Howard-Yana Shapiro

Howard has been involved with sustainable agriculture and agroforestry systems, plant breeding, molecular biology and genomics for over 50 years.

He has advised indigenous communities, non-governmental agencies and private institutions worldwide, including several national and regional agricultural, biotech, and agroforestry institutions.

Howard’s academic career spans 45 years. Currently a Senior Fellow at UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, he served for 20 years as the Chief Agricultural Officer at Mars, Inc. He was member of the National Research Council Committee on Citrus Greening, Chairperson of the Board of the Agriculture Sustainability Institute at UC Davis and the recipient of The Award of Distinction from The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis. He is the recipient of the University of California Lifetime Achievement in Innovation Award.