Organiser's description (via the Nature Conservancy):
Join us for a webinar following the release of The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) new report, "Evaluating Regenerative Foodscapes: A Learning-Centered Impact Framework."
This report introduces a model for monitoring, evaluation, and learning that empowers all landscape stakeholders—from farmers to food companies, government agencies to NGOs—to confidently make critical shifts towards regenerative practices. Hear from scientists, practitioners, and industry leaders as they discuss the vital role of the Foodscapes approach, explore the new framework, and foster dialogue on scaling up landscape-level change.
Speakers:
Saswati Bora joined TNC in August 2021 as Global Director for Regenerative Food Systems. Within this strategy, Saswati leads the development of an emerging set of regenerative foodscapes for TNC as a crucial part of accelerating the transition of food systems from degrading and extractive to productive and restorative for nature and people. Saswati brings almost two decades of experience in developing and leading ambitious agendas related to food systems, sustainable agriculture and rural development. Formerly the Head of Food Systems Innovation at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Saswati developed WEF's two global flagship initiatives on innovations and incentives in food systems transformation as well as regional initiatives in India related to food and agriculture. She has a strong track record in strategy development, policy analysis and building partnerships having previously worked at the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Stephen Wood is a Senior Scientist for Agriculture & Food Systems in the Provide Food and Water Sustainably team at The Nature Conservancy. Steve’s expertise is in soil science, agroecology, food systems, and climate change. Steve is the science lead for TNC’s Regenerative Foodscapes strategy where he works on developing new data for foodscapes planning and supporting monitoring, evaluation and learning of the portfolio of foodscapes. He also works on Natural Climate Solutions science in agriculture and grazing lands. His other projects include coordinating TNC’s work on agricultural methane and AgEvidence, a data platform showing the impact of conservation agriculture practices in the US Corn Belt and Kenya.
Heena Sharma
Steven Rosenzweig
