I wrote this piece on a women’s agricultural cooperative for a storybook that was distributed at a HungerFREE campaign event in Kigali in October 2011 that also launched ActionAid’s HungerFREE Scorecard. The purpose of the storybook was to highlight stories … Read more
Presentation on Integrating Women into the Commercial Dairy Value Chain in Tanzania
Throughout the Leland fellowship, one of my responsibilities was to identify constraints that prevent women from becoming fully integrated into agriculture, dairy, and livestock value chains, and to develop strategies for overcoming these constraints. I presented on this work, and … Read more
Fact Sheet on the Innovations in Gender Equality Project in Tanzania
I designed the concept for the USAID-funded Innovations in Gender Equality to Promote Household Food Security Program. Our proposal was awarded, and since project implementation began in October 2012 I have been serving as technical backstop for this project. This … Read more
Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition in Zambia
In April 2012, I attended the World Nutrition Rio2012 conference in Rio, Brazil. This conference brought academics, policymakers, and practitioners together from around the world to discuss and debate the vast public health and nutrition challenges of our time. The … Read more
Case Study of Community-Based Legal Aid in Uganda
This case study tells the story of one Ugandan woman’s work as a legal aid volunteer with the Uganda Land Alliance.
Summary of Evaluation Research on Community-Based Legal Aid in Uganda and Tanzania
This research note summarizes a qualitative study of community-based legal aid activities to support women’s land rights in Uganda and Tanzania that was conducted by a small team of International Food Policy Research Institute researchers focused on gender and land … Read more
Briefing Note On US Development Assistance and Climate Change Adaptation In Senegal
“Enabling Small-scale Farmers” is a briefing note based on research that Oxfam America commissioned in Senegal. The purpose of the research was to learn about the extent to which the Feed the Future initiative affects small-scale farmers’ understanding of climate … Read more
The Implications of Aflatoxin Contamination for Local Food Safety in Senegal
Senegal is one of the lead producers of groundnuts, also known as peanuts, in the world. Their production contributes significantly to food security, poverty reduction, livestock feeding, and national trade development. But groundnuts in Senegal are also highly susceptible to … Read more
The Looming Threat of Overgrazing: Effects and Recommendations
Livestock in Ethiopia has an important economic, functional, and cultural significance. However, overgrazing is a major contributor to soil degradation in Africa, with serious negative consequences for the long-term food security of the continent. This paper identifies the broad-reaching policy … Read more
Not Just Building Houses: Reforming the Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) Housing Policy in South African Cities to Move Beyond Shelter Provision and Towards the Creation of Food Secure and Sustainable Urban Settlements
This paper offers policy recommendations for reforming the South African RDP Housing policy to shift away from a mindset focused on delivery of numbers (the construction of as many houses possible in the shortest amount of time), and towards actions … Read more
Effective Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture for Secure Household Nutrition
Gender and “gender mainstreaming” have become buzzwords around food and nutrition security initiatives in recent years. However the true meaning of gender mainstreaming and the policy framework that must be in place to ensure equal benefit to women and men … Read more
Local and Regional Procurement: A Case Study of Mercy Corps’ Programming in Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, and Niger
This paper discusses the findings from recent reviews of local and regional purchase (LRP) food aid projects implemented by Mercy Corps in five countries, with emphasis on time, cost and effectiveness. It then makes recommendations for funding and implementation of … Read more