Craig Hanson is the Vice President of Food, Forests, Water & the Ocean at World Resources Institute. In this role, he guides programmatic strategy, catalyzes projects, and ensures a focus on results, financial development, and strong staff capacity. Craig has co-developed a number of leading initiatives, including Global Forest Watch, the Global Restoration Initiative, the Forest Legality…
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Alejandra Schrader is a Los Angeles based chef, entrepreneur, and healthy cooking advocate. Alejandra was born in Chicago, USA and spent most of her childhood in Venezuela with her large extended family. Alejandra has been featured on all major US television networks in English and Spanish and uses her platform to showcase health conscious meals that are packed with flavor and nutritional value.…
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Abir Lemseffer, Director General of Morocco Foodex and Director General of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change. Since February 2018, Abir Lemseffer is Director General of Morocco Foodex (Etablissement Autonome de Contrôle et de Coordination des Exportations), a Moroccan governmental institution founded in 1986 to support and develop fruit and vegetables,…
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Gunhild A. Stordalen est la fondatrice et présidente de EAT. Elle œuvre en faveur de la transformation du système alimentaire mondial en promouvant activement la prise en compte des relations entre enjeux climatiques, sanitaires et environnementaux selon une démarche multisectorielle. Afficher la suite Avec Petter A. Stordalen, son mari, elle a créé la Fondation Stordalen en 2011, dans le cadre…
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Mayor of Sobral, small, relatively poor municipality in the state of Ceará in Northeast Brazil since 2017. Prior to serving as mayor, he was the Secretary of Education and oversaw reforms that resulted in impressive improvements in learning outcomes in the area. Brazil is one of the few countries with detailed learning data. In less than 8 years, Sobral went up in the ranking of municipalities…
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Alka Upadhyay is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development, Director General of the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, CEO of the National Rural Livelihood Mission, and Director General of the Council for Advancement of Peoples’ Action and Rural Technology. Alka Upadhyaya is an Indian Administrative Service officer since 1990. She has a long association with…
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Prosper Mulindwa, Economist, holder of a Masters degree in Finance and Control, has been leading the economic development of Rulindo district (567 sq km, 337,820 people and 81,817 households) in Rwanda since February 2011, with responsibility over the departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Business Development and Employment; and Infrastructure Development, Land Management and…
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Henk Smith is a 39 year old farmer from the Netherlands. Henk and his wife farm on two locations, in the middle and in the north of the country. They produce a variety of arable crops, fodder crops, and fruit on these farms, using conventional and organic methods, and with the “On the way to planet proof” certification. The crops are sold to wholesalers, supermarkets and directly to consumers in…
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Wanjiru (Ciiru) Waweru Waithaka est une multi-entrepreneure kényane. Diplômée en architecture d'intérieur à l'université de Glasgow, elle a fondé et dirigé pendant dix ans Amber Africa, une agence de conseil en architecture d'intérieur. Mme Waithaka a ensuite lancé Funkidz Limited, une entreprise de conception et de fabrication de meubles et accessoires innovants pour enfants jusqu’à 16 ans. L’…
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Alassane Ouattara est né le 1er janvier 1942, à Dimbokro, de feu Dramane Ouattara et de Hadja Nabintou Ouattara née Cissé. Il est marié et père de quatre (4) enfants. Il fera ses études primaires et secondaires, en Côte d’Ivoire, puis en Haute Volta, actuel Burkina Faso, où il obtient brillamment, en 1962, son Baccalauréat, série Mathématiques Elémentaires. Il bénéficie alors d'une bourse…
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