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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CropLife International

CropLife International champions innovative technologies that help farmers grow more food on less land sustainably.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Global Farmer Network

The Global Farmer Network® amplifies the farmers’ voice in promoting trade, technology, sustainable farming, economic growth, and food security.

Global Methane Hub

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.

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.

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.

International Fertilizer Development Center

The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is an independent non-profit organisation that combines innovative research, market systems development and strategic partnerships to spread sustainable agricultural solutions for improved soil health, food security and livelihoods around the world.

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.

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.

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) is an all-inclusive multi-stakeholder pan-African network that provides independent evidence to inform and influence policy processes at national and regional levels.

The GAP Initiative

The GAP Initiative at Virginia Tech desires that every farmer has access to every proven, appropriate tool for creating agricultural productivity growth to sustainably meet our agricultural needs by 2050.

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) is a multilateral financing platform dedicated to improving food and nutrition security worldwide.

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.

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organisation dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today.

The Malabo Montpellier Panel

The Malabo Montpellier Panel convenes 17 leading experts in agriculture, engineering, ecology, nutrition, and food security.

UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

The UN Environment Programme is the leading global voice on the environment.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WorldFish

WorldFish is an international, non-profit research and innovation organisation reducing hunger, malnutrition and poverty across Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

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.

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.

Fazle Hasan Abed

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

Practical Action

Practical Action is an international development group, building sustainable lives and livelihoods with people on the frontlines of poverty and climate change.

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.

Jessica Agnew

Dr Jessica Agnew is a global food systems expert dedicated to advancing equitable, resilient agri-food systems and improving access to nutritious foods worldwide.

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.

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.

Rose Akaki

Rose Akaki is a female smallholder farmer from Uganda.

Leila Al-Hamoodah

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

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.

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.

Emily Alpert

Emily Alpert is former Deputy Director of Agriculture for Impact.

Pamela K. Anderson

Robynne Anderson

Robynne Anderson is President of Emerging Ag Inc.

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.

Alex Andreoli

Alex Andreoli is the Associate, Knowledge Generation, at Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU).

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).

Sheri Arnott

Sheri Arnott is Senior Policy Advisor for Food Assistance/Food Security at World Vision.

Huseyin Arslan

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

Kellen Asena

Kellen Asena is a veterinarian by training with a rich background in sales and marketing of veterinary pharmaceuticals.

Nick Austin

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

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.

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.

Hakan Bahceci

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

Babar Bajwa

Babar Bajwa serves as the Senior Regional Director, Asia for CABI, fostering collaborations with Member Country governments, research organizations, and development agencies.

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.

Derek Baraldi

Derek Baraldi is the Head of Sustainable Finance at the World Economic Forum.

Jerome Barbaron

Jerome Barbaron is the President of CropLife Africa Middle East.

Jim Barnhart

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

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.

Camilla Benfield

Camilla Benfield is the Product Development Lead, Research & Development, at GALVmed.

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.

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.

Vicente Bissoni Neto

Vicente Bissoni Neto produces soybeans and corn and runs a cattle livestock operation in Brazil.

Lawrence Biyika Songa

Lawrence Biyika Songa is COP representative for Uganda.

Henning Bjornlund

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

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.

Dr. Pierre-Marie Borne

Dr. Pierre-Marie Borne is a veterinarian with extensive experience in public health, zoonotic diseases and animal health strategies.

Jerome Bossuet

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

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.

Stephanie Brittain

Stephanie Brittain is Project and Communications Officer at Agriculture for Impact.

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.

Marcel Bruins

Marcel Bruins is the Director of Seed World Europe, former Secretary-General of the International Seed Federation and consultant to CropLife International.

Howard G. Buffett

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

Elisa Burrows

Elisa Burrows is Partnership Manager at Fintrac.

Layih Butake

Dr. Layih Butake is the Director of Communication and Outreach at AKADEMIYA2063.

Antonio Cabrera

Antonio Cabrera is the President of the Cabrera Group, a three-generation family agribusiness company operating in 10 Brazilian states.

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.

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.

