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  • Department of Global Development
  • global development
  • Environment
  • Agriculture & Food Systems

Distinguished Speaker in Global Development: Juan Lucas Restrepo

About the speaker

Juan Lucas Restrepo is the Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). A Colombian and French national, he worked in the agricultural domain, both in the public and private sectors, for the past 25 years. He has significant experience in policy, value chains, markets, and leading agricultural research. He has supported the work of CGIAR through the various governance roles he held over the years in the Committee of Genetic Resources Policy, Oversight and Executive Committees, and as the representative of the Colombian Government on the CIAT Board of Directors as an ex-officio member. Among other positions, in Colombia, he served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, as the Executive Director of AGROSAVIA, the largest agricultural research organization in the country, and as Chief Commercial Officer of the National Federation of Coffee Growers. As its Chair, he also led the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR), hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and its efforts to better integrate the agricultural research for the development community, with change and innovation by farmers. He holds a degree in civil engineering from Universidad de los Andes and an MS in agricultural economics from Cornell University. Follow Juan Lucas Restrepo on Twitter: @jlucasrestrepo

About the seminar series

The Global Development Distinguished Speaker Series aims to bring leading minds to campus to explore topics across the Department of Global Development’s signature strengths of wellbeing and inclusion; environmental sustainability; and food and nutritional security.
 

Date & Time

April 16, 2025
12:20 pm - 1:10 pm

Juan Lucas Restrepo headshot

More information about this event.

Contact Information

Mariah Doyle-Stephenson

  • md2237 [at] cornell.edu

Speaker

Juan Lucas Restrepo, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Departments

Department of Global Development

Natural Resources and the Environment

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

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