I work at the intersection of agriculture & food systems, women’s economic empowerment, rural development, and private sector participation across South, Southeast Asia and Africa.

For more than a decade I have worked with small-scale farmers, women-led enterprises, and government programs trying to answer one question: Why does development so rarely and slowly reach the people it is designed for?

This platform is where I think out loud about that question. And others.

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• People like me!8th Apr 2026
  People like me do not see communities as numbers on a screen. We see living human beings because we were once among them. One… Read more: People like me!