dr Namukolo Covic is Regional Director, East and Southern Africa (ESA), CGIAR, ILRI Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, and CGIAR Country Convenor for Ethiopia.
Read Full Bio
Sheryl Cowan
Sheryl Cowan is Vice President of Programs at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA).
Read Full Bio
Morgane Danielou
Morgane Danielou is formerly of the Secretariat of the Private Sector Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security.
Read Full Bio
Edward Davey
Edward Davey is Head of WRI Europe’s UK office, where he represents WRI (including its 70 UK-based staff) to the UK government, philanthropies, private sector, NGOs, and WRI’s Royal Patron, HM King Charles III.
Read Full Bio
Kristin Davis
Kristin Davis is Executive Secretary of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS).
Read Full Bio


Liza Debevec
Liza Debevec is Senior Gender and Water Specialist at the Global Water Partnership and former Senior Social Scientist at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Read Full Bio
Kathrin Demmler
Kathrin Demmler is a former Research Associate at Imperial College London and Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read Full Bio

Kidanie Dessalegn
Kidanie Dessalegn is Team Leader at Self Help Africa’s Livestock Market Development (LMD) Project.
Read Full Bio
Joe DeVries
Dr. Joe DeVries is Vice President of Programmes at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Read Full Bio
Giulia Di Tommaso
Giulia Di Tommaso is former President and CEO of CropLife International.
Read Full Bio
Tenin Fatimata Dicko
Tenin Fatimata Dicko is a Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank.
Read Full Bio
Dhanush Dinesh
Dhanush is the Founder and Chief Climate Catalyst of Clim-Eat, the ‘think and do tank’ for food and climate which he established in 2021 at COP26.
Read Full Bio
Hamady Diop
Dr. Hamady Diop is an expert in agricultural policy and natural resource management in Africa, significantly influencing agriculture policies, fisheries, aquaculture, and the blue economy.
Read Full Bio
Achim Dobermann
Achim Dobermann is the Deputy Director General for Research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Co-Chair of the Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
Read Full Bio
David Donoghue
Ambassador David Donoghue is the former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations.
Read Full Bio
Marie Ducrotoy
Dr Marie Ducrotoy is a veterinary epidemiologist with extensive experience in zoonotic disease research, livestock health management, and international development projects.
Read Full Bio
Ruben G. Echeverría
Ruben Echeverría is director general of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
Read Full Bio

Gebisa Ejeta
A 2009 World Food Prize Laureate and recipient of a national medal of honor from the President of Ethiopia, Professor Ejeta is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, and Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics and International Agriculture at Purdue University.
Read Full Bio
Karim El Aynaoui
Dr. Karim El Aynaoui is the Managing Director of Policy Center for the New South and member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read Full Bio
Wafaa El Khoury
Wafaa El Khoury is Lead Technical Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s Policy and Technical Advisory Division.
Read Full Bio
Rosalie Ellasus
Rosalie Ellasus is a first-generation farmer growing corn and rice in San Jacinto, Philippines. She currently serves as President of the Philippine Maize Federation.
Read Full Bio
Alexis Ellicott
Alexis Ellicott is CNFA Chief of Party on the USAID/Agro-Inputs Project.
Read Full Bio

Shewit Emmanuel
Shewit Emmanuel leads the Farm Africa team in Ethiopia. With more than 15 years of experience, she has worked for the UN, DFID, civil society organisations and public and private clients, leading large teams on complex and large transformational engagements.
Read Full Bio


Jess Fanzo
Dr. Jessica Fanzo is a Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Ethics and Global Food & Agriculture at Johns Hopkins University.
Read Full Bio

Farming First
Farming First is the leading source for the latest insights, news and case studies on agricultural innovation for development.
Read Full Bio
Robb Fraley
Robb Fraley is Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto and a winner of the 2013 World Food Prize.
Read Full Bio
Jean Francois
Jean Francois is Chief of Party of CNFA’s West Africa Cashew Project (PRO-Cashew).
Read Full Bio
Emile Frison
Dr. Emile Frison is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.
Read Full Bio
Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote
Dr. Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.
Read Full Bio
David Galaty
David Galaty is Director of Research and Innovation in East Africa at TechnoServe, a Farming First supporter.
Read Full Bio


Matt Gibson
Matt Gibson is a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University, where his research focuses on food systems, degrowth and post-growth, and social change.
Read Full Bio
Jane Gicheha
Jane Gicheha is a former Researcher with The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Read Full Bio
Gigi Gatti
Gigi Gatti is Director of Technology for Development at Grameen Foundation.
Read Full Bio
Arianna Giuliodori
Arianna Giuliodori is Secretary General of the World Farmers’ Organization.
Read Full Bio
Katrin Glatzel
Katrin Glatzel is the Director of Policy Innovation at Akademiya2063 and program head of The Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read Full Bio
Steve Godfrey
Steve Godfrey is Director of Policy and External Relations at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
Read Full Bio
Juan Gonzalez-Valero
Juan Gonzalez-Valero is Head of Public Policy and Sustainability at Syngenta.
Read Full Bio

