Jerry Glover is a National Geographic Society Explorer and Senior Sustainable Agricultural Systems Advisor for USAID. He earned two bachelor's degrees in soil science and philosophy and a Ph.D. in soil science at Washington State... more University in 2001. Prior to his work at USAID, Jerry studied native grasslands and farming systems, including no-till, perennial, organic and integrated systems. He has published the results of his work in Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific American. less

Robert Richardson is an ecological economist at Michigan State University with interests in the study of development and the environment, particularly the contribution of ecosystem services to socioeconomic well-being. His... more research and outreach program focuses primarily on sustainable development, and he uses a variety of methods from the behavioral and social sciences to study decision-making about the use of natural resources and the conservation of ecosystem services. He has conducted research related to agricultural-environmental linkages, household food and energy security and tradeoffs in decision-making about environmental management in southern and eastern Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia. less

Harry Ngoma is a Food Security Specialist with the Economic Development Office at USAID Zambia. He currently provides technical backstopping to a portfolio of Feed the Future activities in Zambia, including the $18 million... more Research and Development Program, the Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security (Mawa Project) and a number of other USAID regional and Washington based activities. less