R Rengalakshmi is Director of Eco-Technology at M.S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India. She has over 20 years of experience as a development researcher and field level practitioner. She has worked on sustainable livelihoods, agriculture production systems, climate change, gender, institution building, natural resources and agro-biodiversity management. Her interest is in the area of inter-disciplinary research on technologies, institutions and policies on agriculture production systems and rural development.