Columnists

Fazle Hasan Abed

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is the founder of BRAC and the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate.

Benjamin Kwasi Addom

Benjamin Kwasi Addom is Adviser on Agriculture & Fisheries Trade Policy for the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda.

Akinwumi Adesina

Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is the the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.

Shweta Adhikari

Shweta Adhikari is a student at the Agriculture and Forestry University in Nepal.

Mohamed Aheeyar

Mohamed Aheeyar is a researcher with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

Ebunoluwa Ijeoma Ajobiewe

Ebunoluwa Ijeoma Ajobiewe is an Ambassador for the NextGen Ag Impact Network (NGIN) and advocate for youth in agriculture.

Leila Al-Hamoodah

Leila Al-Hamoodah is formerly from the big data company aWhere, Inc.

Fadhel Alansari

Fadhel Alansari is the the General Manager of Manufacturing at Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company.

Mengistu Alemu

Mengistu Alemu is a Veterinary Technician from Ethiopia.

Barrett Alexander

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

Pamela Anderson

Robynne Anderson

Robynne Anderson is President of Emerging Ag Inc.

Scott J. Angle

Dr. Scott J. Angle is the former President and CEO of IFDC.

Debisi Araba

Dr Debisi Araba is Managing Director of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) and Malabo Montpellier Panel Member.

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold is Global Panel Member and Chair, EU Commission Task Force Rural Africa (TRFA).

Huseyin Arslan

Huseyin Arslan is President of the Global Pulse Confederation (GPC).

Nick Austin

Nick Austin is Agricultural Development Director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Hakan Bahceci

Hakan Bahceci is CEO of Hakan Foods and Former Global Pulse Confederation President.

Soumya Balasubramanya

Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya is a Senior Researcher in Environment and Development Economics at the International Water Management Institute.

Kasey Bamberger

Kasey Bamberger is third generation owner of Bryant Agricultural Enterprise. 

H.E. Joyce Banda

H.E. Joyce Banda is the Former President of Malawi.

Arun Baral

Arun Baral. is CEO of HarvestPlus – CGIAR’s flagship programme on staple crop biofortification.

Jim Barnhart

Dr. Jim Barnhart is Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development.

Melissa Benn

Melissa Benn is a former manager with Chemonics’ Agriculture and Food Security Practice.

Tim Benton

Professor Tim Benton is Dean of Strategic Research at Leeds University and former UK Global Food Security Champion.

David Bergvinson

David Bergvinson is Chief Science Officer of aWhere Inc.

Leighona Bernstein

Leighona Bernstein is former Communications Manager at CropLife International.

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.

Micael Beun

Micael Beun is an IFDC project lead in Burundi.

Lawrence Biyika Songa

Lawrence Biyika Songa is COP representative for Uganda.

Jim Borel

Jim Borel is former Executive Vice President of Dupont.

Carla Mayara Borges

Carla Mayara Borges is a third-generation grain farmer from the Mid-West of Brazil.

Jerome Bossuet

Jerome Bossuet is a communications specialist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

Howarth Bouis

Howarth Bouis is the Founding Director of HarvestPlus and World Food Prize Laureate.

Leon Broers

Leon Broers is Former Member-Mgmt Board at KWS Saat SE & Co KGaA.

Lynn Brown

Lynn Brown is Director Policy, Strategy, and the Africa Region at HarvestPlus.

Howard G. Buffett

Howard G. Buffett is Chairman and CEO of the Howard Buffett Foundation.

Elisa Burrows

Elisa Burrows is Partnership Manager at Fintrac.

Oliver Camp

Oliver Camp is an innovation specialist focused on nutrition, health, wellness, and sustainability.

Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell is Chief Innovation Strategist at Clim-Eat.

Alessandro Caprini

Alessandro Caprini is a Junior Consultant at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Sue Carlson

Sue Carlson is Chair of the Women’s Committee of the World Farmers’ Organisation.

Keri Carstens

Keri Carstens is the former Global Regulatory Lead – Seed Applied Technologies & Biologicals at Corteva Agriscience.

