Veronica Letelier

United States Agriculture and Food Security Specialist Feed the Future Knowledge Driven Agriculture Development Project

Veronica Letelier has over 20 years of experience as an agricultural development expert specializing in program design, management, evaluation, and strategic planning for various agricultural development projects. She has extensive experience working on USAID-funded projects and previously working in the private sector as an agribusiness specialist. She is also a certified project manager. Her experience includes countries in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia. Ms. Letelier has Master’s degree in Animal Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Is Farming a Business?

As an agronomist and development professional, I have been exposed to many “agriculture practitioners” who don’t seem to know that farming is a business.