
Barbara Gemmill Herren
Accolades
Education
Ph.D, Ecology. University of California, Davis (June 1992)
M.Sc., Range Management. University of California, Berkeley (June 1978)
B.A., Earth and Environmental Sciences. Antioch University (June 1975)
Publications
Garibaldi, L. A., Pérez-Méndez, N., Garratt, M. P. D., Gemmill-Herren, B., Miguez, F. E., & Dicks, L. V. (2019). Policies for Ecological Intensification of Crop Production. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, April 2019, Vol. 34, No. 4.
Cunningham, S., Gemmill-Herren, B., Tittonell, P. (2018). Editors for Special Issue of Global Food Security on Biodiversity, Ecosystems Services and Food Security. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/global-food-security/special-issue/109XCZ2KJX3.
Gemmill-Herren, B. et al. (2018). Beacons of Hope: A Sustainability Transitions Framework for Sustainable Food Systems. Global Alliance for the Future of Food.
Pengue, W., Gemmill-Herren, B., Balázs, B., Ortega, E., Viglizzo, E., Acevedo, F., Diaz, D.N., Díaz de Astarloa, D., Fernandez, R., Garibaldi, L.A., Giampetro, M., Goldberg, A., Khosla, A. and Westhoek, H. (2018). ‘Eco-agri-foodsystems’: today’s realities and tomorrow’s challenges. In TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations. Geneva: UN Environment.
Sandhu, H., Gemmill-Herren, B., de Blaeij, A., van Dis, R. and Baltussen, W. (2018). Application of theTEEBAgriFood Framework: case studies for decision-makers. In TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations. Geneva: UN Environment
D’Annolfo, R., Gemmill-Herren, B., Graeub, B., Garibaldi, L.A. (2017). A review of social and economic performance of agroecology. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. doi: 10.1080/14735903.20171398123
Gemmill-Herren, B. (ed.) (2016). Pollination Services to Agriculture: Sustaining and Enhancing a Key Ecosystem Service. Earthscan; Routledge, London and New York.
Garibaldi, L.A., Gemmill-Herren, B., D’Annolfo, A., Graeub, B., Cunningham, S.A., Breeze, T.D. 2016. Farming approaches for greater biodiversity, livelihoods and food security. Trends in Ecology And Evolution 2167:1-13.
Garibaldi, L.A., Carvalheiro L.G., Vaissière B.E., Gemmill-Herren B., Hipólito J., Freitas B.M., Ngo H.T., Azzu N., Sáez A., Åström J., An J., Blochtein B., Buchori D., García F.J.C., Oliveira da Silv F., Devkota K., de Fátima Ribeiro M., Freitas L., Gaglianone M.C., Goss M., Irshad M., Kasina M., Filho A.J.P., Kiill L.H.P.,Kwapong P., Parra G.N., Pires C., Pires V., Rawal R.S., Rizali A., Saraiva A.M., Veldtman R., Viana B.F., Witter S., Zhang H. (2016). Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms. Science: 351(6271): 388-391.
Garbach, K., Milder, J.C., DeClerck, F., Montenegro, M. Driscoll, L., and Gemmill-Herren, B. (2016). Examining multi-functionality for crop yield and ecosystem services in five systems of agroecological intensification. Intl. Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. (2016) doi:10.1080/14735903.2016.1174810
Graeub, B. E., Chappel, M.J., Wittman, H., Lederman, S., Bezner-Kerr, R., Gemmill-Herren, B. (2016). The State of Family Farms in the World. World Development (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.012
Hussain, S. et al. (2015). Agroecology and The Economics Of Ecosystems And Biodiversity: The Devil Is In The Detail. In: Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. 308-23. FAO., Rome
Rader R., Bartomeus I., Garibaldi L.A., Garratt M.P.D, Howlett B.G., Winfree R., Cunningham S.A., Mayfield M.M., Arthur A.D., Andersson G.K.S., Bommarco R., Brittain C., Carvalheiro L.G., Chacoff N.P., Entling M.H., Foully B., Freitas B.M., Gemmill-Herren, B., Ghazoul J., Griffin S.R., Gross C.L., Herbertsson L., Herzog F., Hipólito J., Jaggar S., Jauker F., Klein A.-M., Kleijn D., Krishnan S., Lemos C.Q., Lindström S.A.M., Mandelik Y., Monteiro V.M., Nelson W., Nilsson L., Pattemore D.E., Pereira N.d.O., Pisanty G., Potts S.G., Reemer M., Rundlöf M., Sheffield C.S., Scheper J., Schüepp C., Smith H.G., Stanley D.A., Stout J.C., Szentgyörgyi H., Taki H., Vergara C.H., Viana B.F., Woyciechowski M. (2015) Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, November 2015 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517092112
Garbach K., vu Thanh T.A., Buchori D., Ravenera R., Boualaphanh C., Ketelaar J.W., Gemmill-Herren, B. (2014). The multiple good and services of Asian rice production systems. FAO, Rome.
Presentations
"Keynote: Knowledge from Agroecological Experience" Conference on Ways of Knowing for Assessing and Monitoring Agrobiodiversity and Food Security, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, May 30, 2019.
"A Holistic Lens on Rice Value Chain Pathways in Senegal: Application of ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food' Framework. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Agriculture & Food Global Symposium, Nairobi, Kenya, February 2019.
"Keynote: Beacons of Hope: Harnessing Lessons for Transitions to Sustainable Food Systems" G-STIC (Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference) – Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems Stream, Brussels, Belgium, November 2018.
"Changing Course in Global Agriculture" University of California, Berkeley. GLOBAL 123; Perspectives for Sustainable Rural Development in Latin America. October 17, 2018.
"Economic and Sustainability Frameworks for Food and Agriculture" Agralogics Food Leaders Technology Summit. Presidio, San Francisco July 19, 2018.
"Keynote: Implementing Agroecological Solutions: On the wings of pollinators" Green Mountain College, February 21, 2018
"Changing Course in Global Agriculture" University of California, Davis, Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture, June 6, 2018 and June 7, 2017.
"Crop Management Friendly to Pollinators: the Global Perspective" International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, Florida, September 2016.
"Pollination: A Key Agroecological Function" International Symposium on Agroecology for sustainable agriculture and food systems, Kunming, China, August 2016.
"Pollination and Pollinators: Why Should the Food Industry Worry?" Culinary Institute of America and University of California, Davis, 13th Annual Flavor, Quality & American Menus Leadership Forum, August 2016. August 25 - 27, 2016, Napa Valley, CA.
"Agroecology Enters the Vocabulary of the United Nations" Berkeley Food Institute, Diversified Farming Systems Roundtable, University of California, Berkeley. February 8, 2016."FAO Learning Platforms and Knowledge Sharing on Agroecology" Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Agroecology in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2015.
"Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Agriculture Sector" International Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity (COP 13 CBD): Mexico City, Mexico 17-19 November 2015.
Awards, Grants & Honors
National Merit Scholar, 1970
California State Governor’s Scholar, 1971
First Alternate, Fulbright Scholarship, 1981
Zayed Environmental Prize (for Millennium Ecosystem Assessment authors), 2006