Michael R. Carter

Professor Michael R. Carter is the founding director of the Resilience+ Innovation Facility.

Amy Chambers

Amy Chambers is an international development consultant.

Ranveer Chandra

Ranveer Chandra is formerly the Chief Scientist at Azure Global, Microsoft.

Erik Chavez

Erik is a research fellow at the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis at the Finance Department of Imperial College Business School.

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).

Veneless Chimpesa

Veneless Chimpesa is an extension agent at Gorta-Self Help Africa.

Kalongo Chitengi

Kalongo Chitengi is the Zambia Country Director of Self Help Africa.

David A. Ramírez Collantes

Dr. David A. Ramírez Collantes is a nominee for the Louis Malassis Scientific Prize for Young Promising Scientist.

Dan Collison

Dan Collison is the Chief Executive of Farm Africa.

Liam Condon

Liam Condon is member of the Board of Management for Bayer AG and President of the Crop Science Division.

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.

John Corbett

John Corbett is CEO of aWhere Inc.

John Cordaro

Rolando Corrales

Rolando Corrales is a Risk Analyst at Root Capital.

Didier Coulomb

Didier Coulomb is Director General of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR).

Sheryl Cowan

Sheryl Cowan is Vice President of Programs at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA).

Morgane Danielou

Morgane Danielou is formerly of the Secretariat of the Private Sector Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security.

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis is Executive Secretary of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS).

Theo de Jager

Theo de Jager is the former President of World Farmers Organisation.

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).

Kathrin Demmler

Kathrin Demmler is a former Research Associate at Imperial College London and Malabo Montpellier Panel.

Mathieu Denis

Mathieu Denis is Science Director at the International Science Council.

Kidanie Dessalegn

Kidanie Dessalegn is Team Leader at Self Help Africa’s Livestock Market Development (LMD) Project.

Joe DeVries

Dr. Joe DeVries is Vice President of Programmes at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

Giulia Di Tommaso

Giulia Di Tommaso is former President and CEO of CropLife International.

Tenin Fatimata Dicko

Tenin Fatimata Dicko is a Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank.

David Donoghue

Ambassador David Donoghue is the former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations.

Ruben G. Echeverría

Ruben Echeverría is director general of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

Sara Eckhouse

Sara Eckhouse is Executive Director of FoodShot Global.

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.

Alexis Ellicott

Alexis Ellicott is CNFA Chief of Party on the USAID/Agro-Inputs Project.

Laura Elphick

Laura Elphick is Ecosystem Manager at EIT Food.

Chibuike Emmauel

Chibuike Emmauel is a Nigerian farmer.

Glen Engel-Cox

Glen Engel-Cox is a professional writer and communications consultant.

Jess Fanzo

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

Farming First

Farming First is the leading source for the latest insights, news and case studies on agricultural innovation for development.

Robb Fraley

Robb Fraley is Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto and a winner of the 2013 World Food Prize.

Jean Francois

Jean Francois is Chief of Party of CNFA’s West Africa Cashew Project (PRO-Cashew).

Emile Frison

Dr. Emile Frison is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.

Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote

Dr. Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.

David Galaty

David Galaty is Director of Research and Innovation in East Africa at TechnoServe, a Farming First supporter.

Julian Galindo

Julian Galindo is Senior Project Manager at Livelihoods Fund.

Stefano Gaspirini

Stefano Gaspirini is the Country Director of iDE Mozambique.

Madhu Sudhan Ghimire

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).

Gigi Gatti

Gigi Gatti is Director of Technology for Development at Grameen Foundation.

Bernard Giraud

Bernard Giraud is President and Co-Founder of the Livelihoods Venture.

Arianna Giuliodori

Arianna Giuliodori is Secretary General of the World Farmers’ Organization.

Katrin Glatzel

Katrin Glatzel is the Director of Policy Innovation at Akademiya2063 and program head of The Malabo Montpellier Panel.

Steve Godfrey

Steve Godfrey is Director of Policy and External Relations at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

Juan Gonzalez-Valero

Juan Gonzalez-Valero is Head of Public Policy and Sustainability at Syngenta.

