President and CEO, EcoAgriculture PartnersEcoAgriculture Partners / 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People
Dr. Sara J. Scherr leads the non-profit EcoAgriculture Partners to promote locally led transformation of agricultural landscapes for food security, rural livelihoods and ecosystem services, which she founded in 2002. She has supported landscape partnerships in Africa, Latin America, Asia and U.S., and advised landscape programs world-wide. In 2011 she co-founded ‘Landscapes for People, Food and Nature’, and in 2019 launched and now chairs the global collaborative ‘1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People’ to accelerate landscape regeneration around the world. An agricultural and resource economist, she previously served as Director of Ecosystem Services at the non-profit Forest Trends, and senior researcher at IFPRI, Univ. of Maryland, and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).
Arresting DeforestationClean WaterEconomic OpportunityEnvironmental SustainabilityFinancial ServicesHuman RightsLivelihoodsResponsible Supply ChainsSmallholder ProductivitySustainable MarketsWater Management
Central America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa