NOVEMBER 4th

Putting Coffee Growing Communities in the Driving Seat

From 2:00-3:00 PM (GMT)

5th November

A ‘hard talk’ interview between Practical Action’s Maria Claudia Valdivia Verde, Green Business Lead in Peru, and John Barrett, Senior Adviser, Research Triangle Institute. The conversation will explore how putting communities in the driving seat of innovation, planning and implementation of agroforestry can deliver multiple wins:
• Successful adaptation enabling rural poverty reduction (rural livelihoods);
• Reliable income for the nation – meaningful and stable contributions from coffee, cocoa and rural economies to GDP; and
• Preventing/reversing deforestation delivering Peru’s targets mitigation targets.

by Practical Action

Speakers:

Maria Claudia

Green Business Lead in Peru

Professional in Forestry Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, with postgraduate studies in Quality Management and Environmental Auditing an Agribusiness Administration. With experience in the formulation and management of sustainable agricultural and forestry projects, with emphasis on the promotion and sustainable use of natural resources for the conservation of local biodiversity and as a means of adaptation to climate change. She is currently working as a Thematic Lead in Green Business at Practical Action