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
Aubrey Bauck
Aubrey was based in Liberia before becoming a Leland Fellow, where she worked for Samaritan’s Purse as a Health and Nutrition Program Manager. In collaboration with the government and UNICEF, she managed one program providing malnutrition prevention and treatment services across several counties, and one program focused on increasing access … Read more
Host Organization: Helen Keller International First Year Placement Based in Hanoi, Vietnam, Aubrey worked with Helen Keller International (HKI) to conduct social inclusion research embedded in HKI’s signature Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) program, which was being scaled up in … Read more
Harley Stokes
8th Class, 2015-2017 Policy Placement: Catholic Relief Services; Baltimore, MD As Food Security Policy Analyst at CRS headquarters, Harley worked with the Agriculture and Livelihoods team on policy issues related to nutrition, agriculture and climate change. This has taken her … Read more
Miti Patel
8th Class, 2015-2017 Policy Placement: Helen Keller International (HKI); Phnom Penh, Cambodia Miti was an Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) Policy Analyst with Helen Keller International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (APRO), based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She worked on several projects … Read more
Julia Shuck
8th Class, 2015-2017 Field Placement: Foundation for Ecological Services (FES); Anand, India Julia supported FES’s work to build local capacity from the village to district levels to strengthen natural resource management. She contributed primarily to its experimental games project and … Read more
Hanneke Van Dyke
8th Class, 2015-2017 Policy Placement: World Food Program; Phnom Penh, Cambodia Based in the WFP Cambodia Country Office in Phnom Penh, Hanneke worked as a Program Officer in the Nutrition Unit. There, her work focused on providing technical assistance to … Read more
Dessa Shuckerow
7th Class, 2013-2015 Policy Placement: World Food Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As the Nutrition Program Officer in the WFP Country Office in Phnom Penh, Dessa managed the daily operations of the Nutrition Unit. The programs under her supervision included: developing a … Read more
A Rapid Assessment Report on Cash Vouchers for Basic Foods in Yemen
In February 2013, a rapid assessment was conducted in Al Mukha, Mawza, and Dhubab Districts in Taiz Governorate in Yemen to measure the impact of Mercy Corps’ Taiz Emergency Food Security Program (TEFP) at the beneficiary household level and to deepen agency … Read more
Article on the Food Security Effects of Flooding in Cambodia
In late 2011, Cambodia was hit with the worst flooding it had experienced in over a decade. Over 1.2 million Cambodians were affected by the floods. The flooding destroyed the rice harvest, which many Cambodians rely on for their livelihood … Read more
Summary Article on Enhanced Homestead Food Production for Better Nutrition in Cambodia
Following a site visit for the Enhanced Homestead Food Production (EHFP) program early on in my field year, I wrote this article as a communications piece to present stories and data from the field to a wider audience. The article … Read more
Adapting Food-based Strategies to Improve the Nutrition of the Landless
Food-based approaches that focus on dietary diversification are effective strategies for reducing micro- and macro-nutrient deficiencies in malnourished populations. However, this model has not yet been fully adapted to improve the lives of those who live in land constrained households. … Read more
Spice Up the Deal in Maluku: A Discussion of the Nutmeg Sector in the Maluku Province of Indonesia
While Indonesia and the Maluku province enjoy a strong position in the nutmeg market, the industry faces many constraints that result in Indonesia’s nutmeg sector under-performing relative to its potential. This paper argues that adoption of a new set of … Read more