Suhas Joshi leads the development of ‘The Good Rice Alliance’ a joint nature-based carbon initiative of Bayer, Shell, and GenZero that involves large scale generation and trading of carbon offsets from agricultural operations.
Suhas has held various senior positions in agribusiness including Sales & Marketing, Strategic Planning, CSR and Sustainable Development.
He has hands-on understanding of handling legal and ethical issues in contract farming operations and farm-based supply chains. One of his projects on contract farming has become an international case study published by Harvard Business Review. Moreover, as a member of the UNIDROIT – FAO working group on contract farming, he has been instrumental in developing ‘International guidelines for formulating contract farming laws’ He has also set up Bayer Foundation in India.
His academic qualifications include a graduate degree in Agricultural Sciences and a Postgraduate degree in Business Management.