Contributors xxxi partner of John Mwangi. He also has a role in coordinating the initiatives of Slow Food in Kenya, especially in the region of Nakuru. Ken Njogu (World Agroforestry (ICRAF)) is a Statistician based in the Trees Theme of ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya. Ken assists teams in research design, devel- opment, and implementation: specifically, through research tool development; supporting quality data collection by training enumerators and electronic data collection and management; and performing statistical data analysis, including report writing.
Melari Shisha Nongrum (North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS)) is currently the Executive Director of NESFAS, based in Meghalaya, India. Her work involves using traditional knowledge of food systems to trans- form health and nutrition among indigenous communities. She has also been a faculty of the Martin Luther Christian University for 10 years and has been involved in creating a curriculum that links social work to public health with a focus on incorporating traditional knowledge systems to attain the well-being of communities. Nбdia Lъcia Almeida Nunes (University of Brasнlia) is a nutritionist, specializing in geriatrics and gerontology.
She holds a master’s in tourism and has professional experience in public health, food and nutrition education, school feeding, food safety, gastronomy, and environment. She was also an instructor and teacher of professional courses and workshops about these subjects. As a researcher, she collaborated with several studies, including the ‘Use of regional products and recipes in school food menus’ research in the Center of Excellence in Tourism at University of Brasilia, Brazil. She was Executive Coordinator of the ‘Educating with School Gardens and Gastronomy’ (PEHEG) project from 2010 to 2016.
Stineke Oenema (UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition) has been the coordinator of the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition since 2016. She previously worked for civil society and chaired the Netherlands Working Group on Nutrition, a working group of NGOs, the private sector groups, and knowledge institutes. She was member of the Coordinating Committee of the Civil Society Mechanism for the Committee on World Food Security and the editorial board of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch. She also supported the development of the Global Nutrition Report during its initial years. Between 1995 and 2002 she worked for UNICEF and FAO in Ghana, Vietnam, and Chile.
Camila Neves Soares Oliveira (Department of Species Conservation and Management, Ministry of Environment, Brazil) is an Environmental Analyst in the Department of Species Conservation and Management of the B razilian Ministry of Environment. She acted as the national project manager of the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project in Brazil. She is a Forest Engineer