Nuttle has a farming background, BS in Agriculture, advanced training in tropical and desert agricultural systems. He is a published author and inventor of self-help agriculture technologies ... and has engaged in agricultural development for over five decades (in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East as well as the U.S.). Nuttle is a respected specialist in counter-desertification practices and he directs NPI's efforts in this area.

Dr. Gourd has a long and successful career based on transfer of advanced agricultural technologies and entrepreneurial practices for developing populations/ areas. He has worked with NPI in this capacity for the last decade. Dr. Gourd has been a technology transfer adviser to the White House, U.N. and OAS, and assists a number of Native American tribes with agricultural technologies.

Dr. Ehrlich has degrees and experience in biology and development of advanced agricultural systems ... with a focus on algalcuture as it relates to overall agriculture development, worldwide. She has worked with Nuttle since 1986, and NPI since 1995, in helping to perfect these new technologies. As a result of scientific peer review of her research, Dr. Ehrlich has received grant awards from USDA, National Science Foundation and others.