Maria Eliza Villarino
Ma. Eliza J. Villarino is a research fellow at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and leads the engagement and agenda-setting work package of the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems. A Ph.D. candidate at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, she specializes in the role of institutions in facilitating zero deforestation in agrifood value chains in conflict-affected settings. This UNFCCC Secretariat-accredited technical expert was a senior journalist at Devex, a global newsroom known as the “Bloomberg of International Development” which she helped build. Eliza also comes from a strong policy and science communication background.
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- The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock product…
- “Rambo root” to the rescue: How a simple, low‐cost solution can lead to multipl…
- A deforestation-free path to scaling silvopastoral production systems
- Broadening the perspective of zero-deforestation interventions in Peru by incor…
- Forest cover changes and public policy: A literature review for post-conflict C…
- Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s climate change m…
- New study: In Colombia, cacao isn’t causing significant deforestation but could…
- Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
- ¿Podrían estos cultivos salvar los bosques peruanos?
- For sustainable cacao farming in Colombia, going organic is not necessarily the…
- Para lograr el cultivo sostenible del cacao en Colombia, hacerlo orgánico no es…
- Can cocoa save Colombia’s forests?
- Co-benefits through coordination of climate action and peacebuilding: A system …
- Evento de alto nivel: Lo que la ciencia nos dice sobre el impacto del uso soste…
- High-level event: What science tells us about the impact of sustainable land us…
- The quest for CGIAR innovations to reduce food system carbon footprints on a gl…
- In Colombia, Mitigate+ looks to work with national stakeholders to achieve low-…
- CGIAR initiative examines the coherence of policies to help avert future food a…
- What is LEFS?: Know about the team that scales research-based solutions toward …
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