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Yosef Gebrehawaryat Kidane
Senior Scientist - Biodiversity for food and agriculture
Yosef Gebrehawaryat Kidane is a senior scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, one of the CGIAR centers, based in Nairobi. With an impressive career spanning over 20 years, his expertise lies in crop improvement, seed systems, and the utilization of biodiversity, especially agricultural biodiversity, to uplift farmers' livelihoods and promote sustainable production systems.
In recent years, Yosef has…
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In Djimassar, Fatou Diatta shows that the land can still inspire young people
Fatimata Kone, Issa Ouedraogo, Latyr Diouf
In Djimassar, in Senegal’s Sédhiou region, Fatou Diatta’s story begins in a micro-garden, between rows of carrots and peppers watered by hand. At twenty-eight, a mother of two, she belongs to a generation of rural youth searching for their place between tradition and modernity.…
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Fatoumata Bodian: the face of an agri-nutrition success supported by the AVENIR Project
Fatimata Kone, Christine Chege, Issa Ouedraogo
In Tambacounda, eastern Senegal, Fatoumata Bodian’s story begins with a few modest garden beds, patiently drawn water, and a fierce determination to take control of her life. Today, at 33, she stands as a powerful symbol of resilience in her community. What started…
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Yu-Chun (Patty) Liao
Research Specialist
Patty is responsible for stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and resource mobilization to promote agrobiodiversity. Her work covers: partnership building and stakeholder engagement; event organization; preparing proposals and fundraising initiatives; communications to highlight the activities of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture; scientific engagement; and consolidating the Alliance’s presence and expanding into new regions and countries.
Within the…
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MOU Signing with the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, marking a significant step forward in strengthening collaboration to advance sustainable development, climate action, and resilient…
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Tracing impact: A joint mission through Kenya’s BRAINS project
Warren Arinaitwe
Ayuka Fombong Emmanuel, Peter Dennis Ongor, Eileen Nchanji, Anastacia Wanjiru, Sunday Ekesi, Jean Claude Rubyogo
Over three days in Nakuru, Nairobi, and Kiambu, partners and funders of the BRAINS project observed how research, markets, and finance are aligning to improve livelihoods,…
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Elisabetta Gotor
Director, Land Resource Economics Unit, and Program Leader, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact
Elisabetta Gotor is an agricultural economist with more than 15 years of post-doctoral research experience in the area of economic analysis and evaluation of food system solutions that are at the nexus of agriculture, environment and nutrition. Her research focuses on linking biodiversity-based intervention with poverty reduction, food security and nutrition, sustainable rural…
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Canada partnership with Alliance/PABRA and icipe to advance climate resilient agriculture and livelihoods in Africa
Jean Claude Rubyogo, Anastacia Wanjiru, Warren Arinaitwe
Dennis Ongor, Sevgan Subramanian, Samira Faris, Beatrice Nganso, Ndlela Shepard, Margret Kababu, Tanga Chrysantus, Liz Ng'ang'a, Ayuka T. Fombong, Sunday Ekesi…
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Transforming a landscape, one farmer at a time: Farmers in Lyanaginga village (Vihiga, Kenya) make strides towards an agroecological transition
Lillian Aluso
Located in the Lake Victoria Basin of the western region of Kenya, Vihiga county is ranked among the highly populated counties in Kenya with a population of 590,013 persons, a population density of 1,047 persons per square kilometer and an average household…
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Where innovation meets inclusion: Youth and women transforming Tanzania's agricultural sector
Wangari Kariuki
Tanzania’s agricultural future is being shaped not only in the fields, but in innovation hubs, data labs, and youth-led enterprises across the country. With a median age of just 18 and more than half of its working population engaged in agriculture, Tanzania stands at a rare demographic and economic…
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Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Principal Scientist on Climate Impacts
Prof. Dr. Julian Ramirez-Villegas is a Principal Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
Julian is also a Professor of Agricultural Climate Impacts and Adaptation at Wageningen University & Research. Julian is an Agricultural Engineer by training, with a PhD in Environmental Sciences. He gained a PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Leeds in late 2013, after…
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Manoj Kaushal
Scientist I
Manoj Kaushal is a cropping systems and soil health expert. Soil-microbe-crop interactions, below ground microbial diversity, integrated nutrient management systems, soil and plant health, crop protection/ disease management are the major areas of research. Other activities range from basic soil, crop and water management research for climate mitigation and adaption strategies to the advanced techniques such as metagenomics and high throughput sequencing. He has vast experience working…
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Natalia Estrada Carmona
Scientist – Landscape ecologist
Dr. Natalia Estrada-Carmona is a Scientist with The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Her research focuses on estimating agrobiodiversity’s contribution to multifunctional and sustainable farms and landscapes. She believes that agriculture can play a pivotal role in achieving sustainability goals, but this potential can be untapped only through multidisciplinary and systems research. Natalia has contributed to projects in Latin America and the…
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Connecting science to society through art: Lessons from Wangari Maathai
Rachel Kibui, Owen Kimani
In Nairobi, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Too Early For Birds used theatre to share Wangari Maathai’s legacy, connecting science to society and inspiring action on conservation and food systems.
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Manuel Narjes
Lead Environmental and Agricultural Economist, Multifunctional Landscapes
Manuel Narjes is the Lead Environmental and Agricultural Economist of the Multifunctional Landscapes Research Area at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. His work focuses on inclusive business models, markets, and sustainable finance as pathways for climate-resilient rural transformation.
Following his contributions to CGIAR’s Agroecology Initiative on inclusive business models and financial mechanisms, he is…
