Members
Browse the Agrilinks community to find individuals and organizations working in food security.
Thoric Cederstrom
Switzerland
Joined August 25, 2019
4 posts
Feb 02, 2024 - Safeguarding Success: The Crucial Role of Food Safety for Small to Medium Food Businesses in the Developing World
Dr. Thoric Cederström is an experienced applied social science professional with over 30 years of experience in primary data collection and analysis using mixed methods, program design, monitoring and evaluation, technical...
Gustavo Mendoza
Mexico
Joined December 26, 2023
1 post
Jan 04, 2024 - Revolutionizing Extension Models with Artificial Intelligence in Service of Smallholder Farmers
Gustavo Mendoza is the Director of Technology and Systems at Acceso, where he's focused on leveraging AI and data analysis to empower the organization's agricultural business model and improve access to crucial information for...
Sam Storr
Mexico
Joined October 18, 2023
2 posts
Nov 03, 2023 - Experts to Discuss Cultivating Inclusion during ICTforAg 2023, Nov 7-9
Sam Storr is a communications specialist with over five years' experience in the agricultural sector, currently with the CGIAR Digital Innovation Initiative. He also researches and publishes datasets on citizen security in Mexico....
Fatima Kareem
Germany
Joined June 29, 2023
1 post
Oct 18, 2023 - Food Safety in Africa: Challenging the Status Quo through Continental Policies
I am an Development Economist that is passionate about improving the economy including food system through evidence-based policy research.
Ntombizethu Mkhwanazi
South Africa
Joined June 07, 2023
1 post
Jun 22, 2023 - The Crucial Role of Governance in Ensuring Food Safety
Ms. Ntombizethu Mkhwanazi is a PhD student in Political Sciences, at the University of Pretoria. She is doing a transdisciplinary research between the faculty of National and Agricultural Sciences and Faculty of Humanities.Ms....
Farai Gwelo
South Africa
Joined May 24, 2022
1 post
Jun 09, 2022 - International Fund for Agricultural Development Projects in Eswatini Celebrate World Pulses Day and So Should You
Farai is a rural development practitioner with expertise in ICT4D, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, youth inclusion and knowledge management.She has 8 years of experience in the sphere and has worked and consulted for several...
Conny Almekinders
Netherlands
Joined May 14, 2021
1 post
May 24, 2021 - Identifying Entry Points for Effective Seed System Interventions
Conny Almekinders is Associate Professor at the Knowledge, Technology and Innovation group, Department of Social Sciences of Wageningen University. She obtained a PhD from the same university, based on her potato crop physiology...
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB)
Mexico
Joined March 10, 2021
1 post
Mar 29, 2021 - In a Water-Challenged World, Crop Breeders Must Do More Than Go with the Flow
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding(EiB) is accelerating the modernization of crop breeding programs targeting the developing world. To combat hunger, poverty and climate change, Global South farmers need a genetically diverse portfolio...
Kim Titcombe
Switzerland
Joined February 16, 2021
1 post
Mar 23, 2021 - Women's Economic Empowerment in the Coffee Sector: A Journey
I am an independent researcher and consultant based in Europe working in different cultural and geographic contexts in Eastern Africa and in South East Asia.My particular areas of focus are women's economic empowerment, gender in...
Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture
Switzerland
Joined June 04, 2020
1 post
Aug 26, 2020 - Potatoes Offer New Perspectives for Pastoralists
The Syngenta Foundationoperates across product streams following a pipeline approach (Proof of Concept, Scale-Up, Handover).Our currentstreams are: Agriservices Risk Management and Financial Inclusionfor smallholder farmers,...