Zoe Campbell

Dr. Zoë Campbell is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in the intersection between gender and animal health/ One Health.

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.

Oscar Castaneda

Oscar Castañeda is the Senior Vice President for the Americas at Heifer International.

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).

Pooja Chhabria

Pooja Chhabria is the Digital Editor of the World Economic Forum.

Chilufya Chileshe

Chilufya Chileshe is Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff at the SDG2 Advocacy Hub, a global network working to end hunger and transform food systems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Joan Conrow

Joan Conrow is a writer and communications consultant based in the United States.

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

Joe Cornelius

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

Kristin Davis

Dr Kristin Davis is a Senior Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Nicoline de Haan

Dr Nicoline de Haan is Director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform.

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).

Maura Di Martino

Maura Di Martino is a food safety specialist at the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

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.

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.

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.

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). 

David Donoghue

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

Marie Ducrotoy

Dr Marie Ducrotoy is a veterinary epidemiologist with extensive experience in zoonotic disease research, livestock health management, and international development projects.

Ben Durham

Dr Ben Durham is the Chief Director of Bioinnovation at the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (South Africa).

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.

Julius Ecuru

Dr Julius Ecuru is the Senior Scientist and Manager, Research Innovation Coordination Units at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Kenya) and Co-Chair, International Advisory Council on Global Bioeconomy (IACGB).

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.

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.

Wafaa El Khoury

Wafaa El Khoury is Lead Technical Specialist at the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s Policy and Technical Advisory Division.

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.

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.

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.

Chibuike Emmauel

Chibuike Emmauel is a Nigerian farmer.

Glen Engel-Cox

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

Julius Esanyu

Julius Esanyu is the Project Coordinator of Farm Africa’s CASCADE project in Karamoja, Uganda.

Jess Fanzo

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

Vittorio Fattori

Vittorio Fattori, PhD, is a food safety officer in the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), coordinating the foresight programme on emerging food safety issues and providing scientific advice.

Jane Feeney

Jane Feeney is a communication consultant at the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Corrina Filipovic

Corrina Filipovic is the communications manager at AGRIVI.

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.

Jose Funes

Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote

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

Olubukola Funsho-Sanni

Olubukola Funsho-Sanni is the Youth & Gender Specialist at the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC).

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.

Aulo Gelli

Aulo Gelli is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender and Inclusion Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Madhu Sudhan Ghimire

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.

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

Dr Katrin Glatzel is the Director of Global Strategy and Programs at AKADEMIYA2063.

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.

Anna Goodwin

Anna Goodwin is a Strategic Communications Specialist at IFDC, where she supports communications and digital marketing efforts to elevate the organisation’s visibility and impact.

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.

Margarita Guerra

Margarita Guerra is the Regional Manager Potencia tu Agroempresa at TechnoServe.

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.

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.

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.

Michael Hailu

Michael Hailu is Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).

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

Ryotaro Hayashi

Ryotaro Hayashi is the Senior Social Sector Economist, ADB Human and Social Development Sector Office, Sectors Group.

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.

Pierre Herben

Pierre Herben is former Chief Technology Officer of Yara.

Janet Hering

Janet Hering is co-chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland.

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.

Upeksha Hettiarachchi

Upeksha Hettiarachchi is a Research Analyst with the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Sabyan Honey

Sabyan Faris Honey, boasting over a decade of research and developmental expertise, holds a distinguished record of 21 scientific publications in agriculture.

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.

Jacqueline Hughes

Dr Jacqueline Hughes is the Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

Mariangela Hungria

Dr Mariangela Hungria is the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate. She is also professor and postgraduate advisor in Microbiology and Biotechnology at the State University of Londrina and in the Bioinformatics course at UFTPR, as well as an Embrapa researcher.

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).

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.

Bart IJntema

Bart IJntema is Senior Vice President, Food & Agricultural Development at Rabobank International.

Alice Ingabire

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

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.

Samiul Islam

Samiul Islam is a Senior Nutrition Specialist at ECOFISH II.

Bahati Muriga Jacob

Bahati Muriga Jacob is a Tanzanian farmer.

