The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) has been initiated by the G20 to promote agricultural innovation in tropical countries. To achieve this goal, TAP acts as a multilateral and dynamic facilitation mechanism that enables more effective and streamlined capacity development interventions in agricultural innovation systems. TAP was created to focus specifically on capacity development in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), more than 90% of which are located at least partly within the Tropics.

I, Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Hossain is a Sustainable Agriculture Advisor and Chief Agricultural Coordinator in Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB), a national non-governmental organization of Bangladesh. Earlier I served more than 13 years as a scientist in Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). In the last couple of years, I have been working on organic farming, sustainable agriculture, food security, climate change and livelihood improvement issues in both Bangladesh and Japan and more than 50 scientific papers have been published in journals and conference proceedings.

Biocontrol Scientist. MSc (Ecology); BSc (Zoology); Prince 2 Foundation. Currently studying for PhD. Areas of expertise: Research focuses on the biological control of invasive weed species and their impact on the habitats they invade. Currently managing a biological control programme for Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam) in the UK, and researching its impact on invertebrate populations.