Heidi Graves
Heidi Graves is Communications Officer for Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA).
Read Full Bio
Simon Groot
Simon Groot is the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate and founder of East-West Seed.
Read Full Bio
Peter Gubbels
Peter Gubbels is the Founder and Director of Action Learning and Advocacy for West Africa at Groundswell International.
Read Full Bio
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta is a professor of environment and development in the global south at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in Delft.
Read Full Bio
Lawrence Haddad
Dr Lawrence Haddad is GAIN’s Executive Director since 2016. In such capacity, he was one of the drivers behind the Initiative on Climate and Nutrition at COP27 in 2022; he chaired Action Track 1 of the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit to ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all; and he was the co-founder of the Standing Together for Nutrition consortium, a response to the COVID19 pandemic and the current food crisis. In June 2018, the World Food Prize Foundation awarded the 2018 World Food Prize to Lawrence Haddad, and David Nabarro, former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General.
Read Full Bio
Hugo Hagen
Hugo Hagen is the Senior Bayer Representative and Country Division Head Pharmaceutical – Bayer Middle East. In this role, he is responsible for 16 countries with regional offices throughout the Middle East.
Read Full Bio
Michael Hailu
Michael Hailu is Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
Read Full Bio



Stephanie Hanson
Stephanie Hanson is senior vice president of policy and partnerships at One Acre Fund
Read Full Bio
Ryotaro Hayashi
Ryotaro Hayashi is the Senior Social Sector Economist, ADB Human and Social Development Sector Office, Sectors Group.
Read Full Bio
Charlotte Hebebrand
Charlotte Hebebrand is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Read Full Bio
Deborah Hellums
Dr. Deborah Hellums is Chief Program Officer at the International Fertilizer Development Center.
Read Full Bio
Sheryl Hendriks
Sheryl Hendriks is Director of the Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Read Full Bio

Janet Hering
Janet Hering is co-chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland.
Read Full Bio
J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera
J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of the Environment and a former Columbia Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Read Full Bio
Sabyan Honey
Sabyan Faris Honey, boasting over a decade of research and developmental expertise, holds a distinguished record of 21 scientific publications in agriculture.
Read Full Bio

Nawsheen Hosenally
Nawsheen Hosenally is a freelance social media consultant specialised in agriculture issues.
Read Full Bio
Albin Hubscher
Albin Hubscher is the former President and CEO of the International Fertilizer Development Center.
Read Full Bio
Jacqueline Hughes
Dr Jacqueline Hughes is the Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Read Full Bio
Abdulrahman A. Hussain Jawahery
Mr. Abdulrahman A. Hussain Jawahery is President of the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co (GPIC) and Vice-President for Sustainable Development for the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA).
Read Full Bio

Damian Ihedioha
Dr. Damian Ihedioha is chief agro-industry officer the African Development Bank.
Read Full Bio
Bart IJntema
Bart IJntema is Senior Vice President, Food & Agricultural Development at Rabobank International.
Read Full Bio
Alice Ingabire
Alice Ingabire is Access to Seeds Index Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance.
Read Full Bio
David Iraya
David Iraya is a development communications professional with over 11 years of experience and currently serves as the Senior Communications Officer at the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF). He is dedicated to amplifying the voices of individuals and communities leading transformative change across Africa.
Read Full Bio



KM Jayahari
Jayahari KM (Hari) is India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), a program co-led by World Resources Insitute India.
Read Full Bio
Toby Johnson
Toby Johnson is a former communications team leader at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
Read Full Bio
Adrian Johnston
Adrian Johnston is Former Vice President of the International Plant Nutrition Institute in Africa and Asia.
Read Full Bio
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones is an Associate Scientist at The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Read Full Bio



Jeremy Jurgens
Jeremy Jurgens is Managing Director & Head of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He is responsible for the Member and Partner companies essential to the mission of the Forum as the International Organisation for Public-Private Cooperation.
Read Full Bio






Emily Karol
Emily Karol is the Director of Fund Development at iDE (International Development Enterprises).
Read Full Bio
Joseph Karugia
Joseph Karugia (PhD) is a Principal Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Read Full Bio

Purushottam Kaushik
Purushottam Kaushik is the Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum, India.
Read Full Bio

