[Video] Menstrual Health as a Cross-Cutting Issue

Presentation by Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow Erin Mercado, M.E.M., as part of the briefing “Transforming Agri-Food Systems: Next Generation Perspectives from the 12th Class of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows” on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Erin was placed with … Read more

[Video] Entry Points for Anticipatory Action in Kenya

Presentation by Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow Theo Anastopoulo, M.A., as part of the briefing “Transforming Agri-Food Systems: Next Generation Perspectives from the 12th Class of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows” on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Theo was placed with … Read more

[Video] Investing in Climate Shocks Preparedness and Resilience

Presentation by Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow Lora Boll, M.A., as part of the briefing “Transforming Agri-Food Systems: Next Generation Perspectives from the 12th Class of Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows” on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Lora was placed with … Read more

Blog: Africa Biotech Conference

One of our 9th class Leland Fellows, April Dodd, updated the Emerging Ag. Inc. website with a summery of the the seven farmers and SME representatives who attended the FAO Regional Meeting on Agricultural Bio-technologies in Sustainable Food Systems and … Read more

Blog: Compact 2025, Relief to Resilience in Malawi

9th class Leland Fellow, Rachel Gilbert, briefly addresses how the 2025 Forum on “Moving from Relief to Resilience” will address the issues and challenges that Malawi will face while striving towards resilience in all spheres of development in this blog post.

Blog: Malawi 2017 Hunger Index

9th Class Leland Fellow, Rachel Gilbert, wrote this blog post discussing the Global Hunger Index (GHI) and the role it plays in tracking hunger at not only a global level, but also at a regional and national level. The blog post … Read more

Tanner Roark

Tanner Roark, a native of Oklahoma, completed his undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology at Oklahoma Baptist University and his Masters of International Agriculture at Oklahoma State University. His masters research focused on the influence of agroecology in small scale farming communities in East Africa. Tanner conducted his field work in … Read more

Sarah King

Sarah King holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the University of Washington and a Master of Public Health in Global Health from Boston University with an emphasis on managing disasters and complex emergencies. Her Master’s thesis examined unconditional cash transfers as a substitute for standard emergency feeding … Read more

Kelly Kurz

Kelly Kurz graduated from the University of Richmond in 2014 with a BA in International Development and Geography. Throughout university Kelly engaged a variety of development fields from investigating women’s rights in Moshi, Tanzania, analyzing the finance and operations of an education nonprofit in Kampala, Uganda, and researching the impacts … Read more