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Tonya Schuetz
Leader of Strategic Performance and Results Management
Tonya Schuetz has over 20 years of experience in change and innovation management, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, personnel and capacity development: five years in the private sector focusing on process analysis, adult trainings, and resources optimization, and over 15 years in the research for development arena. She has substantial field experience on the project, program and policy influencing level with a wide range of…
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Jorge Mario Diaz Luengas (ex-officio)
Member, Alliance Board of Trustees
Jorge Mario Diaz holds a BSc Degree in Agronomy from the National University of Colombia and a Master’s Degree in Economics from North Carolina State University.
Since March 2019, Mr. Diaz is the Executive Director of AGROSAVIA, the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research.
From 2012 to 2019, he was Vice-President of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, responsible for public private partnerships to strengthen business development. While…
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Carlos Andrés Rodríguez Plazas
Senior Research Coordinator │ Food Environment and Consumer Behaviour
Carlos Rodríguez is a Researcher at the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Cali, Colombia, as part of the global Food Environment and Consumer Behavior team.
His work focuses on supporting the initiatives of rural organizations to develop products required by the markets that can recognize added value for environmental and economic sustainability through value chains with poverty reduction.
He…
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Jonathan Steinke
Development Researcher
I’m a development researcher with a passion for inclusive digital innovation and seed system innovation. By applying methods of Human-Centered Design, I intend to empower smallholder farmers, breeders, and other food system stakeholders to generate creative, digitally enhanced solutions. I believe that co-creating with target communities and adopting an undogmatic, open-ended approach to digital innovation is what generates the best ideas for sustainable solutions and…
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Carlos Fernando Quiros Campos
Leader - Digital Solutions - Digital Ecosystems
Twenty-six years of experience in ICT in different capacities ranging from technical to managerial with over nineteen years supporting CGIAR’s international agricultural research for development. Active involvement with ICT for research in numerous successfully implemented multi-country projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Career interests have evolved from implementing tasks related to agricultural software programming, to more…
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Let’s talk about NDCs: The role of science and innovation in agricultural adaptation and mitigation
Juan Sebastian Rivas
In a previous blog, we explored what Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are, and why they are essential for global climate action. Here we take a deeper look at one of the most strategic and vulnerable sectors in the face of climate change: agriculture and livestock production. In this…
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Colaboración internacional busca frenar la expansión de la escoba de bruja de la yuca en las Américas
Del 15 al 19 de diciembre, la investigadora de la Alianza Bioversity-CIAT, Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez, del equipo de virología de yuca, realizó una visita a Brasil con el objetivo de desarrollar actividades de investigación en campo y laboratorio sobre la enfermedad conocida como escoba de bruja de la yuca, causada por el hongo…
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Ilaria Urbani
Senior Knowledge Management and Results Analyst
Ilaria Urbani is a knowledge management professional. Currently, she is the Performance Innovation Strategic Analysis for Impact (PISA) Senior Knowledge Management and Results Analyst at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Prior to joining the Alliance, she served the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for five years, specializing in KM strategy implementation, branding, streamlining corporate KM…
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From a family farm in Kenya to advancing forage innovations in Asia: A conversation with Mary Atieno
Lara Barangé
“I have always been driven by curiosity, shaped by growing up on a farm with crops, livestock and trees. That early exposure inspired me to understand how different components of agricultural systems interact.”
Mary Atieno grew up on her family’…
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When farming meets equality: How Kenyan communities are growing more than crops
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179654
Publication year
2025
Authors
Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
Nyamolo, Victor
Ouya, Frederick
Ketema, Dessalegn
Lutomia, Cosmas
Full Citation
Nchanji, E.B.; Nyamolo, V.; Ouya, F.; Ketema, D.; Lutomia, C. (2025) When farming meets equality: How Kenyan communities are growing…
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Between field, family and household: Agriculture, food security and women's unpaid care work.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179653
Abstract
This blog reveals how unpaid care work expands under climate stress, shaping food security, time poverty, and women’s everyday survival.
Publication year
2025
Authors
Takaindisa, Joyce
Raramai, Campbell
Full Citation
Takaindisa, J.; Raramai, C. (2025) Between…
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How ECREA is bridging science and practice to turn climate insights into farmer resilience
Kiogora Joseline Kanja , Desire Kagabo
Chris Ngige
The ECREA project is engaging farmers, researchers and institutions across East Africa in on-farm experiments launched in 2024 to test climate-informed practices that boost resilience and productivity in real farming conditions…
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Can monitoring emissions unlock the finance smallholder farmers need to adopt sustainable practices?
Angie L. Sánchez
Rhys Bucknall-Williams
A new MRV system helps farmers in Africa track sustainable practices and emissions, laying the groundwork to access climate finance and improve soil health, productivity, and resilience to climate change…
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Regassa Bekele
Research Officer
Master's Degree (Environmental Science) and bachelor's degree (Horticulture); Agronomist, dynamic and detail-oriented sustainable agriculture development with expertise in crop – forage –livestock –natural management integration, food and nutrition security, sustainable land management, environmental sustainability with adequate research and comprehensive extension experience. Known for delivering top-notch strategic solutions and fostering business growth through effective…
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How gender-transformative innovation bundles are revolutionizing food security in Kenya
Eileen Bogweh Nchanji
Victor Nyamolo, Frederick Ouya, Dessalegn Ketema, Lutomia Cosmas
In Makueni, Kenya, farmers are boosting yields and empowering women through new gender-transformative innovation bundles. Introduced to overcome low tech adoption, the approach merges farming tools, training,…
