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Eline Boelee

Senior researcher and advisor, Deltares

Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at drivers, pressures, state, impact, and…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Health, Water
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Elliott Grant

General Manager, X

Dr. Elliott Grant is a recognized business leader and innovator in food and ag tech. He is the General Manager of Mineral at X, Alphabet’s “Moonshot Factory.” The mineral is using machine learning (ML) and robotics to scale sustainable agriculture globally. He was the founder and CEO of HarvestMark…

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

Emily Pindilli

Director of the Science and Decisions Center and Chief Economist, U.S. Geological Survey

As a PhD environmental economist, Emily focuses on a diverse portfolio of environmental and informational economics research topics including the value of scientific information, ecosystem services assessment and valuation, methods to integrate multi-disciplinary analyses to support…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Economics, Environment
   SDG: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Emily Schmidt

Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Emily Schmidt is the Papua New Guinea Country Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on the dynamic process of rural land transformation, rural employment…

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

Emma Quicho

Member, IRRI

Emma Quicho has more than 20 years of work experience focused on agricultural research. She started working with maize and, for the past 17 years, on rice-based ecosystems. Mrs. Quicho had the opportunity to characterize the different upland maize production systems in 24 locations across…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Enkhtsetseg Byambaa

Professor, National University of Mongolia

Enkhtsetseg Byambaa has been working as a Professor at the National University of Mongolia (NUM) since 1998. She has a Bachelor degree in Demography from NUM, post-graduate diploma in “Population and Development” from the Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India, MA in Economics from NUM…

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

Eric Zusman

Senior Policy Researcher/ Area Leader, IGES

Eric Zusman is a senior policy researcher/area leader at the Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Dr. Zusman holds a bachelors degree in Mandarin Chinese from Rutgers University, a dual Masters Degree in public policy and Asian studies from the University of Texas at…

   Topic(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environment
   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

Eriyatno Soekirman

Professor and Senior Researcher, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

Dr. Eriyatno is an agricultural and system engineer, has degree M.Sc and Ph.d from Michigan State University. He is Professor and Senior Researcher at Bogor Agricultural University – Indonesia. His expertise is in Policy Studies and Technology Transfer. At present, he is the President Director…

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

Erkinbek Choduev

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Kyrgyzstan

Erkinbek Choduev is the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Melioration, Ministry of Agriculture, Kyrgyzstan. Prior to this, he was the Director of OsOO Ak-Teks from 2011 to 2014, and worked in different capacities in OsOO Limateks Cotton Corporation from 1999 to 2011. He was member at the…

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

Esther Kimani

CEO, Farmer Lifeline Technologies

Esther Wanjiru Kimani is a CEO of FarmerLifeline. A trailblazer in the ClimaTech Agriculture space in Africa, driven by the passion to transform marginalized smallholder farmers lives using renewable energy, AI and Machine Learning.  

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