Wim Goris

Wim Goris is network facilitator at AgriProFocus.

Heidi Graves

Heidi Graves is Communications Officer for Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA).

Simon Groot

Simon Groot is the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate and founder of East-West Seed.

Peter Gubbels

Peter Gubbels is the Founder and Director of Action Learning and Advocacy for West Africa at Groundswell International.

Dave Hale

Dave Hale is the Director of TechnoServe Labs at TechnoServe.

Kindra Halvorson

Kindra Halvorson is Chief Transformation Officer at TechnoServe.

Lukas Hanke

Stephanie Hanson

Stephanie Hanson is senior vice president of policy and partnerships at One Acre Fund

Charlotte Hebebrand

Charlotte Hebebrand is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Deborah Hellums

Dr. Deborah Hellums is Chief Program Officer at the International Fertilizer Development Center.

Sheryl Hendriks

Sheryl Hendriks is Director of the Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

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.

Navin Horo

Navin Horo is National Project Coordinator of the ProSoil project.

Nawsheen Hosenally

Nawsheen Hosenally is a freelance social media consultant specialised in agriculture issues.

Albin Hubscher

Albin Hubscher is the former President and CEO of the International Fertilizer Development Center.

João Igor

João Igor is Chief Design Officer and Co-Founder of CoolFarm.

Damian Ihedioha

Dr. Damian Ihedioha is chief agro-industry officer the African Development Bank.

Alice Ingabire

Alice Ingabire is Access to Seeds Index Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance.

Bahati Muriga Jacob

Bahati Muriga Jacob is a Tanzanian farmer.

Jonny Jacobs

Jonny Jacobs is Managing Director of Malawi Mangoes.

James Jenkin

James Jenkin is the CEO of Acceso.

Toby Johnson

Toby Johnson is a former communications team leader at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).

Adrian Johnston

Adrian Johnston is Former Vice President of the International Plant Nutrition Institute in Africa and Asia.

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).

Ray Jordan

Ray Jordan is the CEO of Self Help Africa.

Jessica Joye

Jessica Joye is Director of Communications at CropLife International.

Julia Jung

Maggie Kamau-Biruri

Maggie Kamau-Biruri is Head of Partnerships at HarvestPlus.

Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

Dr Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is Director of AWARD.

Alethia Kang

Alethia Kang is Director of Business Development at Acceso/

Balwinder Singh Kang

Balwinder Singh Kang is an Indian farmer.

Emily Karol

Emily Karol is the Director of Fund Development at iDE (International Development Enterprises).

Rayan Kassem

Rayan Kassem is West Asia Regional Director at Youth4Nature.

Meg Kauthen

Meg Kauthen is Sustainability Designer at Business for Development.

Ed Keturakis

Ed Keturakis is Vice President of Program Development at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) and a New Mexico farmer.

Deepak Dhoj Khadka

Deepak Dhoj Khadka is the Country Director of iDE Bangladesh.

Zeyaur Khan

Professor Zeyaur Khan is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Outstanding Career in Agriculture.

Steve Kibet

Steve Kibet is a soil scientist.

Iris Krebber

Iris Krebber is Co-Chair of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).

Rossmery Daza La Plata

Rossmery Daza La Plata is a Production Manager at South East Pacific Farm SAC.

Rattan Lal

Rattan Lal is Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University.

Jean Lam

Jean Lam is a member of the National Farmers’ Union and works a no-till operation in Oklahoma, US.

Claire Lanaud

Dr. Claire Lanaud is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Distinguished Scientist.

Lysiane Lefebvre

Lysiane Lefebvre is Policy Advisor and Project Manager at the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate

Wilson Leonardo

Wilson Leonardo is an IFDC project lead in Mozambique.

Bill Lingren

Bill Lingren is founder and CEO of Trécé, Inc.

Jan W. Low

Dr Jan W. Low is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Distinguished Scientist.

Racine Ly

Dr. Racine Ly is the Director of the Department of Data Management, Digital Products, and Technolog at AKADEMIYA2063.

