Community Member Overview - December 2025

This community brings together people and organisations working at the intersection of biodiversity and food systems. Together we aim to:

• facilitate connections, mutual understanding and joint learning between biodiversity and food systems actors

• trigger changes in mindsets, structures and actions to enhance synergies between biodiversity and food systems

• support collective action that link biodiversity and food systems for more sustainable outcomes

Members join the community at one of three levels, depending on how they want to engage:

• Supporting members stay connected through updates, network calls, and event invitations.

• Collaborative members actively contribute to co developing community outputs, events, and learning activities.

• Strategic members act as champions and ambassadors, helping to shape direction, partnerships, and communications.

The overview below is grouped by these three levels. It reflects what each member has agreed to share publicly on NFP Connects. Members who prefer not to be visible are not included, and where someone consented to share only their name or only their organisation, the other details have been left out.

Strategic members

Name	Organisation	Org type (simplified)	Base / region
Mizinga Moonze		Research / Education	Tanzania
Assefa Adane Atinafu		Research / Education	Ethiopia
Balbine ALINDEKON	Genetic biotechnology and seed sciences unit	Research / Education	Benin
Elizabeth Namaona	Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET)	Civil society / NGO	Malawi
Jane Karanja	Network for Ecofarming in Africa	Civil society / NGO	Kenya
Ahmadou KANE	BASIF	Civil society / NGO	Senegal
Faith Yustin Raymond	Agrosupport organisation	Civil society / NGO
Nafisat Dan'azumi		Private sector	Cairo, Egypt
Selestine mushi	TANZANIA AGRICULTURE MENTORSHIP FOUNDATION	Civil society / NGO	Dodoma, Tanzania
Ahmed Sherikha	Rich Green Egypt	Private sector	Egypt
Radwa Donia		Government / Public sector	Egypt, Cairo
Natalia Estrada Carmona	Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT	Research / Education	Montpellier
Victoria Gutierrez	Commonland	Civil society / NGO	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Victoria Galeano	PRISSMA	Private sector	Washington DC, Colombia
Amadou Ali Abdoul-Aziz	Comité Consultatif des jeunes / Ambassade Pays Bas / Niger	Government / Public sector	Niger / West Africa
Volkert Engelsman	RFC	Private sector	Netherlands
Humberto Rios Labrada		Research / Education	Wageningen, Netherlands
Adekunbi	Obafemi Awolowo University	Research / Education	Nigeria
Michel Scholte	Impact Institute	Research / Education	Netherlands and global
LAWRENCE MWANGI	CSO	Civil society / NGO	Nairobi and surrounding counties
Simkje Kruiderink	Min LVVN	Government / Public sector	Netherlands
Mieke Siebers	Foundation for Sustainable Development	Civil society / NGO	Wageningen, Netherlands
Harko Koster	SNV Netherlands Development Organisation	Civil society / NGO	Africa and Asia
Ogwang Robert Rapsy	Rural Agroecology Network	Civil society / NGO	Karamoja, Northeast Uganda
Kaltumo Mohamed		Government / Public sector	Mogadishu, Somalia
Mama Samba Embalo	RECAGRO / GB	Farmer / Producer organisation	Guiné Bissau
Suzan Mokone	Sefako Makgatho University of Health Science	Research / Education
Amanda Harding	Convene	Network / Platform	Global
Nasser Nathan Mtengera	Tanzania Youth Alliance for Food Systems	Civil society / NGO	Tanzania
kien nguyen van	Vietnam National Plant Genebank	Government / Public sector	Vietnam
Fardous Mohammad Safiul Azam	University of Development Alternative	Research / Education	Bangladesh and China
Katie Minderhoud	PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency	Government / Public sector	Netherlands
Howard Mugera		Other / Individual	Nairobi
Michelle Eichinger	Planning4Health Solutions	Private sector	Amstelveen, Netherlands
Adedayo Adeboye	Osun State University Osogbo Nigeria	Research / Education	Nigeria
Debjani Samantaray	Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition	Civil society / NGO	Global
Gina Kennedy	Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT	Research / Education	Global
Joyce Mutuku	Tawi Fresh Kenya Limited	Private sector	Nairobi, Kenya
Sukanya Basu		Research / Education	Bengaluru, India
Rob Busink		Government / Public sector	Netherlands
Ana Gerlin Hernandez Bonilla	The NUTRIVERSE	Research / Education	World
Norah Owaraga	CPAR Uganda Ltd	Civil society / NGO	Uganda
Emmanuel ochola Matsaba	Africa Centre for Climate Agri-Food and Nature (AfriCCLAN)	Civil society / NGO	Kenya
Komal Sherazi		Civil society / NGO
John Afuye	University of Belgrade	Research / Education	Belgrade, Serbia
Nicolás Domke		Network / Platform	Chile
Erastus Ooko	Cropsoko Technologies Ltd	Private sector	Nairobi, Kenya
	Fair and Sustainable Consulting	Research / Education	East Africa, Nairobi
	African Food Revolution	Civil society / NGO	Zimbabwe
	Green harvest Organic	Farmer / Producer organisation	Tanzania