Michael Keller
Michael Keller is the Secretary General of the International Seed Federation, focusing on the vision of a world where quality seed is accessible to all farmers to support sustainable agriculture and food security.
Read Full Bio
Ed Keturakis
Ed Keturakis is Vice President of Program Development at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) and a New Mexico farmer.
Read Full Bio

Nourdine Khalifeh
Nourdine Khalifeh is a new ventures consultant at the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, where he sources innovations that support progress on the SDGs.
Read Full Bio
Zeyaur Khan
Professor Zeyaur Khan is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.
Read Full Bio
Menila Kharel
Menila Kharel is the thematic lead of sustainable agriculture and markets at Practical Action Nepal.
Read Full Bio

Changgil Kim
Changgil Kim is a Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Centre.
Read Full BioMary Kimani
Mary Kimani is the Data Clerk, Regenerative Agriculture project, at Farm Africa.
Read Full Bio
Bernard Kimoro
Bernard Nyakundi Kimoro is currently the Head, Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability Section in the State Department for Livestock Development (SDLD), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MOALD) in Kenya
Read Full Bio
Lise Korsten
Prof Lise Korsten is the Co-Director of the Department of Science and Innovation, Centre of Excellence in Food Security.
Read Full Bio
Iris Krebber
Iris Krebber is Co-Chair of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).
Read Full Bio
Heidi Kuhn
Heidi Kühn is the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate, recognised for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods and resilience after devastating conflict.
Read Full Bio
Saroj Kumar Jha
Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha is the Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Water Global Practice (GP).
Read Full Bio

Kristina Kuznetsova
Kristina Kuznetsova is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) from Ukraine.
Read Full Bio
Rachel Kyte
Rachel Kyte is Dean Emerita, Professor of Practice at The Fletcher School at Tufts.
Read Full Bio
Rossmery Daza La Plata
Rossmery Daza La Plata is a Production Manager at South East Pacific Farm SAC.
Read Full Bio
Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal is Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University.
Read Full Bio
Jean Lam
Jean Lam is a member of the National Farmers’ Union and works a no-till operation in Oklahoma, US.
Read Full Bio
Claire Lanaud
Dr. Claire Lanaud is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Distinguished Scientist.
Read Full Bio
Marie-Elodie Le Guen
Marie-Elodie Le Guen works as a project manager for Ceva Santé Animale since 2019.
Read Full Bio
Lysiane Lefebvre
Lysiane Lefebvre is Policy Advisor and Project Manager at the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
Read Full Bio


Lauren Lovejoy
Lauren Lovejoy is a first-generation farmer and the founder of Red Hen, a digital marketplace designed to help small farms sell directly to consumers.
Read Full Bio
Jan W. Low
Jan W. Low is an adjunct professor in Cornell Global Development and a principal scientist with the International Potato Center (CIP), based in Nairobi, Kenya. During the past decade, she managed the Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa (SASHA) research project and co-led the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI). In 2016, along with two CIP sweetpotato breeders (Maria Andrade and Robert Mwanga) and Howarth Bouis of HarvestPlus, Dr. Low was awarded the World Food Prize for her work on biofortification.
Read Full Bio
Natalia Lozano
Natalia Lozano is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) from Peru.
Read Full Bio
Racine Ly
Dr. Racine Ly is the Director of the Department of Data Management, Digital Products, and Technolog at AKADEMIYA2063.
Read Full Bio

Donald MacKenzie
Dr. Donald MacKenzie is the executive director of the Institute for International Crop Improvement (IICI) at the Danforth Center.
Read Full Bio
Monica Maigari
Monica Maigari is a Nigerian farmer who was named a “Female Food Hero” by Oxfam. Monica spoke at the session “Food Security in Crisis” at the 2016 Borlaug Dialogue in Iowa.
Read Full Bio
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery at AGRA.
Read Full Bio
Harinder Makkar
Professor Harinder Makkar formerly worked at the Animal Production and Health Division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Read Full Bio
Kedar Mankad
Kedar Mankad is Policy Officer for Agriculture and Inclusive Growth at ONE International.
Read Full Bio
Swati Mantri
Swati Mantri is a independent social science researcher, sociologist, educator, and consultant in social welfare research with a PhD in Sociology. Swati is also working on various facets of being a first-time entrepreneur in consumer services. She has taught courses on digital social research, anthropology of social media, consumer culture, and the sociology of sender.
Read Full Bio
Caroline Manus
Caroline Manus is a Food Scientist with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
Read Full Bio
Unelker Maoga
A conservationist with experience in community development, Unelker Maoga is an Agriculture and Energy Consultant at Practical Action. She is the founder and director of Konservation, a local nonprofit working with rural communities in southwest Kenya.
Read Full Bio