Donald MacKenzie

Dr. Donald MacKenzie is the executive director of the Institute for International Crop Improvement (IICI) at the Danforth Center.

Dace Mahanay

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.

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery at AGRA.

Harinder Makkar

Professor Harinder Makkar formerly worked at the Animal Production and Health Division of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Kedar Mankad

Kedar Mankad is Policy Officer for Agriculture and Inclusive Growth at ONE International.

Caroline Manus

 Caroline Manus is a Food Scientist with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

Raphael Marques da Silva

Raphael is a gen-y agripreneur from Brazil.

Tshepiso Marumo

Tshepiso Marumo is a young entrepreneur from Botswana, who has been keeping bees and producing honey based products since 2007.

Anastasia Mbatia

Anastasia Mbatia is Senior Technical Manager for Agriculture, Farm Africa and author of Quality Declared Seed.

Ivan Mbowa

Ivan Mbowa is co-founder of Umati Capital.

Will McAneny

Will McAneny is Communications Associate at Root Capital. 

Bonnie McClafferty

Bonnie McClafferty is Director of Agriculture for Nutrition at GAIN.

Tim McGreevy

Tim McGreevy is CEO of the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council.

Brian McNamara

Brian McNamara is an Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI) Unit Program Coordinator

Andrew Medlicott

Andrew Medlicott is the Executive Vice President of Latin America & Caribbean at Fintrac.

Francis Mendez

Francis Mendez is Director of Fairtrasa Mexico.

Caryl Merten

Carly Merten is an associate in Chemonics’ West and Central Africa and Haiti Division.

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.

Bob Morris

Bob Morris is of AndMore Associates, LLC.

Anne Mottet

Anne Mottet is Livestock Development Officer at FAO.

Nicolas Mounard

Nicolas Mounard is CEO of Farm Africa.

Talentus Mthunzi

Talentus Mthunzi is a monitoring and Evaluation specialist in the food, agriculture and natural resources sector.

Vanessa Mukhebi

Vanessa Mukhebi is an African youth and agriculture activist.

Katharina Münster

Katharina Münster is Junior Specialist for Communications and Digital Innovation at the Inclusive Business Action Network.

Kisilu Musya

James Mwololo

James Mwololo is Head of Agriculture at Farm Africa.

Caroline Mwongera

Caroline Mwongera is a Food security, Climate change and Environment specialist at The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture.

Reema Nanavaty

Reema Nanavaty is Director of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).

Andrew Natsios

Andrew Natsios is former Administrator of USAID and current Advisory Committee Chair of HarvestPlus.

Sylvia Natukunda

 Sylvia Natukunda is business and partnership manager at AgriProFocus.

Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba

Sithembile Ndema Mwamakamba is the Director of Policy Research and Analysis at Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).

Teshome Nega

Teshome Nega is Urban Agriculture Project Coordinator at Farm Africa.

Thomas Ngotho

Thomas Ngotho is a Senior Consultant for Crops and Agronomy at Business for Development.

Esther Ngumbi

Esther Ngumbi is a co-founder of Oyeska Greens.

Supriya Nigudkar

Supriya Nigudkar is the Business Development Lead at Agvesto.

Edouard Nizeyimana

Nachilala Nkombo

Nachilala Nkombo is the Country Director of WWF, Zambia and a member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel.

Elizabeth Nsimadala

Elizabeth Nsimadala is Regional President of East African Farmers Federation.

Apollos Nwafor

Dr Apollos Nwafor is Vice President for Policy and State Capability at AGRA.

Kanayo F. Nwanze

Kanayo F. Nwanze is President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Patrick Nyaga

Patrick Nyaga is Project Coordinator for Regenerative Agriculture at Farm Africa.

Awino Nyamolo

Awino Nyamolo is a communications specialist and former communications coordinator at TechnoServe.

Judy Nyawira

Judy Nyawira is the production manager for the Kenyan TV show “Shamba Shape Up”.

Doug O’Brien

Doug O’Brien is Vice President of Programs at the Global FoodBanking Network.

