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Dr. Josette Lewis is the chief scientific officer of the Almond Board of California. She oversees grower-funded research on all aspects of growing almonds, on innovative new uses of almond…

Mr. Kaveh Zahedi is the Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He is responsible for coordinating…

Kent Nnadozie is the Secretary of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Over the last two decades, Kent has worked on legal and policy matters and…

As chief scientist, Luigi advises the Crop Trust on scientific, strategic and policy matters. Luigi holds a BA and MA in Applied Biology from the University of Cambridge, UK. Before joining the…

Luis coordinates the communications efforts of the BOLD and Seeds4Resilience projects, and supports the institution’s Crop Strategies fundraising activities. He also oversees all media relations…

Dr. Masa Iwanaga is Special Advisor and former President of Japan’s International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), a National Research and Development Agency under the auspices of…

Matija Obreza is the focal point for genebank information systems at the Crop Trust. He also coordinates the development of Genesys and GGCE. Matija obtained his academic degree in computer science…

H.E. Mercedes Aráoz is a Peruvian economist and politician. Currently, she is a Professor of Economics at the Universidad del Pacífico’s School of Public Policy and Management in Lima,…

Michael Major is a freelance science writer and documentary photographer currently based in Perth, Australia. He has worked as an environmental and agricultural communicator for 40 years in five…