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Javed Mir

Agriculture Specialist (Consultant), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB

Javed is a 2019-2020 Visiting Fellow at International Program, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. He is currently an ADB consultant working on the Rural Development and Food Security Forum and East Asia Department’s project preparation…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jawoo Koo

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Jawoo Koo is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (Interim) Lead, CGIAR Research Initiative on “Harnessing digital technologies for timely decision-making across food, land, and water systems.

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jean Balie

Director General, International Rice Research Institute

Jean Balié has over two decades of experience in leadership and expertise developing policies for agriculture, food, and rural development. Dr. Balié is currently the Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, and the Regional Director for South East Asia and the Pacific of the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Poverty
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jennifer Kim Rosenzweig

Deputy Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP) Indonesia

Jennifer Kim Rosenzweig, DrPh is the Deputy Country Director for WFP Indonesia. Jennifer first joined WFP in 2013 as part of the Asia regional programme team in Bangkok, supporting country teams to improve nutrition portfolios. In January 2018, Jennifer moved to Rome to take up her post as the…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jenny Yan Yee Chu

Procurement Specialist, ADB

Jenny Chu is a Procurement Specialist in ADB’s Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department. She is the procurement focal for South Pacific countries, and she leads the work on mainstreaming sustainable procurement and strengthening the environment, health and safety requirements…

   Topic(s): ADB Administration and Governance, Environment, Knowledge Management
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Jessica Fanzo

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins University

Jessica Fanzo is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics at the Johns Hopkins University, USA. She holds appointments in the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She also…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action

Jiangfeng Zhang

Director, ADB

Jiangfeng Zhang is the Director of Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division, Southeast Asia Department, concurrently Co-Chair, Environment Thematic Group, of Asian Development Bank (ADB). Since 2002 to date, he has been leading and supporting the development, design, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Finance
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Jim Harkness

Independent Consultant, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (former president)

Jim Harkness has worked on agriculture, environment, and rural development in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since the 1980s. He carried out field research and environmental education on behalf of the International Crane Foundation in the 1980s and early 1990s, including a year of field work…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 15: Life on Land

Jit Kumar Yogi

Farmer, Women Farmers Based Agricultural Cooperative, Digopan Social Entrepreneurs Cooperative Bardiya, Nepal

Jit is a farmer inhabitant of Gulariya Municipality-4, Tulsipur, Bardiya, Nepal.  She is the member of women managed local Community Forest User Group (CFUG). This CFUG has been managing a 1500-hectare evergreen forest in river basin flood and erosion prone area. She has served there…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jittima Rodsawad

Public Health Technical Officer, Health Impact Assessment Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

Jittima is the Public Health Technical Officer in the Health Impact Assessment Division at the Department of Health. Since 2002, she has experience with HIA applications for public parks in the Yala municipality in Thailand. She is also responsible for developing HIA training courses for…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment, Health
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being