Tshepiso Marumo
Tshepiso Marumo is a young entrepreneur from Botswana, who has been keeping bees and producing honey based products since 2007.
Read Full Bio
Daniel Mason-D’Croz
Daniel Mason-D’Croz is a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University where his research focuses on how to achieve healthy and sustainable food systems around the world.
Read Full Bio
Stella Massawe
Stella Massawe is the Senior Programme Officer at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Read Full Bio
Anastasia Mbatia
Anastasia Mbatia is Senior Technical Manager for Agriculture, Farm Africa and author of Quality Declared Seed.
Read Full Bio


Bonnie McClafferty
Bonnie McClafferty is Director of Agriculture for Nutrition at GAIN.
Read Full Bio
John McCormack
John McCormack is a Senior Technical Advisor in Agriculture, Livestock, and rural development for World Vision USA.
Read Full Bio


John McMurdy
Dr John McMurdy is currently the Vice President, Innovation and Development, at CropLife International.
Read Full Bio
Brian McNamara
Brian McNamara is an Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI) Unit Program Coordinator
Read Full Bio
Andrew Medlicott
Andrew Medlicott is the Executive Vice President of Latin America & Caribbean at Fintrac.
Read Full Bio


Caryl Merten
Carly Merten is an associate in Chemonics’ West and Central Africa and Haiti Division.
Read Full Bio
Esin Mete
Esin Mete is former President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) and joined the IFDC board of directors in 2018.
Read Full Bio
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller is a doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Read Full Bio
Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell is a partner in the Johannesburg office of Bain & Company.
Read Full Bio
Rachel Mkandawire
Rachel Mkandawire has over 15 years of experience working in food security and farmer participatory research. She is a Policy and Research Analyst for the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).
Read Full Bio
Richard Mkandawire
Richard Mkandawire is Vice President of the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP).
Read Full Bio
Bahkita Mkwingwiri
Bahkita Mkwingwiri from Balaka District in Malawi works with Gorta-Self Help Africa as a village-based farm adviser to lead farmers in Bisani village.
Read Full Bio
Essam Mohammed
Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed is the Director General of WorldFish and CGIAR’s Senior Director of Aquatic Foods.
Read Full Bio



Talentus Mthunzi
Talentus Mthunzi is a monitoring and Evaluation specialist in the food, agriculture and natural resources sector.
Read Full Bio
Cynthia Mugo
Cynthia Mugo is a Policy & Engagement Stakeholder Advisor at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Read Full Bio

Katharina Münster
Katharina Münster is Junior Specialist for Communications and Digital Innovation at the Inclusive Business Action Network.
Read Full Bio
Lois Muraguri
Lois Muraguri heads the Policy and External Affairs department at GALVMed.
Read Full Bio

Stephen Mwangi
Stephen Mwangi supports the forest team at the International Institute for Environment and Development with projects on forests and prosperity – including research, capacity-building and policy work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Read Full Bio

Caroline Mwongera
Caroline Mwongera is a Food security, Climate change and Environment specialist at The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture.
Read Full Bio
Tebila Nakelse
Dr. Tebila Nakelse serves as the GAP Initiative Research Lead for the Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative, leading the research and analysis agenda for the annual GAP Report.
Read Full Bio
Reema Nanavaty
Reema Nanavaty is Director of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).
Read Full Bio
Andrew Natsios
Andrew Natsios is former Administrator of USAID and current Advisory Committee Chair of HarvestPlus.
Read Full Bio
Sylvia Natukunda
Sylvia Natukunda is business and partnership manager at AgriProFocus.
Read Full Bio
Maurizio Navarra
Maurizio Navarra is a Senior Partnership Officer coordinating the Secretariat of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, a network of 40 international agencies focused on investments in food systems, agriculture and rural development.
Read Full Bio
Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba
Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba is the Director of Policy Research and Analysis at Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).
Read Full Bio

Jackie Negro
Jackie Negro is a communications consultant at the WFP Innovation Accelerator, where she supports content development for the Accelerator, with a focus on nutrition and climate change.
Read Full Bio
Philip Nelson
Philip Nelson, born in 1934, is a distinguished scientist whose revolutionary work in aseptic food processing and packaging has transformed the global food industry. His breakthroughs significantly reduced food loss and garnered international recognition, including the 2007 World Food Prize.
Read Full Bio
Audrey Nepveu
Audrey Nepveu de Villemarceau is a Global Technical Specialist in Water and Rural Infrastructure at IFAD.
Read Full Bio
Thomas Ngotho
Thomas Ngotho is a Senior Consultant for Crops and Agronomy at Business for Development.
Read Full Bio



