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Carlo Fadda
Director de Agrobiodiversidad
Carlo Fadda dirige el área de investigación en Biodiversidad para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. Supervisa un área de investigación con más de 100 personas, entre consultores, personal de apoyo y más de 45 científicos. Su equipo se centra en cuatro grandes áreas de investigación: agrobiodiversidad en sistemas de producción; conservación, caracterización y genómica del banano; diversidad genética forestal; y políticas relacionadas con la biodiversidad.
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Jacob van Etten
Director de Inclusión Digital
Jacob van Etten es Científico Principal y Director del programa de investigación sobre Inclusión Digital en la Alianza de Bioversity International y el CIAT.
En su trabajo, Jacob integra percepciones y métodos de las ciencias sociales, ambientales y vegetales. Su investigación se centra en nuevas soluciones digitales para los sistemas alimentarios, la ciencia ciudadana agrícola y la extensión rural. Apoya el surgimiento de ecosistemas digitales en esta área, donde…
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Natalia Fanega Sleziak
Research Associate
I'm a Biologist working for the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT since August 2019 as a Research Associate, I'm part of the agrobiodiversity team located in Leuven, Belgium.
My tasks and responsibilities here include:
- Establishing cryopreservation protocols for different tropical crops.
- Maintaining our wild banana seed bank.
- Guiding and training master students, visiting researchers and trainees.
- Collaborating with different entities such as botanical gardens and…
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Leonardo Ordóñez Loaiza
Senior Research Associate
As an Agronomist, Crop Physiologist, and Modeler, I bring extensive experience in the generation, translation, transmission, and application of agroclimatic services. My career is marked by a fervent passion for the exchange of knowledge, underpinned by a robust academic background and a proven track record in collaborative teamwork. I am deeply committed to leveraging my expertise to drive innovation and sustainable practices in the field of agriculture…
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Daniel Masika
Climate Resilient Food Systems Specialist
Daniel Masika is a Climate Resilient Food Systems Specialist with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT of the CGIAR, with regional expertise in Climate Smart Agriculture Technologies within the Impact SF. He is a Soil Scientist, with a strong bias in Soil, Water Conservation and Modelling of Agricultural and Environmental Resources. Formerly, he worked as a Technical Expert with World Vision, a humanitarian institution with food security,…
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Samaa Mufti
Climate Smart Food Systems Specialist
Samaa Mufti is a Climate Smart Food Systems Specialist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT of CGIAR. Samaa has worked for several years in Pakistan’s development sector, spearheading efforts to integrate climate change and sustainability objectives in sub-national and national policy development and implementation. With the Alliance in Asia, she has localized the climate smart agriculture (CSA) investment planning framework in Pakistan to…
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Luis Molina
Climate and Environmental Scientist
Luis Molina joined the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), now the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in 2017 as a climate and environmental scientist. He has worked on implementation of methodologies for assessing climate change vulnerability, and modeling approaches to estimate the understand the value and changes of ecosystem services at landscape level due to land management practices. At ImpactSF, he contributes to the development…
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Lennart Hientz
Inclusive Finance Specialist
Lennart Hientz is an Inclusive Finance Specialist at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (GIZ Integrated Expert) and is part of the CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance (ImpactSF). In his current role he works on the development and scaling of solutions that address barriers that hinder capital from flowing into food, land, and water systems. Before joining the Alliance he worked with GIZ in Malawi with a focus on private sector development and innovations in in the…
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Amsalu Tilaye
Research officer II - Geospatial Developer
I am an IT and Geo-Information specialist by profession. I am a passionate geospatial developer with a focus on machine learning and fertilizer recommendation. In my current role in the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, I primarily employ data mining techniques to develop fertilizer recommendations for various crops. This involves analysing large datasets of geospatial data, including satellite imagery, soil, and climate data…
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Michael Halewood
Genetic Resources and Seed Systems Policies Team Leader
For over 20 years, Michael has been with the CGIAR, working on genetic resources policy issues. Currently, under the framework of the CGIAR Genebank Initiative, as part of a the Genetic Resources Policy Group, Michael coordinates CGIAR engagement in international negotiations for the development of new norms related to genetic resources and digital sequence information. He also works to promote compliance of scientists across CGIAR, in the…
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Danny Sandoval
Research Associate
Economist and researcher in agricultural economics, deforestation, and policy evaluation. Master's degree in public policy. Research focused on adopting sustainable technologies and practices for agricultural production, cost-benefit analysis, studies on deforestation determinants and public policy analysis.
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Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a
Scientist II
Dr Stanley Karanja is an agricultural development economist with over 15 years of experience in leveraging evidence-based socio-economic insights to facilitate gender-sensitive and socially equitable decision-making. His expertise spans a range of areas, including the economics of climate change, cost-benefit analysis, and the scale-up of sustainable, climate-smart agricultural practices.
Stanley contributions have been recognized internationally through the…
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Julio César Ramírez Pretelt
Senior Research Associate
Biologist with a master's degree in Agroindustrial Microbiology with 12 years of experience in the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Focused on phytopathology, mycology, genetic resources, conservation and phytosanitary monitoring. More than 16 years of experience in the identification of phytopathogenic fungi based on morphological characters. I have experience in the standardization of methodologies related to the identification and detection of…
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Luis Hernandez
Research Coordinator II
Luis Hernandez currently works with the Tropical Forages Program at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. He is passionate about plant breeding and host plant resistance in cultivated pastures (Urochloa and Panicum). He is an Agronomist and holds a Master of Science degree in agricultural sciences from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) and currently, he is carrying out his doctoral studies in natural resources - research line in plant breeding - at the…
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Nguyen Minh Phuong
Research Associate
Phuong Minh Nguyen is a Research Associate working in the Digital Inclusion lever. She has a background is in Economics and Business. Her main interests include mixed method research, socio-behavioral research, and human/user centered design. She aims to use insights from these research to bridge the gap between science and application, applying technology in the development of tools and services for conservation and resilient agriculture.…
