Yovita Ivanova
Senior Manager
Contact: [email protected]
Yovita Ivanova is a Senior Manager at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR), where she leads corporate engagement and sustainable business model development across Latin America, with a strong focus on the Amazon basin. Since 2024, she is also part of the CGIAR Impact Hub for Sustainable Finance, supporting agrifood companies and financial actors in integrating biodiversity, circular…
Alejandra Suárez
Project Manager
Alejandra is an International business professional with a proven track record of 6 years. She has extensive experience in both national and international services contracting, with a focus on grant management involving institutions such as USAID, FAO, and GIZ, among others.
Currently, Alejandra serves as the project manager for a significant initiative in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Bezos Earth Fund (BEF). In this role, she meticulously…
Prendre de l'avance sur la question du genre : poser des questions différentes
Georgina Smith
Depuis de nombreuses années, les chercheur.euse.s ont souligné qu'il existe des disparités et des écarts entre les genres dans l'agriculture. Il a été démontré, par exemple, que les hommes ont un meilleur accès à l'information, aux ressources telles que la terre, et à la technologie, comparativement aux femmes…
Au-delà des produits chimiques : l’éco-intelligence de la lutte antiparasitaire traditionnelle au Kenya
Peter Bolo
Hezekiah Korir
Dans les champs du Kenya, les petit.e.s exploitant.e.s agricoles ravivent d’anciennes méthodes de lutte antiparasitaire éco-intelligentes, mêlant savoirs traditionnels et nature afin de bâtir des systèmes alimentaires plus sûrs et résilients…
Gianpiero Menza
Senior Manager, Partnerships & Innovative Finance
Gianpiero Menza, PhD, is an International Development Professional with expertise in business strategy, management, entrepreneurship, development finance, stakeholder engagement, and resource mobilization. He serves as Senior Manager for Partnerships & Innovative Finance at Alliance/CGIAR. In this role, Gianpiero forges strategic collaborations between the public and private sectors, cultivate and steward relationships with governmental…
Une semaine au cœur de l'approche intégrée de l'Alliance pour transformer les systèmes alimentaires et terrestres mondiaux
Antonia Lopez
La visite de Sandra Milach, scientifique en chef du CGIAR, à l’Alliance a montré comment des systèmes alimentaires et fonciers intégrés—liant l’agrobiodiversité, l’action climatique, les paysages et l’innovation inclusive—génèrent un impact évolutif et contribuent à…
Can cattle production grow without cooking the planet? Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Stefan Burkart
Daniela Mejía, John Jairo Junca
Cattle are central to food systems and rural livelihoods across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The region supplies nearly half of global beef exports and is a major producer of milk. Yet, cattle production is also one of the largest…
Fairgrounds in action: How the CGIAR forages research team is simplifying machine learning operations
Laura Schuchart
In the Tropical Forages program at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, researchers Andres Ruiz and Juan Andres Cardoso are exploring new frontiers in plant phenotyping: using computer vision to analyze images from drones, satellites, and other remote sensing tools. Their goal is to better…
Can a regional transect profile contribute to fostering food systems transformation in ASEAN?
Huong Pham, Tuyen Huynh, Quoc Nguyen
Following years of building regional evidence toward sustainable food systems transformation in select Southeast Asian countries, the Alliance has since scaled its efforts by leading collaborative work with national partners to achieve the shared vision for inclusive and…
India
Our Mission in India
For over 30 years, the Alliance in India is implementing projects to accelerate impacts in addressing the interrelated issues affecting biodiversity, environment, and nutrition at the backdrop of a climate crisis. Guided with our strategy for 2020-2025, the Alliance continues to support the Indian government in achieving localized goals through…