Nachilala Nkombo
Nachilala Nkombo is the Country Director of WWF, Zambia and a member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel.
Read Full Bio
Elizabeth Nsimadala
Elizabeth Nsimadala is Regional President of East African Farmers Federation.
Read Full Bio
Apollos Nwafor
Dr Apollos Nwafor is Vice President for Policy and State Capability at AGRA.
Read Full Bio
Kanayo F. Nwanze
Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Read Full Bio
Patrick Nyaga
Patrick Nyaga is Project Coordinator for Regenerative Agriculture at Farm Africa.
Read Full Bio
Awino Nyamolo
Awino Nyamolo is a communications specialist and former communications coordinator at TechnoServe.
Read Full Bio
Judy Nyawira
Judy Nyawira is the production manager for the Kenyan TV show “Shamba Shape Up”.
Read Full Bio
Doug O’Brien
Doug O’Brien is Vice President of Programs at the Global FoodBanking Network.
Read Full Bio
Laura Glenn O’Carroll
Laura Glenn O’Carroll is a Research Associate at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Read Full Bio
Allan Ochieng Odera
Allan Ochieng Odera is Resilience Coordinator for Danish Refugee Council (DRC).
Read Full Bio

Sunday Odjo
Sunday Pierre Odjo is the Deputy Director of the Department of Operational Support at AKADEMIYA2063. He is an agricultural economist with research interest in farm household modelling and trade and agricultural policy analysis.
Read Full Bio
Sylvanus Odjo
Sylvanus Odjo is a post-harvest specialist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) based in Texcoco, Mexico.
Read Full Bio
Dorine Odongo
Dorine Odongo is the Senior Communications Manager at African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD).
Read Full Bio

Obed Ogega
Obed Ogega, PhD is a climate scientist and program management specialist focused on research capacity strengthening for development in response to Africa’s developmental needs and priorities.
Read Full Bio

John Oluwafemi
John Oluwafemi is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network from Nigeria.
Read Full Bio
Yvette Ondachi
Yvette Ondachi is the founder of Ojay Greene, a Kenyan agribusiness that connects rural farmers to urban markets.
Read Full Bio
Diana Onyango
Dr Diana Onyango has over 19 years of experience working in animal health, climate mitigation and livelihoods programmes in the Horn of Africa. She leads the technical team at Farm Africa, overseeing technical expertise and quality assurance of our programmes.
Read Full Bio

Tom Osebe
Dr Tom Osebe is the Senior Manager of Commercial Development and Impact, Africa. He is a parasitologist with a master’s in Applied Parasitology and a PhD in applied parasitology.
Read Full Bio
Heike Ostermann
Heike Ostermann is a post-harvest expert at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and is based in Bonn, Germany.
Read Full Bio
Peggy Oti-Boateng
Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng is the Executive Director at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
Read Full Bio
Isik Ozturk
Isik is an expert in climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture, with over 15 years of experience bridging the gap between scientific research and field implementations.
Read Full Bio
Courtney Paisley
Courtney Paisley is the Director of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).
Read Full Bio
Enrique Pando
Enrique Hernández Pando is the Head of Commercial Development at GALVmed.
Read Full Bio
Rajul Pandya-Lorch
Rajul Pandya-Lorch is chief of staff in the Director General’s Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Read Full Bio
Karen Parry
Dr Karen Parry is a social science researcher and works with a research-for-development project aimed at improving the functionality of small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa.
Read Full Bio
Himanshu Pathak
Dr Himanshu Pathak is Secretary DARE and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Read Full Bio
Amath Pathé Sene
Amath Pathé Sene is the Managing Director of Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF).
Read Full Bio
Jean-Marie Paugam
Jean-Marie Paugam is the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. He has held senior management positions in the French Government on trade.
Read Full Bio
Tumusiime Rhoda Peace
H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace is former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union.
Read Full Bio

Oshani Perera
Oshani Perera has 16 years of experience providing advice and advocacy in 25 countries, on sustainable infrastructure, nature-based solutions, public procurement, sustainable finance, foreign direct investment, ESG and sustainability reporting.
Read Full Bio
Lauren Philips
Lauren M. Phillips is a political economist and currently Deputy Director for the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Read Full Bio
Francine Picard
Francine has worked for 15 years across the African continent, advising parliamentarians, regional economic commissions, public institutions and farmers organisations on food, agriculture, land, climate change, gender equality and regional integration. She co-founded the Shamba Centre to help raise the political commitment to ending hunger and closing the gender gap while providing a voice and space for vulnerable communities in decision-making.
Read Full Bio
Valeria Piñeiro
Valeria Piñeiro is Acting Head of IFPRI’s Latin American Region and Senior Research Coordinator with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI) Unit
Read Full Bio
Prabhu Pingali
Prabhu Pingali is Professor of Applied Economics & Director of the Tata-Cornell Agriculture & Nutrition Initiative at Cornell University.
Read Full Bio
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, currently Professor Emeritus, is a 2001 World Food Prize Laureate and the recipient of several awards for his teaching, research and communication. He is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen University.
Read Full Bio