Jonny Jacobs

Jonny Jacobs is Managing Director of Malawi Mangoes.

KM Jayahari

Jayahari KM (Hari) is India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), a program co-led by World Resources Insitute India.

James Jenkin

James Jenkin is the CEO of Acceso.

Delisa Jiang

Delisa Jiang is the Senior Program Manager, Sustainable Pesticide Management Framework at CropLife International.

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

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.

Poni Nancy Kajokaya

Poni Nancy Kajokaya is the Gender and Youth Inclusion Officer at the International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC).

Agnes Kalibata

Dr. Agnes Kalibata is the President of AGRA.

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.

Nadya Karimasari

Nadya Karimasari is a researcher at Land Research Action Network.

Emily Karol

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

Joseph Karugia

Joseph Karugia (PhD) is a Principal Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Rayan Kassem

Rayan Kassem is West Asia Regional Director at Youth4Nature.

Purushottam Kaushik

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

Meg Kauthen

Meg Kauthen is Sustainability Designer at Business for Development.

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.

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.

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.

Zeyaur Khan

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

Menila Kharel

Menila Kharel is the thematic lead of sustainable agriculture and markets at Practical Action Nepal.

Robert Kibet

Robert Kibet is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Steve Kibet

Steve Kibet is a soil scientist.

Changgil Kim

Changgil Kim is a Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Centre.

Mary Kimani

Mary Kimani is the Data Clerk, Regenerative Agriculture project, at Farm Africa.

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

Lise Korsten

Prof Lise Korsten is the Co-Director of the Department of Science and Innovation, Centre of Excellence in Food Security.

Patrick Kpai

Patrick Kpai is the founder of BOF BioGrow Solutions Ltd, a biotech company in Ghana that transforms agricultural waste into eco-friendly fertilisers and biostimulants suitable for both hydroponic systems and field applications, supporting sustainable food production.

Iris Krebber

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

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.

Saroj Kumar Jha

Mr. Saroj Kumar Jha is the Global Director for the World Bank Group’s Water Global Practice (GP).

Jon Kurtz

Jon Kurtz is Senior Director for Research and Learning for Mercy Corps.

Kristina Kuznetsova

Kristina Kuznetsova is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) from Ukraine.

Rachel Kyte

Rachel Kyte is Dean Emerita, Professor of Practice at The Fletcher School at Tufts.

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.

Marie-Elodie Le Guen

Marie-Elodie Le Guen works as a project manager for Ceva Santé Animale since 2019.

Lysiane Lefebvre

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

Mark Lefsrud

Dr Mark Lefsrud is an Associate Professor and a William Dawson Scholar at McGill University, where he leads the Biomass Production Laboratory.

Wilson Leonardo

Wilson Leonardo is an IFDC project lead in Mozambique.

Bill Lingren

Bill Lingren is founder and CEO of Trécé, Inc.

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.

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.

Natalia Lozano

Natalia Lozano is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) from Peru.

Bertha Lutome

Bertha Lutome is a communication for change enthusiast currently working in the communications department at Farm Africa.

Racine Ly

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

Mark Lynas

Mark Lynas is an environmentalist and author.

Donald MacKenzie

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

Lebogang Madubanya

Lebogang Madubanya is a Research Scientist at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), specialising in plant breeding and biotechnology.

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).

Debra Mallowah

Debra Mallowah is an accomplished African business leader, currently serving as Chair of the B20 Task Force on Sustainable Food Systems & Agriculture and as a Board Member of CropLife Africa Middle East.

Trisha Mandal

Trisha Mandal (she/her) is the Partnerships & Communications Manager at the Global Coordinating Unit of Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).

Kedar Mankad

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

Baboucarr Manneh

Dr Baboucarr Manneh is Regional Director, West and Central Africa, CGIAR, and Director General, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice).

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.

Caroline Manus

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

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.

Raphael Marques da Silva

Raphael is a gen-y agripreneur from Brazil.

Karen Marshall

Karen Marshall is a principal scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the interim deputy director of the CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods program.

Tshepiso Marumo

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

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.

