Change agent with a 30 year trackrecord of promoting sustainability and diversity. As a pioneer in SDG benchmarking I set up the Access to Seeds Index, which evolved into the World Benchmarking Alliance
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An important part of the legacy of Kofi Annan, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, was showing the world that it makes sense to set shared global targets for development. During his term in office, the UN adopted the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight targets to be achieved by 2015. An evaluation in 2013 pointed out that a lot of progress was made, albeit not enough. One of the major lessons drawn…
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25 Food and Agriculture Leaders to Watch in 2019
Featured in this list by foodtank.com
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‘Has influenced the EU and global seed sector in a lasting way.’
European Seed, a leading seed industry trade magazine, has put together a list of 20 people who, in their view, were highly influential in 2017. This list includes Ido Verhagen, executive director of the Access to Seeds Index. European Seed writes: ‘In 2016, the first Access to Seeds Index came out and the second Index is scheduled to come out at the end of 2018. Although there was criticism on the Index by the seed…
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A farmers’ perspective on food system transformation
On 7 and 8 November 2019, WBA organized a Farmer Roundtable in Kathmandu, Nepal to discuss with farmers and companies from South and Southeast Asia how they can collaborate on food system transformation. This is the concluding statement: This week bought together over 1200 delegates and 70 nationalities from governments, academia, civil society, private sector and others to Kathmandu for the SUN Global Gathering. This flagship event, titled “Nourishing people and planet together”, gave members…