Keith Polo
Keith Polo is Managing Director of Tukula Farming Company, and Country Director at the Clinton Development Initiative.
Read Full Bio

Channa Prakash
Dr. Channa S. Prakash is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Tuskegee University in the United States. He has been a valued member of the faculty at Tuskegee University since 1989 and is a distinguished professor specializing in crop genetics and biotechnology. Dr. Prakash is at the forefront of advocating for science-based agricultural advancement, particularly in molecular techniques, including the application of genetically modified crops and genome engineering.
Read Full Bio
B.M. Prasanna
B.M. Prasanna is Director of the Global Maize Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
Read Full Bio
B.M. Prasanna
B.M. Prasanna is the Director of the Global Maize Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
Read Full Bio
Nicole Prenger
Nicole Barreca Prenger is the Senior Director, Strategic Communications, at the World Food Prize Foundation.
Read Full Bio
Rhiannan Price
Rhiannan Price is Senior Manager of Digital Globe’s ‘Seeing a Better World’ program.
Read Full Bio

Ranjitha Puskur
Ranjitha Puskur currently leads the CGIAR Impact Platform Evidence Module and also the Gender and Livelihoods Research Program of the International Rice Research Institute.
Read Full Bio
Kenneth M. Quinn
Kenneth M. Quinn is the former president of the World Food Prize Foundation.
Read Full Bio
Michael Quinn
Dr. Michael Quinn is Lead of the CGIAR Accelerated Breeding Initiative and Director of the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform.
Read Full Bio

Thembinkosi Ramuthivheli
Thembinkosi Ramuthivheli is a veterinarian, working as a project manager at GALVmed. He joined GALVmed from the animal health pharmaceutical industry, after working in sales and marketing roles within the sub-Saharan African market.
Read Full Bio

Elisabetta Recine
Elisabetta Recine is President of CONSEA (Conselho de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional), Brazil’s National Council for Food and Nutrition Security.
Read Full Bio
Jean-Pierre Rennaud
Jean-Pierre Rennaud is General Delegate & Cofounder at Livelihoods Fund.
Read Full Bio
Matthew Reynolds
Matthew Reynolds is a Distinguished Scientist and Head of Wheat Physiology at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
Read Full Bio

Ben Rivoire
Ben Rivoire is the Sustainability and Crop Value Chain Manager at the International Seed Federation (ISF).
Read Full Bio
Lance Robinson
Lance Robinson is an environmental governance and resilience specialist, formerly at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Read Full Bio

Efren Robles
Efrén Robles is the co-founder of Frutos del Guacabo, a Culinary Agro-Hub Farm and co-founder of Horizon Solutions a water treatment consulting firm.
Read Full Bio
David Roquetti
David Roquetti is Executive Director of Associação Nacional Para Difusão de Adubos (ANDA) in Brazil.
Read Full Bio
Mark Rosegrant
Mark W. Rosegrant is a Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General’s Office at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Read Full Bio
Eric Rosenberg
Eric Rosenberg is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bryant Christie Inc.
Read Full Bio
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Dr. Rosenzweig co-founded and sits on the Executive Committee of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), a globally integrated and transdisciplinary study focusing on climate impacts within the agricultural sector on national and global scales. She held the role of Coordinating Lead Author of the Food Security Chapter for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land. She was named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her pioneering work in modelling the impact of climate change on food production.
Read Full Bio
Jeffrey L. Rosichan
Jeffrey Rosichan is the Director of Crops of the Future Collaborative at the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.
Read Full Bio


Victoria Sabula
Victoria Sabula is the Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF).
Read Full Bio
Umair Safdar
Umair Safdar is the Development Communications Lead for CABI (Central & West Asia office), Pakistan and Project Manager of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency funded ‘Capacity building of potato growers’ project.
Read Full Bio
Kazuki Saito
Dr. Kazuki Saito is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Young Promising Scientist.
Read Full BioAlexander Sakal
Alexander Sakal is Chief Business Development Officer at EOS Crop Monitoring.
Read Full Bio
Patience Samhutsa
Patience Samhutsa is a market systems specialist with Practical Action Consulting Southern Africa.
Read Full Bio
Pedro Sanchez
Pedro Sanchez is Research Professor of Tropical Soils at the University of Florida Soil & Water Sciences Department.
Read Full Bio

