Meet the Volume Editors

Ana I. Ribeiro-Barros, Ph.D., is the director of the Tropical College, University of Lisbon (ULisboa). She obtained a Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She is also a senior researcher, head of the lab, and professor at the School of Agriculture, ULisboa, and an invited professor at Nova University Lisbon (NOVA), Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), and Gorongosa National Park (GNP). She is a member

of the Coordination and Scientific Committees of the doctoral program "Tropical Knowledge and Management" (NOVA), Master in Biotechnology (UEM), and Master in Conservation Biology (GNP); and a national expert for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - High-Level Policy Dialogue EU-Africa. Her research expertise and interests are centered on biodiversity, environmental sustainability, agro-ecological approaches, and food and nutritional security.

Daniel S. Tevera is an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Geography, Environmental Studies, and Tourism, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has received widespread recognition for his research on urban food systems, African migration, urban informality, and environmental security. He has extensive research experience in southern Africa. He has participated in the African Food Security Urban Network, as a national team

leader. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, UK, Gothenburg University, Sweden, Dartmouth College, USA, and Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany. He is the inaugural Programme Director of the Leadership for Environment and Development in Southern Africa (LEAD-SA).

Lucas Daniel Tivana has a Ph.D. in Food Engineering and has been a senior lecturer at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, since 1998. His research and teaching activities cover several areas such as food handling, storage and processing, food microbiology, food chemistry, and food analysis, and include advising national and international Ph.D. and master's students. His research is focused on developing post-harvest technologies suitable for

smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has served as PI in a Regional Project under the Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA). He also served as a consultant to national institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture and international organizations such as the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN).

Luís F. Goulao has a Ph.D. in Agronomic Engineering and is a professor at the University of Lisbon's School of Agriculture (ISA) focusing his research to link agriculture and food and nutritional security with development outcomes, with an emphasis on tropical regions' contexts and global impact. He is a member of the coordination board of the Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) research unit, heading the "Plant Science &

Crop Production" research group. He is also a member of the Coordination and Scientific Committees of Doctoral Programmes "Sustainability Science," "Development Studies," and "Agricultural Innovation in Tropical Food Chains." Dr. Goulao is cochair of the Thematic Interdisciplinary Network "Rede AGRO" and a member of the coordination committee of the Interdisciplinary "College Food, Farming and Forestry (F3)" at the University of Lisbon.

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