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One Goal - Many Voices. Writing with 2030 in mind, representatives of civil society organizations, experts from science and research, business partners and individuals who are particularly committed to the issue are active in the fight against hunger. The exchange of ideas regarding the magazine's main focus is on the diversity of the participants.

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Dr Shakuntala Thilsted

Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted serves as Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, a One CGIAR entity, partnering with the Global Programme 'Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture' under the special initiative ONEWORLD no hunger. She is recipient of the 2021 World Food Prize, as well as the 2021 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award.

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Dr. Martin Frick

Since November 2021, Dr. Martin Frick is Chief of the WFP-Bureau for Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein in Berlin. Previously, he served as special envoy of the UN Secretary-General at the Food Systems Summit 2021, Executive Director of the UNFCCC-secretariat tasked with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and as FAO-Climate Chief.

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Lennart Woltering, Skalierungsberater bei der Forschungseinrichtung CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

Lennart Woltering

As a scaling catalyst at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Lennart Woltering helps scientists and development practitioners scale the impact of their work beyond the project boundaries. He advocates for a shift in mindset around scaling from “reaching many” to include sustainability, responsibility and systems change. Passionate about translating academic research findings into practical application, he developed the Scaling Scan tool that helps users quickly identify bottlenecks and opportunities for scaling. Beyond CIMMYT and the CGIAR, Lennart advises a range of development organizations, alliances and donors on scaling strategies.

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Carmen Burbano de Lara

Ms. Burbano de Lara is WFP’s world expert in school feeding and a member of the Technical Committee for School Feeding of the Partnership for Child Development at the Imperial College in London. In this capacity, she has advised the governments of China, Colombia and Kenya, Ghana, among others, often in partnership with the World Bank. During her 14 years of experience with WFP, Carmen Burbano de Lara has specialized in supporting governments to strengthen their national social protection and safety net policies and programmes and to tackle malnutrition and food insecurity.

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World Food Programme, Maria Smentek

Maria Smentek

Maria Smentek is the communications officer in the Berlin office of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). WFP Berlin's communications efforts focus on humanitarian crises, development programmes and innovations in the fight against hunger.

 

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Ralf Südhoff, Direktor des Berliner Büros des UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Ralf Südhoff

Since the beginning of 2008, Ralf Südhoff has been director in Berlin for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

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