Laura Glenn O’Carroll

Laura Glenn O’Carroll is a Research Associate at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Allan Ochieng Odera

Allan Ochieng Odera is Resilience Coordinator for Danish Refugee Council (DRC).

Dennis Odera

Dennis Odera is Africa Business Coordinator for WeFarm.

Dorine Odongo

Dorine Odongo is the Senior Communications Manager at African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD).

Charles Ogang

Charles Ogang is President of the Uganda National Farmers Federation.

Benjamin Okia

Benjamin Okia is Gender Specialist at Farm Africa.

Yvette Ondachi

Yvette Ondachi is the founder of Ojay Greene, a Kenyan agribusiness that connects rural farmers to urban markets.

MaryLucy Oronje

MaryLucy Oronje is Knowledge Bank Coordinator, at CABI East Africa.

Courtney Paisley

Courtney Paisley is the Director of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).

Rajul Pandya-Lorch

Rajul Pandya-Lorch is chief of staff in the Director General’s Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Amath Pathé Sene

Amath Pathé Sene is the Managing Director of Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF).

Jose Perdomo

Jose Perdomo is President of CropLife Latin America.

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

Richard Pluke

Dr. Richard Pluke is Senior Agricultural Advisor at Fintrac.

Keith Polo

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

Hilda Poulson

Hilda Poulson is an analyst at One Acre Fund.

B.M. Prasanna

B.M. Prasanna is the Director of the Global Maize Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

B.M. Prasanna

B.M. Prasanna is Director of the Global Maize Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

Rhiannan Price

Rhiannan Price is Senior Manager of Digital Globe’s ‘Seeing a Better World’ program.

Viola Prifti

Dr. Viola Prifti is a Postdoctoral Researcher at HTW Berlin.

Kenneth M. Quinn

Kenneth M. Quinn is the former president of the World Food Prize Foundation.

Michael Quinn

Dr. Michael Quinn is Lead of the CGIAR Accelerated Breeding Initiative and Director of the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform.

Nishal Ramdoo

Nishal Ramdoo is Director of Communications at Livelihoods Fund. 

Dennis Rangi

Dr Dennis Rangi is Director General, Development at CABI.

Jean-Pierre Rennaud

Jean-Pierre Rennaud is General Delegate & Cofounder at Livelihoods Fund.

Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds is a Distinguished Scientist and Head of Wheat Physiology at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

Frank Rijsberman

Frank Rijsberman is the former CEO of CGIAR Consortium.

Nat Robinson

Nat Robinson is Chief Executive Officer of Juhudi Kilimo.

David Roquetti

David Roquetti is Executive Director of Associação Nacional Para Difusão de Adubos (ANDA) in Brazil.

Jeffrey L. Rosichan

Jeffrey Rosichan is the Director of Crops of the Future Collaborative at the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.

Sylvain Roy

Sylvain Roy is CEO of Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA).

Jim Ruiz

Jim Ruiz is co-founder of Fairtrasa Peru.

Kazuki Saito

Dr. Kazuki Saito is a nominee for the Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Young Promising Scientist.

Alexander Sakal

Alexander Sakal is Chief Business Development Officer at EOS Crop Monitoring.

Pedro Sanchez

Pedro Sanchez is Research Professor of Tropical Soils at the University of Florida Soil & Water Sciences Department.

Natasha Santos

Natasha Santos is Vice President, Head of Global Stakeholders Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Bayer Crop Science.

Lizzie Sayer

Lizzie Sayer is former Senior Communications Officer at the International Science Council.

Dirk Schattschneider

Dirk Schattschneider is Co-Chair of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP).

Simone Schenkel

Simone Schenkel is Program Coordinator at CNFA.

Guido Schmidt-Traub

Guido Schmidt-Traub us Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).

Carolin Schumacher

Dr Carolin Schumacher is the Chief Executive Officer at GALVmed.

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.

Meera Shah

Meera Shah is a Project Administrator at Malabo Montpellier Panel.

Matt Shakhovskoy

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

Howard-Yana Shapiro

Howard-Yana Shapiro is Chief Agricultural Officer of Mars.

