Professional and research interests• Specialize in climate change adaptation, particularly relating to agriculture and water• Research interests include: policies and practices on adaptation in agriculture and water security; climate change advocacy and communication; sustainable agricultural value chains; understanding institutional landscape, processes of institutional change and capacity-building relating to natural resource governance; qualitative scenarios analysis; role of indigenous knowledge, gender roles and community participation in adaptation; sustainable mountain livelihoods• Scientific approaches include: Action research; Empirical social research; Systems thinking approach; Participatory systems methodologies and visualization toolkits; Network analysis; Vulnerability assessment