Netra Chhetri is a Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. His professional work focuses on a single vision to advance innovations, both social and technological, to help communities at the margins of society build on their expertise and serve their interests. He contributes to the scholarship on grassroots innovation by blending knowledge and practice that integrate research, education, institution-building, and engagement. His experience and interest on global food security has evolved into his focus on sensitivity analysis of global food systems to climate change, leading him to be one of the contributing authors of the AR4 and AR5 to the WG II of the IPCC. Nalini Chhetri is a Clinical Associate Professor with the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. As a social scientist, her academic interest centers around impacts of innovations and policies on global development and sustainability. Her research interests include policy impacts, alternate knowledge systems, urban sustainability, and sustainable development in the Global South focusing on vulnerable communities. She has over 20 years of experience in development, having worked with stakeholders in universities, nonprofits, think tanks, and global agencies in South and South-east Asia, Latin America, and West Africa.