Natasha Santos
Natasha Santos is Vice President, Head of Global Stakeholders Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Bayer Crop Science.
Read Full Bio
Anish Sapkota
Anish Sapkota is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network from Nepal.
Read Full Bio
Ashrita Saran
Dr Ashrita Saran is the Deputy Director, Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis Programme at the Global Development Network (GDN).
Read Full Bio
Noriko Sato
Noriko Sato is the Senior Natural Resources Specialist, ADB Sectors Group.
Read Full Bio
Moumini Savadogo
Dr. Moumini Savadogo, Rhodes Scholar, Beit Fellow, and Chair of the West African steering committee on the Green Hydrogen Atlas under the Go Green Go Africa initiative, is the Managing Director of AKADEMIYA2063.
Read Full Bio
Lizzie Sayer
Lizzie Sayer is former Senior Communications Officer at the International Science Council.
Read Full Bio
Francine Sayoc
Francine Sayoc is the Communications Manager at the International Seed Federation (ISF).
Read Full Bio
Dirk Schattschneider
Dirk Schattschneider is Co-Chair of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).
Read Full Bio

Maja Schling
Maja Schling is an economist in the Environment, Rural Development, and Disaster Risk Management Division (RND) of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Read Full Bio
Guido Schmidt-Traub
Guido Schmidt-Traub us Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
Read Full Bio

Puvan Selvanathan
Puvan Selvanathan is former Head of Food and Agriculture at the UN Global Compact and current Head at the Office of the International Trade Centre.
Read Full Bio
Ramasamy Selvaraju
Dr Selvaraju Ramasamy is currently Senior Agricultural Officer, Office of Innovation at FAO of the UN. He leads FAO’s technical support for strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) and coordinates partnerships with National Agricultural Research Systems and Extension and Advisory Services and their regional networks.
Read Full Bio

Matt Shakhovskoy
Matt Shakhovskoy is Executive Director of the Initiative for Smallholder Finance.
Read Full Bio



Carin Smaller
Carin has worked for over 15 years advising policymakers, donors and parliamentarians in more than 20 countries on public and private investment and trade in agriculture and food systems. She co-founded the Shamba Centre to continue her lifelong quest to end hunger and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Read Full Bio
Sok Sotha
Sok Sotha is Managing Director of Cambodian Farmer Federation Association of Agriculture Producers (CFAP).
Read Full Bio
Chase Sova
Dr Chase Sova is Senior Director of Public Policy and Research at World Food Programme USA.
Read Full Bio


Marc Steen
Marc Steen is CNFA’s Chief of Party of the Maximizing Opportunities in Cocoa Activity (MOCA).
Read Full Bio


Will Surman
Will Surman is Director of Communications for Crop Protection at CropLife International.
Read Full Bio
David Suttie
David Suttie is former Global Engagement Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Read Full Bio
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Dr. Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is the 1987 World Food Prize winner.
Read Full Bio
Victor Taleon
Victor Taleon works on biofortified crops at the research centre HarvestPlus.
Read Full Bio
Shirley Tarawali
Shirley Tarawali is Assistant Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Read Full Bio
Gustavo Teixeira
Gustavo Teixeira is Module Lead at the Breeding Operations and Phenotyping module for CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB).
Read Full Bio
Lewis Temple
Lewis Temple is former Chief Executive for International Development Enterprises UK.
Read Full Bio
Fethi Thabet
Fethi Thabet is Telecommunications Engineer, City Councillor for Ariana, Tunisia, and Theme Leader for Engineering and Sustainable Agriculture at the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO).
Read Full Bio
Deepa Thiagarajan
Deepa Thiagarajan is the Director of the Global Food Systems and Value Chains Programs at Michigan State University.
Read Full Bio
Ibrahim Thiaw
Ibrahim Thiaw is the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Read Full Bio
Shakuntala Thilsted
Shakuntala Thilsted is the Director for Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR.
Read Full Bio
Sandy Thomas
Professor Sandy Thomas OBE is the Director of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition.
Read Full Bio
Errington J. Thompson
Errington J. Thompson is President of the Agriculture Alliance of the Caribbean (AACARI).
Read Full Bio
Jessica Thorn
Dr Jessica Thorn is a lecturer in sustainable development at the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews.
Read Full Bio

Katharine Tjasink
Katharine Tjasink serves as the Senior Manager for Impact, Evaluation, and Learning at GALVmed.
Read Full Bio


Maximo Torero
Maximo Torero is the chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy.
Read Full Bio
Didier Toubia
Didier Toubia is a Food Engineer and Biologist who led two medical device companies and co-invented over 40 patent families.
Read Full Bio
Fousseini Traoré
Fousseini Traore is a Senior Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. He has conducted research on agricultural trade, global cotton subsidies, and access to energy in rural areas in Africa.
Read Full Bio
Ivan Tupajic
Ivan Tupajic is an agronomist who works at a plant breeding station in Serbia.
Read Full Bio

