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Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal Scientist
Henri Rueff is the Director for Climate Action and a Principal Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), based in Palmira, Colombia.
Henri is also an Associate Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) at the University of Bern. He is an environmental economist by training, and holds a PhD on carbon credits from dryland afforestation…
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María Fernanda Álvarez
Director, Crops for Nutrition and Health, and Program Leader, Rice Breeding and Genetics
María Fernanda Álvarez is the director of the Crops for nutrition and health research area of the Alliance between Bioversity International and CIAT and the rice program leader. She leads the efforts for sustainable intensification of the rice crop, contributing to food security and climate change mitigation and adaptation. She holds a PhD. in agricultural science specializing in plant breeding,…
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'Les Experts du Cameroun': How a community nursery took flight with My Farm Trees
Fatimata Kone, Marius Ekué
In the small town of Nanga-Eboko, located in the Haute-Sanaga department at the heart of Cameroon’s Centre Region, a 42-member association called “Les Experts du Cameroun” has grown from a modest tree nursery into a regional model. Boosted by the digital My Farm Trees project, their journey…
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Plant, connect, transform: The My Farm Trees model put to the test in the field
Fatimata Kone, Marius Ekué
Laure Brenda Ndenga Fabo
In Cameroon, the My Farm Trees platform brings together farmers, seed collectors, nursery operators, traditional authorities, municipalities, ministries, and international partners to make landscape restoration a driver of local resilience…
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My Farm Trees in Cameroon: When science, tradition, and forest become one
Marius Ekué, Fatimata Kone
Hubert Kpoumié
In western Cameroon, the spirits of the ancestors are not the only guardians of sacred forests. Thanks to the My Farm Trees platform, led by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT with the support of the Darwin Initiative, these places of memory and biodiversity—once…
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Planting to learn: When pupils become guardians of tomorrow’s forests
Fatimata Kone, Marius Ekué
In Nkoemvone, a lush village in southern Cameroon, the bell of the public primary school now rings for young trees as well. Thanks to the My Farm Trees project, 31 native tree species — from the precious bubinga to the coveted sapelli — are growing under the careful watch of students organized into small watering…
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Siaya, Kenya: Breaking the Barriers of Tree Farming
Rachel Kibui, Francis Odhiambo Oduor
To restore lost biodiversity and increase tree cover in the Kenya, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT - in partnership with the IUCN and with a financial support from the GEF - launched the My Farm Trees project in 2022. Implemented in the counties of Siaya, Turkana and Laikipia, the project is now also…
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Tree Tech: Growing a More Resilient Future
Georgina Smith
Farmers are putting native trees at the center of restoration efforts, thanks to a mobile app and blockchain-powered platform. Learn how My Farm Trees works in this field story.
Grow Trees. Grow Futures.
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Fred Kato
Research Specialist
Fred is a graduate and involved in plant pathology, breeding and entomology. He has been with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT since 2013, when I joined the Alliance formerly the CIAT. Currently, a Senior Research Associate working under Improving Crops, he works with colleagues to deliver research-based approaches to improve and mitigate crop challenges that limit production and productivity in the regions.
His role is diverse and includes programmatic approaches of…
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Lorena Belixa Gómez Centeno
Research Associate
Agricultural Economist, linked to CIAT since 2015. With 10 years of experience collaborating in socioeconomic research and monitoring systems implemented in Mexico, Central, and South America. In addition to implementing methodologies for capacity building on sustainable agriculture in Central America.
Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact
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Thanh Duong
Research Associate
Thanh Duong is a Research Associate at the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Hanoi, Vietnam, where she works with the Global Food Environment and Consumer Behavior team. Her work focuses on the food systems research in Vietnam from design, and implementation to analysis. Previously an assistant to the Country Coordinator of Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) in Vietnam, she supported the national government and international agencies and movements in…
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James Garrett
Senior Scientist
James Garrett is a Senior Scientist at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. He works on policies and programs at the nexus of food, agriculture, and nutrition. He has degrees in political science, public policy, and applied economics. James has done field work in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and lived in various countries in Latin America as well as in Mozambique.
Previously, at IFPRI, he led research programs on urban food and nutrition security, urban-rural…
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Mestawet Gebru
Research Officer
I'm a Research Officer at the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
I manage research grants & catalog literatures related to food systems, indigenous fruits and vegetables in Ethiopia. I have a master’s degree in Applied Human Nutrition from Hawasa University with a research interest in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, specifically home gardening, agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition, agroecology, impact of climate change on food production and…
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Leslie Estefany Mosquera Escobar
Research Associate
Leslie is an economist and researcher in agriculture based in Colombia, with experience in the use of socio-economic analysis and impact assessment to identify the best practices and strategies implemented by political and private stakeholders to address challenges in agricultural sector.
Her main research at the Alliance has been focused on providing decision-making tools to farmers, governmental agents, researchers, and private institutions…
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Mark Lundy
Director, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior
Mark Lundy is a Research Director at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in Cali, Colombia, where he leads the global Food Environment and Consumer Behavior team. His research examines how food environments — the markets, vendors, and everyday transactions through which most people in low- and middle-income countries access food — shape dietary choices and long-term health outcomes, including exposure to non-communicable diseases.
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