Phyu Hninn Nyein, aka, Hninn is a statistician turned small farmer enthusiast. After working in conservation and statistical genetics in the US, she returned to Myanmar in 2012 as Myanmar emerged from decades-long isolation. Passionate about the application of data, technology and entrepreneurship for rural development and environmental sustainability, she joined Proximity Designs. After building up Proximity’s research and impact arm, she has led Farm Advisory Services through its rapid expansion to a 200+ people team impacting 50,000+ farmers/year in 30 townships across Myanmar. She now heads up nation-wide operations of Proximity Designs, providing affordable, well-designed and climate-smart techniques and services that boost smallholder farmers’ productivity and incomes.
Hninn has a BA degree in Biology and Mathematics from Bard College at Simon’s Rock, a MA degree in Biostatistics from Boston University and a PGDip degree in Strategy and Innovation from the University of Oxford
