Piyush Sohani Sistema.bio India Country Director Changing perceptions about biogas technology in rural populations Sistema.bio works with smallholder farmers across more than 30 countries globally. We started our work in India in 2018 intending to create value from waste in the lives of farmers across the country. Within two years, we have impacted over 50,000 people across the country
Graham Day CFO The Conference Discovery | 2016 When you walk off the street into the Hyatt Regency in Merida, Mexico, a wave of gloriously cool air washes over your face. The marbled reception area is an immediate respite from the dusty humidity of the outside world. You cannot help yourself from simply stopping, taking a deep breath and
ELENA COLL EDITOR & COPYWRITER Over the past 15 months (perhaps even a little more), I’ve had the opportunity to work in not only women-led but all-female teams. Whether this was an unconscious decision or a lucky coincidence is still unclear to me, but one thing is for sure: my life has changed. This is not to say that
PURNIMA JHA INDIA Communications Associate Women compose the majority of the workforce in agriculture worldwide. In India, there are over 150 million farmers out of which, as per official numbers, only 60 million women are involved in agriculture. The number, in reality, would certainly be higher, as women in every farmer household in rural India participate in agriculture in
HIMANSHU MISHRA INDIA TECHNICAL DIRECTOR The big picture Let’s start with a big picture – And also with the most fundamental survival tactic of humankind- the ability to find, scavenge, grow, harvest, cook food that helps us survive every day, and keeps our body from running out of energy. All of us as humans on this planet collectively cook more
STEPHANIE ZAYED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Today is World Soil Day, a day that may not always be present in our minds or calendars, but still reminds us of the importance of something so simple, yet so vital for life on our planet. To commemorate this day, I want to share with you some information on what makes this resource
Esther Altorfer MANAGING DIRECTOR – EAST AFRICA We are in November now, reflecting on 2020 while planning for 2021 and beyond. On a bad day, it is easy to look back and only see mistakes and failure. 2020 turned out very different from what I expected, both professionally and personally! At Sistema.bio, we did not achieve the 3x growth
Graham Day CFO With an 80 billion dollars infrastructure investment we can create 600 billion dollars’ worth of socio-economic wealth annually, while regenerating soils, improving global food security and dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And we can prove it. As CFO of Sistema.bio, I spend a lot of my time “in the numbers.” Checking consumer spending trends, understanding our
Xunaxi Cruz Communications Director I chose to write today, on the International Day of Rural Women, because it is a subject I’m passionate about and with which I identify. I often see my family’s history reflected in the 104,000+ families that use a Sistema.bio digester, as well as in our network of female sales agents. While I didn’t grow
Atul Mittal Business development director Is it possible to foresee what you could accomplish with a few years of passion, toil, and training? The answer is “Yes”. It isn’t some hypothetical situation, dependent on any manner of factors from genes to environment. It’s a mindset. And it’s the one we cultivate every day at Sistema.bio Sistema.bio India is a social
