This interview is part of a series conducted in the lead-up to the 4th Global Conference of the One Planet Network Sustainable Food Systems programme to be held from 24-27 April in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

 Lim Li Ching is a Senior Researcher at Third World Network (TWN), an international policy research and advocacy NGO based in Malaysia, and coordinates its work on biodiversity, biosafety and sustainable agriculture. TWN’s mission is to bring about a greater articulation of the needs and rights of peoples in the South, a fair distribution of world resources, and forms of development which are ecologically sustainable and fulfil human needs. As of January 2023, she is co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), of which she has been a panel member since 2015. She has a B.Sc. in Ecology and an M.Phil. in Development Studies.