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
[Video] Addressing Severe Drought Impact on Smallholder Farmers: Sustainable Irrigation Solutions for Northern Ghana
Presentation by Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow Alaine Johnson, 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. Alaine was placed with … Read more
Tom Brown Supplementary Feeding Program: An Implementation Guide
This document provides detailed guidance on the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) community‐based supplementary feeding program, Tom Brown, for nutrition actors within or outside of CRS. Its primary purpose is to provide practical information on Tom Brown programming so that the … 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: Lessons from Compact2025 Forum, Relief to Resilience
9th class Leland Fellow, Rachel Gilbert, authored this blog post on how the Compact2025 Forum progressed in their discussion on how to effectively accelerate Malawi from a food relief to a food secure and resilient nation. Compact2025 focused on discussing … Read more
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