Sopian Tuya
Hon. Sopian Tuya is the Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.
Read Full Bio
Bhumika TV
Bhumika TV is a public health researcher working towards bringing constructive development in South Asia. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on issues in the health system, pandemics, social programs influencing health and well-being of women and children. Bhumika has a medical background with a postgraduate degree in public health and an ongoing PhD.
Read Full Bio
John Ulimwengu
Dr John M. Ulimwengu’s research interests include poverty dynamics, agricultural productivity, and rural development. Since 2007, John has been involved in strategic research on the transformation of food systems in Africa under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) agenda and has served as the Africa-wide coordinator of the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS).
Read Full Bio

Marc Van Ameringen
Marc Van Ameringen is the former Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
Read Full Bio
Andre F van Rooyen
Andre F. van Rooyen is the Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR.
Read Full Bio
Hervé Vanderschuren
Professor Hervé Vanderschuren is affiliated with ETH Zurich, the University of Liège, Gembloux and Agro-Bio Tech and was nominated for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Young Promising Scientist.
Read Full Bio
Gerda Verburg
Gerda Verburg is Former Coordinator Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement) and the Former Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries of Netherlands.
Read Full Bio

Víctor Villalobos
Dr. Víctor Villalobos is the former Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture.
Read Full Bio
Chiara Villani
Chiara Villani is Agrobiodiversity Index Project Coordinator at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
Read Full Bio

Joachim von Braun
Dr Joachim von Braun is Professor for Economic and Technological Change at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn.
Read Full Bio
Beatrice Wakwabubi
Beatrice Wakwabubi is a Kenyan farmer with Farm Africa’s Growing Futures initiative.
Read Full Bio
Elizabeth Wathuti
Elizabeth Wathuti is the Lead Coordinator of the African Youth Climate Assembly (AYCA) and Africa Climate Summit (ACS) Youth Engagement.
Read Full Bio

Christian Werner
Christian Werner is a quantitative genetics specialist. His research is focused on the utilisation of quantitative genetics, genomics and biostatistics in plant breeding.
Read Full Bio
Thomas Westhoff
Thomas Westhoff served as president of International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) 22/23 and is a NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN) Ambassador.
Read Full Bio


Rotimi Williams
Rotimi Williams is a former journalist, agripreneur and self-taught farmer who has a passion to make a change in the agricultural space and is actively involved in helping communities affected by the security challenges in Northern Nigeria.
Read Full Bio
Steve Wilson
Dr Steve Wilson is the Director of R&D at GALVmed. Dr Wilson is a biologist with a Masters in biotechnology and doctorate degree in veterinary immunology and infectious disease.
Read Full Bio
Paul Winters
Paul Winters is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
Read Full Bio

James Wong
James Wong is an ethnobotanist and presenter of BBC’s ‘Follow the Food’ series.
Read Full Bio
Micaela Wu
Micaela is the Communications Coordinator at The Global FoodBanking Network, where she assists with all aspects of GFN’s communications strategy and coordinates projects with Network food bank staff to support their marketing efforts.
Read Full Bio

Sivan Yosef
Sivan Yosef is Sivan Yosef is a Senior Program Manager in the Director General’s Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Read Full Bio

Chahir Zaki
Chahir Zaki is a Chaired Professor of Economics at the University of Orléans and a research fellow at Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans.
Read Full Bio
Mainassara Zaman-Allah
Mainassara Zaman-Allah is a physiologist and abiotic stress phenotyping specialist.
Read Full Bio
Leanne Zeppenfeldt
Leanne Zeppenfeldt is Knowledge & Partnerships Officer at Clim-Eat.
Read Full Bio

Shamie Zingore
Dr Shamie Zingore is Director of Research and Development at the African Plant Nutrition Institute.
Read Full Bio
Laura Zseleczky
Laura Zseleczky is the marketing and communications manager for the Fish Innovation Lab and formerly of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Read Full Bio

Mashiri Zvarimwa
Mashiri Zvarimwa is an Ambassador for the NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN) and Technical Assistance Facilitator for the Southern and Central Africa Regional Innovation Hub.
Read Full BioPopular Posts
What We Can Learn From Degrowth to Transform Global Food Systems
Global: Degrowth, downscaling of excess production and emissions, offers better soil health, environmental and good nutrition benefits.
Read MoreInnovating Potato Farming Through Apical Cuttings
Africa & Middle East: Agriculture students at Rift Valley National Polytechnic have pioneered a sustainable method for propagating potatoes using rooted apical cuttings.
Read MoreStay Informed
Sign up for the Farming First newsletter.