Members
Browse the Agrilinks community to find individuals and organizations working in food security.
Katrin Glatzel
Germany
Joined December 12, 2022
2 posts
Nov 21, 2023 - Future-Proof: How Science, Technology and Policy Innovation Are Driving Africa’s Bioeconomy Transition
Since November 2023, Dr. Katrin Glatzel is a Senior Scientist at the University of Bonn's Center for Development Research where she leads a new program on 'Agrifood systems-transformative research and policy guidance'.Before...
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....
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...
Ruud Grim
Netherlands
Joined August 21, 2020
1 post
Aug 21, 2020 - Digital Opportunities in Response to COVID-19 in Asian & Africa Agri-Food Systems
Ruud Grim is senior advisor and coordinator at Netherlands Space Office. One of his main tasks is to facilitate and stimulate the use of satellite based information services for societal benefit areas, research and commercial...
Kristin Davis
South Africa
Joined July 17, 2018
6 posts
Aug 03, 2020 - Private Sector Youth Engagement in Uganda: Is this Sustainable?
Kristin Davis has a PhD in international agricultural extension with a minor in farming systems from the University of Florida. In 2004 she started work as a researcher with the International Food Policy Research Institute...
Benjamin Wielgosz
Netherlands
Joined May 22, 2020
1 post
Jun 17, 2020 - COVID-19: Using Data to Address Fragility in Food Supply Chains
Ben began hiscareer at the UN World Food Program (WFP) working in Pakistan & South Sudan where the agricultural potential is striking but the food system is fragile. This led to his interest in sustainable agricultural...
Jonathan Lautze
South Africa
Joined April 13, 2018
3 posts
Jan 14, 2020 - Achieving Sustainable Resource Use by Measuring What You Manage: Groundwater Monitoring in the Shared Tuli Karoo Aquifer
Jonathan Lautze is a senior researcher at the IWMI-southern Africa office in Pretoria. He has led or contributed to a range of applied, interdisciplinary research and development projects focused on topics such as water...
Benjamin Kwasi Addom
Netherlands
Joined February 01, 2012
1 post
Dec 05, 2019 - Digital Developments for Africa’s Agriculture
Benis the Team Leader, ICTs for Agriculture at CTA, the Netherlands. He is an expert in digitalisation in agriculture - the intersection of digital solutions for agriculture, big data and analytics, innovative business...
Linda Veldhuizen
Netherlands
Joined August 24, 2018
2 posts
Jun 27, 2019 - E-Conference Responding to Fall Armyworm in Asia, 10-12 July
I'm working as network coordinator for the Thematic Network on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). I'm also working as postdoctoral research fellow in the Missing...