Climate smart agriculture

Hello, Vibrant Community!

I’m Marie, and since February 2022, I’ve been steering the ship here as the Community Manager of Capacity4dev.

A wanderer at heart and by profession, my academic and work journeys have whisked me across five European nations and allowed me to dip my toes into professional adventures in seven countries globally. During my BA studies at the Metropolitan University of Prague, I carved out a little piece of history as the first student to navigate through the Erasmus+ program at the International BURCH University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Quite a ride, I must say!

Your stories, projects, and experiences are the heartbeats of Capacity4dev, and I’m here to ensure they echo throughout our online spaces, sparking connections, inspiring projects, and fostering our growing web of international cooperation.

Feel free to drop me a line at marie.zamecnikova@meldea.eu. I’m here to chat, assist, or explore collaboration opportunities that will elevate our collective efforts on this platform.

Eagerly awaiting our shared journey ahead,

Marie

Country Correspondent for Türkiye

Programme Manager. Resilience and Climate Change.
Delegation of the European Union to Zimbabwe

Miles is the Founding Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Rural Economy (ACRE), currently lives on an A1 farm near Chivhu, 140 kms south of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city. ACRE is a social enterprise for the rural economy that connects innovative policy analysis, solutions, and stakeholder action towards the goal of inclusive and sustainable rural economic transformation in Africa. His career has spanned continents and a breadth of disciplines - from media to pharmaceuticals, from finance to agriculture - earning him a unique fluency and versatility in engaging with national and global international players, and building partnerships. A creative thinker and perfectionist at heart, Miles approaches development as the nexus between culture, insights, and pragmatic action.

Miles pioneered and developed the first information platform exclusively serving the African pharmaceutical market, with the mission to provide a platform to contribute to, and enable, the growth of a quality African pharmaceutical industry competitively contributing to the healthcare needs of Africans, recognized in the global pharma arena for quality and innovation. He has successfully organised international events in London, United Kingdom; Hammamet, Tunisia; Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and Lagos, Nigeria.

I am an Environment expert based in Kisumu County in Kenya. I have significant experience in integrating NBS into land use planning and have been actively involved in developing NBS within low urban communities working jointly with ICLEI under the Urban Natural Assets-Rivers for life initiative and UNEP Generation Restoration pilot project for cities.
I have significant interest in developing NBS and biodiversity business cases within the county to attract support not only in capital investment but also on a long-term to ensure sustainability.

Professor of Development Anthropology and Co-Leader of the Centre for Society, Environment and Development at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. Experienced research and consultant in a) social, institutional and policy aspects of livestock development and b) impacts of climate change on the rural poor and their opportunities for adaptation. Recent work through Agrinatura on value chains (VCA4D programme) and evaluation of the PRUNSAR agricultural research programme. Other recent work for the EU on the Livestock State of Play document, and technical assistance to the PLACE programme on pastoralism in East Africa