Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque is the Minister of Agriculture for People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He served as Minister of Food and Disaster Management from 2009 to 2012, and then as Minister of Food until 2013. He started his political career in student life. He is Member of Parliament since 2001 and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance since 2014. Since 2016, he is a…
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Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, is an economist and politician from Cape Verde. A leading expert in global development issues, she has worked in public service for over thirty years.
Over the last decade, FAO has helped shape a new global narrative where agriculture is prominently recognized as a solution in addressing increasingly complex emerging issues – from climate…
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Emma van de Ven is a co-founder of Rabobank’s Acorn, where she currently is the Strategy Lead. She is an entrepreneur, engineer and strategist who specialises in developing new business models for the profitability of sustainability. Emma leads the strategic alignment with the carbon markets, supply chain decarbonisation and national carbon legislation, as well as further market development,…
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Santiago Bertoni Hicar, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Paraguay, has a professional career spanning 35 years in the agriculture and livestock sector, with emphasis in Public Administration, Agricultural Research, International Trade, Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Min. Bertoni’s previous positions in MAG include…
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Julian Lampietti is the Manager for Global Engagement in the Agriculture and Food Global Practice. His responsibilities include strategic planning, donor outreach, and oversight for global knowledge and advisory programs. Previously, he managed the Agriculture and Food program in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Julian used to be based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and…
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Josh Tetrick is CEO & co-founder of Eat Just, Inc., a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company's expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines…
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Appointed in August 2021, Harifidy Janset Ramilison is the Government of Madagascar’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MINAE). He is a rural engineer by training and has over 34 years of experience in the agriculture sector across the public and private sectors, both locally and at the international level. Among notables are his 21 years as an international consultant for the International…
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Corporate lawyer turned entrepreneur, Monica Musonda is the Chief Executive Officer of Java Foods, a Zambian-based food processing/FMCG company which she founded in 2012. She sought to take advantage of Zambia’s strong wheat yields, demand for more convenience foods and changing consumption patterns to make products for a young urban population. Her leadership and vision has grown Java Foods into…
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Eric Yirenkyi Danquah is a Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics at the University of Ghana (UG). He is the founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, established in 2007, in collaboration with Cornell University to train a new generation of plant breeders to develop improved varieties of the staple crops of West and Central Africa. In 2014,…
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Yan Bai is a consultant to the Development Data Group of the World Bank and an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at Zhejiang University in China. He is specialized in food and nutrition security and food price research and is a core member of the Food Prices for Nutrition project. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Tufts’ Friedman School of Nutrition. Before joining the Friedman…
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