Pedro Sanchez

• Director, Tropical Agriculture and Senior Research Scholar, Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA

BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from Cornell University. Career dedicated to improving the management of tropical soils through integrated natural resource management approaches to achieve food security and rural poverty reduction while protecting and enhancing the environment. Also serves as Co-Coordinator of the Hunger Task Force of the Millennium Project, an advisory body to the United Nations. Recipient of awards.