Thesis Research Profile on UC Davis Website
UC Davis is running a series of profiles of graduate student research. The latest in the series focuses on four studies in the food sector. I’m humbled that it includes my thesis research on the costs...
View ArticleM&E Review: LEI Impact Report on UTZ Certification in Côte d’Ivoire
My posts have become infrequent due to grad school and now thesis writing (certification impacts on cacao producers’ net incomes in Côte d’Ivoire). UTZ Certified (UTZ) just released a report on cacao...
View ArticleThesis Submitted: Effect of Certification on Cacao Smallholders’ Net Incomes
I submitted my thesis for my M.S. in International Agricultural Development: “Evaluating the Effects of Certification on Smallholders’ Net Incomes, with a Focus on Cacao Farmers in Cooperatives in Côte...
View ArticleFarmer to Farmer Senegal: First Few Days
Bonjour from Senegal, where I’m starting my fourth volunteer assignment for the USAID Farmer to Farmer (F2F) program. I volunteered via ACDI/VOCA for my first three (Jordan, Ghana and Viet Nam), and am...
View ArticleSenegal F2F: Getting to know Relais et VNC, and their communities
Bonjour from Senegal! On days three and four of my Farmer to Farmer assignment, we visited Relais et Volontaire pour la Nutrition Communautaire (Relais et VNC) members in five villages to learn about...
View ArticleFarmer to Farmer Assignment in Viet Nam: Cacao Farmer Retention
Over winter break, I completed my second Farmer-to-Farmer assignment for ACDI/VOCA, in Viet Nam. I spent three weeks in country, from 14 December 2013 to 4 January 2014. The goal of the assignment was...
View ArticleSierra Leone Agricultural Value Chain Analysis for USAID/Feed the Future
In July-August 2015, I traveled to Sierra Leone (Salone) for work (ACDI/VOCA), to lead an agricultural value chain analysis commissioned by USAID. The analysis will inform a planned Feed the Future...
View ArticleWork project: Value Chain Analysis for USAID-Funded Sierra Leone Advancing...
My employer, ACDI/VOCA, is an implementing partner on the USAID-Funded Feed the Future Advancing Entrepreneurial Agriculture for Improved Nutrition project in Sierra Leone. The project strengthens...
View ArticleWork project: Guide for Incorporating Wage Labor into Value Chain Analyses
Here’s my latest work project output: A guide for incorporating wage labor analysis into value chain analyses. This is a deliverable for the USAID-funded Leveraging Economic Opportunities Project...
View ArticleUSAID Farmer to Farmer Ghana Assignment: Cocoa farmer financial record...
This summer, I had the good fortune to do another ACDI/VOCA Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer assignment. I evaluated financial record keeping, and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) adoption and cost-benefit,...
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