Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Mariana Vasconcelos is founder at Agrosmart, a technology pioneer alumni of the World Economic Forum, and serves as an advisory board member at Thought For Food, ECO+ Foundation (BASF), and InterAmerican Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA). She is a climate activist and an expert in digital agriculture, considered one of the most influential people in Latin America by Bloomberg Linea. An advocate for gender equality, she was recognized by Globant with a "Women That Build" award in the game-changer category. With a business background and degrees from UNIFEI, LSE, and Singularity University, she was also recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, a 50 Next by the World's 50 Best Restaurants & Bars, an Innovator under 35 by MIT Technology Review, Forbes 30 Under 30 Brasil and Fast Company world's 100 Most Creative in Business.
Leveraging climate solutions to manage and mitigate financial risk helping food systems and nature to thrive.
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Member of the Kofi Annan Foundation Commission on Food Security: Reimagining Governance. With the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Kofi Annan Foundation is convening a credible, impartial multi- stakeholder group of leaders in the form of a Commission to review the challenges to the global food security architecture and develop policy recommendations, based on research and consultations, to help transform current food security governance. The Commission will outline the possible models of a global food governance system fit for purpose to achieve a world with sustainable, equitable and resilient food security. The Kofi Annan Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization, established in Switzerland in 2007 by Kofi Annan, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Secretary-General of the United Nations between 1997 and 2006.
IICA is the specialized agency of the Inter-American System for agriculture and rural welfare, promoting competitive and sustainable agriculture in the Americas. Founded in 1942, IICA has accumulated vast experience in providing technical cooperation in agricultural health and food safety, agribusiness, agricultural trade, rural development and training. IICA has 34 Member Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.