Yovita Ivanova
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Yovita Ivanova is a Senior Manager at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR), where she leads corporate engagement and sustainable business model development across Latin America, with a strong focus on the Amazon basin. Since 2024, she is also part of the CGIAR Impact Hub for Sustainable Finance, supporting agrifood companies and financial actors in integrating biodiversity, circular economy, and deforestation-free value chain strategies.
She is a sustainability scholar-practitioner with over 20 years of international experience across Europe, the United States, and South America, leading and advising multi-stakeholder initiatives involving governments, multinational firms, donors, and civil society.
An economist by training (M.A. in Economics, University of National and International Economics, Bulgaria) and a sustainable development specialist (M.A. in International Relations, University of Miami, US), Yovita has held senior advisory roles within the Peruvian government, including Adviser to the Vice-Minister of Agricultural Policies and Coordinator of the National Alternative Development Program. She has also worked extensively with UN agencies (UNEP, UNCTAD), bilateral cooperation agencies (GIZ, USAID), and multilateral donors, leading national green economy strategies and BioTrade initiatives.
In parallel, Yovita is an Adjunct Professor at New York University (Center for Global Affairs), Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and Adjunct Lecturer at Florida International University (School of International and Public Affairs), where she teaches sustainability, economics, and impact assessment.
She is the author and co-author of 30+ peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy briefs, and flagship reports on sustainable trade, ESG and corporate sustainability, deforestation-free value chains, agroecological transitions, digital traceability, and green economy policies, widely cited by governments, international organizations, and academia.