Jay is an agronomist engineer with ten years of experience working with projects of sustainable agriculture for social inclusion in Brazil, France, Uganda, Thailand and India. Since 2020, he joined the TEEBAgriFood team, to collaborate in two work streams in Brazil, Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture, and Low Carbon Agriculture, helping to coordinate research with Ministries, research partners and national institutions.
He holds a Master of Social Science in Agriculture, Development and Society, carrying out different research on agricultural innovations upon participatory projects in urban vulnerable conditions. Currently, in his PhD research, he is mapping the policy-science interface around agriculture and environmental conservation in Brazil.