Collaborative members

Name	Organisation	Org type (simplified)	Base / region
Jan van der Ploeg	Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences	Research / Education	Pacific Islands
Chandima Ariyarathna	University of Peradeniya	Research / Education	Sri Lanka
Souleymane BONI	I am working in a government project (World Bank initiative)	Farmer / Producer organisation	Benin
Abdul-Ganiyu Ibrahim	WUZDA-GHANA	Civil society / NGO	Ghana
Shaline	A n agriculture student	Research / Education
Candice Guilaran		Government / Public sector	Philippines
Kelvin Chifulumo	Educating Girls and Young Women for Development (EGYD)	Civil society / NGO	Kasama, Zambia
Nyasha Grace Ngirande	Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences	Research / Education	Netherlands
Mokhatla	University of Free State	Research / Education	South Africa
MASUDI HAJJI	EARTH AND HUMANITY INITIATIVE	Farmer / Producer organisation	Kisoro District, Uganda
Pauline Kona	Department of Agriculture, Busia	Government / Public sector	Busia, Kenya
Sarah Jones	Alliance BI-CIAT	Research / Education	Montpellier, France / Oxford, UK
Baijnath Kumar Paswan	GAURUDRA Sustainability Private Limited	Private sector	India
Stef de Haan	WUR / CGIAR	Research / Education	Andes, SE Asia
Fabrice DeClerck	EAT and CGIAR	Research / Education	Global
Jean Damascene NSANZUMUKIZA	YALTA Rwanda	Civil society / NGO	Kigali
Asikaralu Okafor	Village Farmers Initiative (VFI)	Farmer / Producer organisation	Nigeria
Hung Nguyen-Ngoc		Research / Education	Bangkok, Thailand
Caleb Olanipekun	World Vegetable Center	Research / Education	Taiwan
Mohamed Adam Mohamed	Mc Agricultural company	Farmer / Producer organisation	Somalia
Alda Tomo		Civil society / NGO	Mozambique
Katarzyna (Kate) Negacz	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Research / Education	Amsterdam
Daniel Ogunsola	AgCouer Ltd	Research / Education	Nigeria
Patrick Caron		Research / Education	Global
Hibiete Aberra	Fair and Sustainable Ethiopia (F&S)	Private sector	Addis Ababa
Esther Alleluyanatha	National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike	Research / Education	Nigeria
Lena Wamuhu	Climate-smart Organic Farming	Farmer / Producer organisation	Nairobi, Kenya
Randa Bazzi	One Health Alliance Jordan	Research / Education	Jordan
Oladoyin Ohijeagbon	Food Science Department Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Research / Education	Nigeria
Marian		Government / Public sector	Accra, Ghana
Hector Lopez	Glocolearning	Civil society / NGO	Netherlands
Ali Denge Duba	Korahey Integrated Poultry-Black Soldier Fly Farm	Farmer / Producer organisation
Teshome Wubeshet	Ethiopia Biodiversity Institute	Research / Education	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Francisco J. Rosado-May		Research / Education	Quintana Roo, Mexico
Juliette Tronchon	ProVeg International	Civil society / NGO	Berlin, Germany
Ngufor Gustave - Alexandre	Caritas of the Buea Diocese	Civil society / NGO	Southwest Cameroon
	Food processing Company	Private sector	Adama, Ethiopia
	FAO Ethiopia	Civil society / NGO	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	ZOA	Civil society / NGO	The Netherlands
	AgriOS	Private sector	Sub Saharan Africa

Supporting members

Name	Organisation	Org type (simplified)	Base / region
Heather Farrell-Clarke		Other / Individual	Barbados
Marc Wani Antioko Boytah		Government / Public sector	South Sudan
Nitsuhe Legesse		Private sector	Ethiopia
Sowmiyaa Subramaniam		Research / Education	India
Usman Popoola		Research / Education	Animal production
Corné van Dooren		Civil society / NGO	Netherlands
FORTUNE DEKU	NUNER BD	Private sector	Volta Region, Ghana
Abinet Wogayehu	Wetlands International	Civil society / NGO	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Trevor Madeya	GIZ	Civil society / NGO	Malawi
Marieke Sassen		Research / Education	Netherlands, West Africa, Latin America
DORCAS	Kipkelion Brokerage Co Ltd	Farmer / Producer organisation	Kericho, Kenya
Ninja Lacey		Network / Platform	Netherlands
Bine Liem		Civil society / NGO	Netherlands
Hanifa Dermawan		Other / Individual	Indonesia
Ahmed Sulaiman	ICPAC / IGAD	Government / Public sector	Nairobi
Franklin Ondego		Government / Public sector	Kenya
Abdikadir Ahmed		Civil society / NGO	Somalia
Dr. Kakha NADIRADZE	Association for Farmers Rights Defense (AFRD)	Civil society / NGO	Georgia
Arine Valstar	Arine Valstar Consultancy & Advice	Civil society / NGO	Worldwide
Jelle Maas	Wageningen University & Research	Research / Education	Global
Elmer Enicola		Research / Education	Philippines
Puneet Bansal		Civil society / NGO	Bengaluru, India
Chisela Kaliwile		Government / Public sector	Zambia
David Ngiri	Trees For Kenya	Civil society / NGO	Kenya
Helen Gyasi		Government / Public sector	Accra, Ghana
Angelique Karekezi		Private sector	Rwanda
Natasja Hölscher		Network / Platform	Utrecht, Netherlands
Zinabu Nigus Belay	Alamata Agricultural Research Center	Research / Education	Ethiopia
	Aerobic Agroforestry	Private sector	Nigeria
	RESPOL-CLG	Private sector	Kenya
	Netherlands Enterprise Agency	Government / Public sector
	True Price	Civil society / NGO	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
	Heifer Netherlands	Civil society / NGO	The Netherlands
	CABI	Other / Individual	Netherlands based, with a global mandate