April 2024 - May 2025 | Client: Oregon State University | Provision of strategic guidance and recommendations on the development of a new tool aimed at identifying, understanding, and tracking the conservation outcomes of other effective (area-based) conservation measures and (OECMs) and other effectively conserved areas in the ocean beyond marine protected areas.
agriculture, fisheries, food systems and sustainable value chains
We have undertaken the following projects in this area:
Barriers and opportunities to women’s economic empowerment and paid work in Fiji
July - September 2023 | Client: The World Bank | Supported the World Bank to undertake a qualitative study in Fiji that explores constraints to women’s access to paid employment in and opportunities for women’s greater access to work opportunities. Key informant interviews and focus group discussions were undertaken on Vanua Levu in vosavakaviti and Fiji baat through a team of five social researchers.
PHAMA Plus: Root Crops GEDSI Analysis
June 2021 to July 2021 | Client: DT Global |
Evaluation support to a review of the Market Development Facility (MDF)
March 2021 to September 2021 | Client: Assai Pty Ltd (DFAT) |
Expanding the private sector role in delivering Agri-logistics solutions in Fiji
March 2021 to July 2021 | Client: IFC |
Researching priorities, issues, trends, and linkages for agribusiness in Fiji and Vanuatu
August 2020 to November 2020 | Client: ACIAR |
Scaling Frontier Innovators – programme support
July 2020 to January 2021 | Client: YGAP |
Development of Gender and Organic Value Chain Assessment Training Module and Delivery of Training of Trainers Workshop
July 2020 to September 2020 | Client: The Pacific Community (SPC) |
Gender and Agricultural Value Chains
In progress Review of existing literature on entry points for strengthening gender and social inclusion within agricultural value chains in the Pacific Client: SPC, Suva
Business Link Pacific evaluation
January 1, 2019 Period: January - February 2019 Supported an independent evaluation of Business Link Pacific led by a NZ-based consulting firm. Client: Sapere Group, New Zealand
Green Entrepreneurship
September 2018 - February 2019 and March 2020.. Designed and led a Green Enterprise development training and mentoring programme. This also included the development of a guide to Green Business for Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati. Client: Global Green Growth Institute, Fiji
Pacific agribusiness research and development initiative
July 2017 to December 2021 | Included designing and leading research on the success factors and constraints to agribusiness development, an advisory facility for emerging agritourism operators and reviewing an update of an agriculture value-chain guide with Pacific examples. http://pardi.pacificfarmers.com/ | Client: Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network, Nadi and University of the Sunshine Coast
Marine conservation agreements in Fiji
February - November 2017 Contributing author to a review of tourism-related marine conservation agreements in Fiji. The technical report was subsequently published as a journal article. Client: Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva