Kavita Sharma

Senior Program Manager - Land Accelerator

Bio

Kavita leads the work on Land Accelerator, South Asia within the Food, Land and Water team at WRI India. She rigorously works towards building capacities of entrepreneurs, farmers/FPOs, SMEs in developing innovative land restoration business models that enable climate mitigation and adaptation initiatives and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for local communities. An agri-business professional and environment enthusiast, she is focused on entrepreneurship development, business acceleration and impact investing. At WRI India, she also works with GRI’s Invest Team to support the integration and implementation of Terramatch with Land Accelerator to foster funding opportunities for small restoration businesses.

Prior to joining WRI India, Kavita was associated with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in establishing Agri-Business Incubators across the country under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme. She holds valuable experience working with public and private institutions in developing fresh food value chains in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Himachal Pradesh. Kavita significantly contributed to planning and designing the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Sonepat, Haryana, as Technical Consultant to Rungis International Market, Paris (France).

She holds a PG Diploma in Agri-Business Management from National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur and a Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal in Agricultural Sciences from GBPUAT, Pantnagar.

Kavita is a nature lover and likes reading newspapers.

Blogs

Restoration Champions Driving Impact: Operational Models for Sustainable Growth
by Divya Sharma, Kavita Sharma and Hari Krishna D V - March 12, 2024
Land restoration-based enterprises help protect forests, restore agricultural lands and common lands that are facing multiple challenges such as degradation, fragmentation, declining productivity, biodiversity loss and soil erosion. These enterprises leverage innovative technologies and practices to also provide resilient livelihood opportunities for local communities and increase their
Restoring Lands Across South Asia With a Unique Entrepreneurial Approach
by Kavita Sharma and Hari Krishna D V - August 08, 2022
An underlying threat to India’s people, climate and economy, land degradation has affected almost 30 per cent of its total land. As more than half of this degraded land consists of either farmlands or forests, it is directly affecting lives of more than 700 million people who either depend on
These South Asian Companies Are Restoring Farms And Forests
by Kavita Sharma, Amanda Gant, Will Anderson and Ashna Rustagi - August 06, 2020
From developed to developing countries, the businesses are shifting away from a narrow focus on profit to an inclusive approach that benefits the planet and the people. These innovators are taking sustainability as the starting point and developing businesses that focus on societal impact.

In South Asia, some of these entrepreneurs are looking toward the land, which has suffered from

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Restoration Champions Driving Impact: Operational Models for Sustainable Growth

Restoring Lands Across South Asia With a Unique Entrepreneurial Approach

These South Asian Companies Are Restoring Farms And Forests

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