Nadia Bergamini

Nadia Bergamini is a Scientist with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, based in Rome, Italy. She is an ecologist by training, with 8 years of experience as an information officer at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, and 15 years of applied research, project management, and extension experience in Central and Latin America, Africa and Asia. 

Areas of Expertise: 

• Agroecological Transitions: Skilled in co-designing agroecological transitions for food systems in low- and middle-income countries, fostering sustainable agricultural practices. 
• Landscape Interface: Extensive experience working at the interface between natural and managed landscapes, contributing to initiatives such as the Satoyama Initiative, UNESCO Man and the Biosphere reserves, the FAO Program on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) and several UNEP-GEF funded projects. 
• Sustainable Production Research: Proficient in conducting participatory and field research on sustainable production landscape management, enhancing the socio-ecological resilience of agro-ecosystems to adapt to climate change. 

Nadia has led the component on “Transdisciplinary Co-creation of Innovations in Agroecological Living Landscapes (ALLs)” for the OneCGIAR Initiative on Agroecology. Her work focused on implementing and scaling agroecology for more sustainable food systems in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, India, Lao PDR, and Peru. Nadia will continue supporting the work in the newly developed CGIAR Science Program on Multifunctional Landscapes. 

She also leads a project funded by the Italian Cooperation (AICS) on using agrobiodiversity for climate change adaptation and mitigation in eastern Cuba. Additionally, Nadia co-leads the capacity-building component of the EU-TRANSITIONS project, which develops inclusive incentive structures for private sector and public-private stakeholders, and leverages investments to support agroecological transitions at multiple levels. 

Finally, she contributed to the OneCGIAR initiative on Nature Positive Solutions, focusing on farm and landscape planning and management to improve production and livelihoods through better use of agrobiodiversity, soil, and water management.