Hasan is an institutional development and management specialist working currently on a freelance basis with multilateral and bilateral development agencies, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. He has been working in the field of development cooperation since 35 years and has field experience from countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Central America.  

Ganpat has been growing strawberries in the western ghats of Maharashtra (Mahabaleshwar) over the last 27 years. In the last four years, he has been practicing organic farming. Ganpat has been certified as organic farmer and is currently chairing the Agro-Organic Farmers Group. Apart from Strawberry cultivation, Mr. Parthe is practicing apiculture (honeybee keeping). He has been awarded as ‘Udyan Pandit’ (Horticulture Specialist) by the Government of Maharashtra. 

Fatima Moniz Soares is currently taking Economy Management at Dili University (UNDIL). She is highly motivated to do something for the youth and to help her community and her country, Timor-Leste. When she started her studies, she began thinking of coffee as a source of income for farmers. She is learning about coffee so she can work with farmers and collaborate int producing high quality coffee.

Donneth was the Director for the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division in the Central and West Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank. The division is responsible for investment projects, technical assistance and knowledge products in agriculture, rural development, water and other natural resources, food security, environment, disaster risk management and climate change. She has worked in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Gambia, Jamaica, Laos, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam.

A serial entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience in IT, Control Engineering and FMCG Supply Chain  Management, David was responsible for optimizing the McDonald’s and KFC cold chains, as well as Global Distribution for the Jardines Group. He was also a dotcom entrepreneur during the early 2000s, specializing in Supply Chain ASP. In the last 10 years, David has worked closely with Singapore government agencies and established Netatech as one of the leading providers of water and food sustainability technologies in the country. 

David is the Founder of AgUnity, FAC Global Agripreneur of the Year 2018, working on UN Sustainable Development Goals, elimination of poverty and increasing smallholder farmer incomes.  

AgUnity is an impact venture applying blockchain and smartphone technology to improve the lives of small farmer cooperatives in developing countries. Widely recognized by major NGO's and winner of many agtech and philanthropy awards and accolades. 

Christine is on a mission to bring back the sense of excitement and wonder in Philippine agriculture, through meaningful narratives and a movement. Having been raised in a rural farming community, she observed the lack of young farmers, and lack of motivation of older farmers to grow food. Narratives in agriculture in her community were also negative, mirroring the realities on the field.  

Cherrys is the Founder of Sierreza, the first zero-waste shop to open in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. She finished BS Chemical Engineering from  UP Los Baños and MS Environmental Science from the University of Auckland. She earned her certificate in Organic Agriculture from the UP Open University.