How Do You Rise to the Challenge of Extending Equitable Economic Opportunities to More Than 600,000 Women and Men in Northeastern Nigeria?

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In this first installment of the Canopy Lab’s In Search of More Equitable Impact series, Holly Kreuger spoke with John Rachkara, Deputy Chief of Party, and Anuoluwapo Fashola (Anu), Gender Advisor for the USAID Feed the Future Rural Resilience Activity (RRA) implemented by Mercy Corps in partnership with IFDC and Save the Children International, about how they are facilitating economic growth in a complex environment. John and Anu shared three practical ways they are rising to this challenge.

Andrew Panton

Senior Consultant

I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.

JESSICA RUST-SMITH

Senior Consultant

I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.