Session : Abram Bicksler gives clear picture of what ECHO is doing and how we are carrying out our Vision of a transformed world honoring God, by our Mission "Strengthening the capacity of a diverse global network to defeat hunger and improve lives through sustainable food and agroecosystem strategies.
Presenter : Dr. Abram Bicksler has more than 15 years of international experience, including five years as Director of ECHO’s Asia Regional Impact Center from 2013-2018. Most recently, Bicksler has served as Agricultural Officer in agroecology at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy.
Abram desires to help ECHO accomplish its vision of honoring God by empowering the undernourished with sustainable hunger solutions and propel its 40-year focus on identifying, verifying, disseminating, and monitoring innovative ideas and hunger solutions to its diverse network around the globe.
He earned his Doctorate and Master’s degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Agroecology and Sustainable Cropping and completed his Bachelor’s degree at Taylor University in Environmental Studies and Biology. As a leader and researcher, Dr. Bicksler has been published in a number of journals.