Dr. Nayak is a Scientist and South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product
Management at IRRI who is recognized for her innovative approach to engaging smallholder farmers
in demand-driven rice seed systems.
He is a senior Scientist for Crop Development with HarvestPlus at the
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, who is recognized for his outstanding leadership
in mainstreaming biofortified crops, particularly pearl millet, in India and Africa.
He is an Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist at the Africa Rice
Centre, who is recognized for spearheading innovative water management systems for resilient
rice production in the face of climate change.
She is the Founder and Chairman of the Model Livestock Advancement
Foundation, which is recognized for her innovative model providing veterinary outreach,
treatment, and education to thousands of small-scale farmers in Bangladesh.
She is the Principal Investigator of the Gender-responsive Researchers
Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project and is recognized for championing the
incorporation of gender-supportive activities within the global agricultural research
community.
He is a plant pathologist at the Cereal Disease Laboratory of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and is recognized for his
essential leadership efforts to contain and reduce the impact of Ug99, a new race of the stem
rust pathogen.
He is a researcher and faculty member at the Centre for Resources,
Environment, and Food Security at the China Agricultural University in Beijing, and is
recognized for his scientific and extension work in improving soil health and increasing crop
production.
He is a senior economist at the International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, who is recognized for his science-based, community-mediated,
and innovative approach to providing financial protection, through insurance, to millions of
poor herders and their families who care for and depend upon their livestock.
He serves as Rwanda's Country Director and Senior Partner at the social
enterprise One Acre Fund and is recognized for formulating a singular, uniform solution for
basic-food farmers as a scalable activity than any traditional approach.
He serves as Associate Director of the Global Conservation Agricultural
Program at CIMMYT and is recognized for his vision to help poor farmers increase food production
from their existing farmland.