WHO WE ARE
Our vision is to grow a global innovation ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs offering smallholder farmers solutions that improve their productivity, resilience, climate adaptation and mitigation.
Team
Daniela Kandel
CEO - Evergreen Innovation Platform
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Vikas Mishra, Business Director India
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Francesca Knoell-Harris, Impact and Communications Lead
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Amos Shtibelman, Head of Research
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Aakanksha Singh, Operations Manager
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Ortal Peretz, Head of Finance
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Anton Lahaie, Research Analyst
Co-Founders
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Sustainable Agriculture Foundation
Simon Winter, Executive Director
Sustainable Agriculture Foundation acts as a bridge between research and practical use for smallholders. Through entrepreneurship, SAF brings innovations to scale, combining scientific, non-profit, and private sector approaches. -
Milken Innovation Center
Glenn Yago, Senior Director
The Milken Innovation Center develops innovative, sustainable, and market-based financial solutions in water, agriculture, health, and energy.
Strategic Funders
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The Lemelson Foundation
The Lemelson Foundation focuses on nurturing invention-based businesses that are developing unique, physical products to address global and community challenges and are destined for high growth.
Strategic Partners
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Agri-Entrepreneur Growth Foundation
AEGF serves as a fundamental source of guidance and assistance for Smallholder Farmers. EIP further enriches this by providing technological access within the established AEGF support network. Championed by Syngenta Foundation India and Tata Trusts, AEGF follows a decentralized strategy to empower rural youth, nurturing them into Agri-Entrepreneurs (AEs) within rural landscapes.
