Alejandro Argumedo is Program Director of Asociacion ANDES, a Cusco, Peru-based indigenous peoples’ organization that focuses its work on independent action research and analysis and fostering new forms of networking and alliance building. Alejandro is the founder of various international indigenous knowledge platforms cooperating within shared goals of protecting and nurturing biodiversity and promoting indigenous food systems and agroecology solutions. Alejandro is an agronomist by training and has served in various expert panels on the UN and other relevant bodies, and has been a consultant for various international organizations.