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Former employees, grad students and others who have worked with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture in the past.

Karen LeGrand

University of California, Davis

Karen LeGrand is the principal investigator of the Building and Scaling Safe Vegetable Value Chains in Cambodia project, supporte

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James Nienhuis

Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jim Nienhuis is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also serves as a principal investigator on Horticulture Innovation Lab projects focused on vegetable production in Central Ame

Sushil Raj Ghimire

Former Co-PI
Welthungerhilfe

Sushil Raj Ghimire served as a Co-PI for the Horticulture Innovation Lab South Asia Regional Hub research initiative, Empowering youth entrepreneurs through appropriate horticulture interventions in Nepal, until the summer of 2024.

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Catalina Galdamez

Co-PI
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG)

Catalina Galdámez is a Salvadoran economist and researcher. She has a degree in Economics from Universidad José Simeón Cañas (UCA), a Master's degree in Economics from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) -- where she also received her PhD candidacy in Economics in 2023.

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Bishnu Kumar Bishwakarma

Principal Investigator
FORWARD Nepal

Mr. Bishwakarma holds PhD degree in Development Studies from Agriculture and Forestry University, M.Sc. in Agriculture (Horticulture) and B.Sc. Agriculture from Tirbhuban University, Nepal.

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Fridah Githuku

Principal Investigator
GROOTS Kenya

Fridah is the Executive Director of GROOTS Kenya, a national movement of grassroots women and girls.

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Annesofie Misiani

Program Manager - (East Africa Regional Hub)
International Center for Evaluation and Development

Annesofie Misiani, served as the program management officer, with the International Centre for Evaluation Development (ICED) and on the team of Regional Hub Managers for East Africa until the summer of 2024.

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Max Luepke

Undergrad Assistant
University of California, Davis

Max Luepke is the student assistant for the Innovation Lab for Horticulture. He is a fourth-year undergraduate student in the Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry program.

Ed Keturakis

Former Horticulture Innovation Lab International Advisory Board Member
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Ed Keturakis has more than 25 years of agribusiness and natural resource management experience, and served as a member of the Horticulture Innovation Lab's International Advisory Board until 2023.

Siobhan Rubsam

Graduate Student Researcher
University of California, Davis

Siobhan Rubsam is a Graduate Student Researcher for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, and a first-year graduate student in the International Agricultural Development Masters program at UC Davis.

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