Erika Styger (DRAFT BIO)
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Erika Styger is a tropical agronomist and the head of the Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program in the Department of Global Development. The program’s mission is to improve tropical smallholder farming systems through ecological approaches for greater productivity and resilience to climate change. It is a project-based program, combining research and community-based development approaches. Styger collaborates with partners ranging from local community-based organizations to international organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and most recently, in the USA.
Areas of Expertise: Tropical Cropping and Farming Systems, Agroforestry, Agrobiodiversity, Alternatives to Slash-and-burn Agriculture, Land Regeneration, Adaptation to Climate Change, Participatory Approaches, and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)–an agro-ecological and climate-smart rice production methodology
Associated SDGs: Zero Hunger (2), Sustainable Cities and Communities (11), Climate Action (13), Life on Land (15)