Deissy Martínez Baron

Deissy is a social science researcher and brings over eight years of experience in disseminating science to support decision-making processes at all scales. Her work has focused on public policy processes, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable finance, social capital, enabling frameworks and mechanisms for scaling up. She is also the Regional Program Leader for Latin America in the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Deissy is an economist and international relations professional with a master’s degree in rural development. She is also pursuing a PhD in Human Geography at the University of Copenhagen.