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Sacha Senger
Research Team Leader
Sacha Senger is a Project Manager and researcher with a Master of Science in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo, where her work focused on habitat studies and territorial analysis, and an MBA in Project Management from USP/Esalq. She is currently the Coordinator of Socioeconomic Assessment at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, where she led the technical team that developed and applied TerraSocio, an evaluation tool for measuring socio-…
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Andrea Ghione
Project Leader, Market and Value Chain
Andrea Ghione is a political scientist, an agricultural economist and a political economist with twenty five years working experience in developing countries as: project manager and rural/agricultural-economist for Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (CGIAR) in Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo DR, Colombia, India, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia; programme manager for agricultural development at Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Burkina Faso, Niger and…
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Strengthening Global Food Security: Strategic Banana Diversity Shared from Belgium to Colombia
Sylvia Pineda
A strategic set of banana genetic resources has recently been shared from the International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) in Leuven, Belgium, to the Future Seeds genebank, both part of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. This initiative strengthens the Banana collection while advancing…
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Dao Thi Thu Hang
Research Associate
Dao Thi Thu Hang is a Researcher in the Tropical Forages Program at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Hanoi, Vietnam. She coordinates research and development activities on forage evaluation, livestock feed innovations, and environmental assessment in crop-livestock systems, working closely with government agencies, national partners, and local communities to deliver evidence-based solutions. In her current role, she provides technical backstopping and…
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Restoring Soil, Securing the Future: A Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture
Sylvia Pineda
At the heart of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT campus in Palmira, Colombia, a unique opportunity is emerging: transforming a critical challenge into a replicable model of sustainable agriculture for the world.
In recent years, warning signs have been…
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The Alliance To Announce Strategic Collaboration with Bayer to Advance Modern Breeding and Scale Benefits for Smallholder Farmers
Sylvia Pineda
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT have formalized a strategic collaboration with Bayer’s Crop Science division under the Modern Breeding Project to accelerate the development of improved crop varieties, strengthen resilient seed systems, and expand the…
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Factcheck: Can a world at conflict still feed itself?
Jonathan Mockshell, Grazia Pacillo, Wuletawu Abera, Stefan Burkart , Jai Rana, Brice Even, Mathieu Ouedraogo
Scientists say yes. But the food system has to change.
Geopolitical conflicts are disrupting lives, economies, and access to food. Most recently, supply chain interruptions threaten to cut off…
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Christophe Béné
Principal Scientist - Senior Policy Advisor
Chris Béné is Principal Scientist and Senior Policy Advisor working with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT headquartered in Cali, Colombia. He is currently affiliated to the Food Environment and Consumer Behavior team at the Alliance and seconded to the Food System Transition Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
He has 20+ years of experience conducting inter-disciplinary research and advisory work in…
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Did you know that LAC has one of the highest gender gaps in food security globally, and one of the sweetest diets in the world?
Ramya Ambikapathi, Johana Marcela Castillo Rivera, Gina Kennedy, Mark Lundy, Jenny Wiegel
Mónica Mazariegos
Latin America feeds the world, yet healthy diets are out of reach for most in the region, and the region also has the widest gender gap in food…
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Luis Molina Carpio
Research Fellow - Environmental Modeler
Luis Molina Carpio is an environmental modeling expert specializing in climate and ecosystems modeling. He holds a Ph.D. in Meteorology, Oceanography, and Environmental Physics from the University of Paris-Saclay. He has been serving as an environmental modeler at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture since 2017. In this role, he developed and implemented methodologies for forest conservation based…
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Ram Kiran Dhulipala
Senior Scientist
Ram Kiran Dhulipala works as a Senior Scientist – Digital agriculture and innovation in the Sustainable Livestock Systems (SLS) group at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi. At the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP), Ram helps to strategize the internal outreach of A4IP across the CGIAR scientific community as well as in charting pathways for translating CGIAR science into impact through business ventures.
Prior to joining ILRI, Ram was the…
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Lindsey Hook
Communication and Events Management Coordinator
Lindsey Hook is the Communication and Events Management Coordinator for the Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Rome.
In this position, she leads the development and execution of the A4IP flagship event and communications strategies aimed at positioning A4IP and its programs as a global leader in the agri-tech innovation space. Prior to joining the Alliance, she was World Food Forum…
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Megan Steele
Project Coordinator I, Innovation Ecosystem Engagement
Megan Steele is Project Coordinator I, Innovation Ecosystem Engagement in the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) team at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Rome.
In this position, she supports scientists and entrepreneurs in translating research into scalable solutions by coordinating accelerator programs, fostering strategic partnerships, and organizing high-impact innovation events: such as RAMP –…
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Hannah Sanchez
Project Management Assistant
Hannah Sanchez is the Project Management Assistant at the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP), hosted by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. In this role, Hannah is responsible for providing project management support to ensure the efficient delivery of projects run by A4IP. Prior to her current position, she served as a trainee at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT within the Project Analysis and Support Unit. There, she assisted…
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Scaling for Impact: from innovation to real change in agrifood systems
Daniela Arce Gómez
Between what works in pilot settings and what transforms territories, there is a gap. Scaling helps understand how to adapt, connect, and sustain innovations to bridge it.
Over recent decades, agrifood systems have been the setting for significant knowledge generation.…
