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Dr. Christian Genova is a Socioeconomist at The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited. Prior to this, Christian was a Researcher at the World Vegetable Centre (WVC) in Taiwan and at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, where he became involved in research for development projects in South and Southeast Asia, Solomon Islands and sub-Saharan Africa. His research interests include nutrition-sensitive agriculture, food and nutrition security, gender, vegetable supply chains and rural livelihoods.

Prof. Wendy Umberger is the Executive Director of the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide. Wendy specializes in food economics and food policy and has research projects in Australia, North America, Asia, the Pacific Islands and South Africa on the economics of global food systems. Her research uses innovative methods to understand drivers of consumer and producer behavior related to food issues, including nutrition, food safety and health and marketing claims related to quality (credence) attributes associated with the production and processing of food.

Dr. Suzie Newman is Head-International Development at The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited. She has extensive experience in production and postharvest horticultural and agribusiness research, development and extension. Previously, Suzie spent 16 years as a scientist with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Since 2003, Suzie has worked in international development where she has led and collaborated on projects in South East Asia, the Pacific and Africa.

Dr. Alexandra Peralta is Senior Lecturer in Agricultural and Food Economics at the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide. She is a development economist with experience in impact evaluation, field experiments and farmer decision-making models. Her recent research focuses on the use of experimental methods to evaluate the impact of value-chain development interventions in East Africa and the Pacific. Before joining GFAR, Alexandra was a Research Associate at the Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. Her current teaching at the graduate level focuses on the role of agriculture in economic development, food policy and agricultural issues in developing countries.