Hudson Shiraku

Hudson Shiraku is a Kenyan environmental scientist.

Alex Simuyandi

Alex Simuyandi is former operations director at AgDevCo.

Sok Sotha

Sok Sotha is Managing Director of Cambodian Farmer Federation Association of Agriculture Producers (CFAP).

Chase Sova

Dr Chase Sova is Senior Director of Public Policy and Research at World Food Programme USA.

Gabe Stalcup

Gabe Stalcup is former Senior Director of Finance at aWhere.

Claire Starkey

Claire Starkey is President of Fintrac.

Marc Steen

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

Ann Steensland

Ann Steensland is Deputy Director of Global Harvest Initiative.

Ishmael Sunga

Ishmael Sunga is CEO of SACAU.

Will Surman

Will Surman is Director of Communications for Crop Protection at CropLife International.

David Suttie

David Suttie is former Global Engagement Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan

Dr. Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is the 1987 World Food Prize winner.

Victor Taleon

Victor Taleon works on biofortified crops at the research centre HarvestPlus.

Shirley Tarawali

Shirley Tarawali is Assistant Director General of the
 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Gustavo Teixeira

Gustavo Teixeira is Module Lead at the Breeding Operations and Phenotyping module for CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB).

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).

Deepa Thiagarajan

Deepa Thiagarajan is the Director of the Global Food Systems and Value Chains Programs at Michigan State University.

Shakuntala Thilsted

Shakuntala Thilsted is the Director for Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR.

Sandy Thomas

Professor Sandy Thomas OBE is the Director of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition.

Errington J. Thompson

Errington J. Thompson is President of the Agriculture Alliance of the Caribbean (AACARI).

Philip Thornton

Dr Philip Thornton is Research and Innovation Strategist at Clim-Eat.

Jhannel Tomlinson

Jhannel Tomlinson is YPARD country representative for Jamaica.

Ivan Tupajic

Ivan Tupajic is an agronomist who works at a plant breeding station in Serbia.

Ann Tutwiler

Ann Tutwiler is Director General of Bioversity International.

Tamar Valdman

Marc Van Ameringen

Marc Van Ameringen is the former Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

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.

Gerda Verburg

Gerda Verburg is Former Coordinator Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement) and the Former Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries of Netherlands.

Edna Vergara

Edna Vergara is CEO of Panama Golden Pineapple.

Víctor Villalobos

Dr. Víctor Villalobos is the former Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture.

Chiara Villani

Chiara Villani is Agrobiodiversity Index Project Coordinator at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.

Sam Viney

Sam Viney is a former Communications and Advocacy Officer at Farm Africa.

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.

Beatrice Wakwabubi

Beatrice Wakwabubi is a Kenyan farmer with Farm Africa’s Growing Futures initiative.

Elizabeth Wathuti

Elizabeth Wathuti is the Lead Coordinator of the African Youth Climate Assembly (AYCA) and Africa Climate Summit (ACS) Youth Engagement.

Russ Webster

Russ Webster is CEO of International Development Strategies.

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.

Fulco Wijdooge

Fulco Wijdooge is General Manager of China at Ridder Group.

Kristin Williams

Kristin Williams is Communications Manager at Root Capital.

Julian Wolfson

Julian Wolfson is former Chief Executive of iDE Europe.

James Wong

James Wong is an ethnobotanist and presenter of BBC’s ‘Follow the Food’ series.

Meron Yomcwiny

Meron Yomcwiny is former Project Coordinator at Farm Africa.

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).

Mark Young

Mark Young is Chief Technology Officer at Climate Corporation.

Leanne Zeppenfeldt

Leanne Zeppenfeldt is Knowledge & Partnerships Officer at Clim-Eat.

Xin Zhang

Xin Zhang studies the environmental impacts of agricultural production.

Shamie Zingore

Dr Shamie Zingore is Director of Research and Development at the African Plant Nutrition Institute.

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).

Matija Zulj

Matija Zulj is CEO and Founder of AGRIV.

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.