David Bergvinson - Besustainable_Io Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Denver, Colorado, United States

As Senior Advisor to Dev.Global I am privileged to work with talented colleagues and clients spanning Africa, India, and the United States. Dev.Global brings a fresh and exciting approach to supporting clients that embraces democratizing technology, bridging divides and building coalitions for change, disrupting with intention to see a more sustainable and.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Be Sustainable by Design was established based on my own journey working at a range of organizations including the Gates Foundation, International Research Organizations and Companies passionate about delivering sustainable solutions for society.Today we also need to considering social, economic and environmental sustainability against the backdrop of.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Dr. David Bergvinson has applied his technical skills in crop improvement, agronomy, pest and disease management to lead teams towards integrated solutions to empower farmers and support sustainable agri-food systems - globally. David's passion to make farming profitable and resilient has lead to his catalytic role within the Digital Agriculture community..

Hyderabad Area, India

• Formulation and implementation of actionable plans to develop and deliver farmer-preferred products and services in the semi-arid tropics and developing world
• Breeding improvement for ICRISAT’s mandate crops; sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, groundnut, chickpea and pigeonpea
• Leveraging digital technology to accelerate development and deliver of farmer-preferred products and services to increase their productivity and profitability
• Increasing the agency of the poor, especially women farmers, through inclusive market-oriented development

Greater Seattle Area

• Leveraging the use of digital technologies to accelerate the development and delivery of farmer- preferred products and services in the developing world
• Accelerating the rate of genetic gains for staple crops and livestock through the promotion of modern breeding tools
• Knowledge exchange for multi-channel communication between farmers, technology providers and markets to support productivity increases in the developing world
• Geospatial resources to support ecological intensification and policies that increased productivity through location-specific recommendations

Greater Seattle Area

• Management of eight large crop improvement grants and two contracts for weather forecasting within the foundation to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by increasing crop.
• 6-year development and management of portfolio for high impact grants with strategic partners in excess of $250 million that fit within the foundation’s strategy to lift millions out of poverty
• Crop improvement grants include maize, rice, groundnut, soybean, chickpea, pigeonpea, beans, and cowpea
• Business model approach to project development and management; over 5 million farmers with high-yielding, stress-tolerant varieties by using participatory variety selection to identify varieties that meet the needs of.
• Core contributor to two strategies: Gates Foundation Strategy Development of strategies for both Agriculture Development and China in the areas of scientific innovation based on extensive field experience.
• Technical support for the Foundation Leadership for trips to China, India, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Ghana to help build excitement and strong support for agriculture by demonstrating the impact.

• Integration of insect resistance into elite lines for maize and wheat using a range of tools to support breeding programs both at CIMMYT and national research institutions in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
• Coordinator at Asian Maize Network (AMNet): delivering drought tolerant maize varieties to farmers in Southeast Asia (funded by the Asian Development Bank). Within two years, the network identified both new commercial.
• PI: Novel approaches to participatory plant breeding to increase profitability while conserving genetic diversity (funded by CONECYT, Mexico).
• Development of Bt maize and product stewardship protocols for Kenya under the Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) project funded by the Syngenta Foundation). In partnership with the national research program.
• Conventional plant breeding for host plant resistance.Development of ten inbred maize lines and eight varieties with national program partners that combined good levels of resistance to stem borers and armyworm with.

Phd, Biology

Masters Of Pest Management, Forest Entomology