Stella Massawe

Stella Massawe is the Senior Programme Officer at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

Aurora Matteini

Aurora Matteini is the Specialist, Sustainable Finance, FMS, at the World Economic Forum.

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.

John McCormack

John McCormack is a Senior Technical Advisor in Agriculture, Livestock, and rural development for World Vision USA.

Mary McCoy

Mary Kate McCoy is a staff writer at Conservation International.

Tim McGreevy

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

John McMurdy

Dr John McMurdy is currently the Vice President, Innovation and Development, at CropLife International.

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.

Michelle Meineke

Michelle Meineke is a Senior Writer at Forum Agenda.

Francis Mendez

Francis Mendez is Director of Fairtrasa Mexico.

Vinay Menon

Vinay Menon is a development economist by training and was leading the climate action team at an impact consulting firm in India prior to joining IFDC.

Caryl Merten

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

Esin Mete

Esin Mete is former President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) and joined the IFDC board of directors in 2018.

Joshua Miller

Joshua Miller is a doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell is a partner in the Johannesburg office of Bain & Company.

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).

Richard Mkandawire

Richard Mkandawire is Vice President of the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP).

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.

Essam Mohammed

Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed is the Director General of WorldFish and CGIAR’s Senior Director of Aquatic Foods.

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.

Cynthia Mugo

Cynthia Mugo is a Policy & Engagement Stakeholder Advisor at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

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.

Lois Muraguri

Lois Muraguri heads the Policy and External Affairs department at GALVMed.

Abshir Musse

Abshir Musse is a seasoned private sector development expert with over a decade of experience in Somalia’s financial sector.

Kisilu Musya

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ryan Nehring

Ryan Nehring is a Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), whose research focuses on the political economy of natural resource policy, agricultural research institutions, and food systems.

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.

Audrey Nepveu

Audrey Nepveu de Villemarceau is a Global Technical Specialist in Water and Rural Infrastructure at IFAD.

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.

Marco Antonio Nogueira

Dr Marco Antonio Nogueira is Scientific Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Corporation (Embrapa), at the National Soybean Center since 2010 and a board member of the Low Carbon Soybean working group.

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.

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.

Sylvanus Odjo

Sylvanus Odjo is a post-harvest specialist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) based in Texcoco, Mexico.

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.

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.

David Ojwang

David Ojwang, Farm Africa Country Director for Tanzania, is a seasoned market systems, food security and business development specialist with over 20 years’ experience in eastern, central and southern Africa.

Benjamin Okia

Benjamin Okia is Gender Specialist at Farm Africa.

John Oluwafemi

John Oluwafemi is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network from Nigeria.

Yvette Ondachi

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

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.

MaryLucy Oronje

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

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.

Heike Ostermann

Heike Ostermann is a post-harvest expert at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and is based in Bonn, Germany.

Manuel Otero

Dr Manuel Otero is the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), overseeing the implementation of a comprehensive process aimed at modernising the agency of the Inter-American System and enabling it to fully accomplish its mission of promoting agricultural and rural development in its 34 Member States.

Peggy Oti-Boateng

Dr Peggy Oti-Boateng is the Executive Director at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).

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.

Courtney Paisley

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

Enrique Pando

Enrique Hernández Pando is the Head of Commercial Development at GALVmed.

Rajul Pandya-Lorch

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

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.

Himanshu Pathak

Dr Himanshu Pathak is Secretary DARE and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Amath Pathé Sene

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

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.

Tumusiime Rhoda Peace

H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace is former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union.

Christina Zola Peck

Christina Zola Peck is a seasoned communications professional with over 15 years of international development experience communicating complex human health and agricultural stories to a diverse audience.

Jose Perdomo

Jose Perdomo is President of CropLife Latin America.

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.

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).

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. 

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

Prabhu Pingali

Prabhu Pingali is Professor of Applied Economics & Director of the Tata-Cornell Agriculture & Nutrition Initiative at Cornell University.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Nicole Prenger

Nicole Barreca Prenger is the Senior Director, Strategic Communications, at the World Food Prize Foundation.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

Dennis Rangi

Dr Dennis Rangi is Director General, Development at CABI.

Elisabetta Recine

Elisabetta Recine is President of CONSEA (Conselho de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional), Brazil’s National Council for Food and Nutrition Security.

Sanjeev Reddy

Sanjeev Reddy is the Chief Agronomy Officer at AgriBegri.

Emily Rees

Emily Rees is the President and CEO of CropLife International.

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.

Claudia Ringler

Claudia Ringler is the Unit Director for Natural Resources and Resilience in the Transformation Strategies Department, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Ben Rivoire

Ben Rivoire is the Sustainability and Crop Value Chain Manager at the International Seed Federation (ISF).

Lance Robinson

Lance Robinson is an environmental governance and resilience specialist, formerly at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Nat Robinson

Nat Robinson is Chief Executive Officer of Juhudi Kilimo.

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.

Natalia Rodriguez

Natalia is responsible for the Crop Trust’s digital communications and visual design, managing its website and creative output. She helps translate the organisation’s work into accessible, engaging content for global audiences.

David Roquetti

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

Mark Rosegrant

Mark W. Rosegrant is a Research Fellow Emeritus in the Director General’s Office at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Eric Rosenberg

Eric Rosenberg is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bryant Christie Inc.

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. 

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.

Victoria Sabula

Victoria Sabula is the Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF).

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.

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.

Patience Samhutsa

Patience Samhutsa is a market systems specialist with Practical Action Consulting Southern Africa.

Pedro Sanchez

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

Surita Sandosham

Surita Sandosham is the President and CEO of Heifer International.

Eva Sanou

Eva Sanou is the Global Gender Specialist at the International Fertiliser Development Centre.

Natasha Santos

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

Anish Sapkota

Anish Sapkota is a member of the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) network from Nepal.

Ashrita Saran

Dr Ashrita Saran is the Deputy Director, Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis Programme at the Global Development Network (GDN).

Noriko Sato

Noriko Sato is the Senior Natural Resources Specialist, ADB Sectors Group.

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.

Lizzie Sayer

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

Francine Sayoc

Francine Sayoc is the Communications Manager at the International Seed Federation (ISF).

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.

Maja Schling

Maja Schling is an economist in the Environment, Rural Development, and Disaster Risk Management Division (RND) of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Guido Schmidt-Traub

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

Dominic Schofield

Dominic Schofield is the Global Director for Agri-Food System Transformation at TechnoServe.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Eduardo Somarriba

Eduardo Somarriba has a PhD in Biology (agroecology) from the University of Michigan. He is Professor of Tropical Agroforestry at CATIE, Costa Rica since 1989.

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).

Lewis Temple

Lewis Temple is former Chief Executive for International Development Enterprises UK.

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.

Ibrahim Thiaw

Ibrahim Thiaw is the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Shakuntala Thilsted

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

Juan Carlos Thomas

Juan Carlos Thomas is the Vice President of Entrepreneurship & New Ventures at TechnoServe.

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).

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.

Philip Thornton

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

Katharine Tjasink

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

Terje Tollefsen

Terje Tollefsen is Senior Vice President at Yara International ASA.

Jhannel Tomlinson

Jhannel Tomlinson is YPARD country representative for Jamaica.

Maximo Torero

Maximo Torero is the chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy.

Didier Toubia

Didier Toubia is a Food Engineer and Biologist who led two medical device companies and co-invented over 40 patent families.

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.

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.

Sopian Tuya

Hon. Sopian Tuya is the Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry.

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.

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).

Tamar Valdman

Marc Van Ameringen

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

Andre F van Rooyen

Andre F. van Rooyen is the Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR.

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.

Sonja Vermeulen

Dr Sonja Vermeulen, a leading global expert and researcher in sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation and systems innovation, is the Senior Advisor – Next-Generation Crops at Clim-Eat.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stephen Wilson

Stephen Wilson is the Director, Research & Development, at GALVmed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mainassara Zaman-Allah

Mainassara Zaman-Allah is a physiologist and abiotic stress phenotyping specialist.

Leanne Zeppenfeldt

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

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang is a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead on Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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 AGRIVI.

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.