Jacobo Arango

Jacobo is a Colombian scientist with over 15 years of international experience in forage-based systems, climate change mitigation, and sustainable livestock production. He holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and a Ph.D. in Plant Science from the University of Freiburg (Germany).

Throughout his career at the Alliance, Jacobo has led high-impact research on nitrogen and carbon cycling in tropical crop–livestock systems, with a strong focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing resource use efficiency, and improving soil health. He has successfully led and co-led numerous international and bilateral projects funded by leading organizations such as BMGF, Bezos Earth Fund, GIZ, the World Bank, the EU, JIRCAS, and YARA, delivering scalable solutions in Colombia, Germany, USA, Kenya, Peru, Nicaragua, and Vietnam.

Jacobo is also a Lead Author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on Mitigation, a member of the FAO Technical Advisory Group on Methane, and an editorial board member for several leading scientific journals.