Ideas from IDS: Graduate Papers from 2018/19 (original) (raw)

holds a master's degree in Development Studies from IDS, University of Sussex. Prior to this, Olivia coordinated education and social impact programmes in Bristol and London. Her research interests include environmental pathways, creative methods to achieve social change, and rights-based approaches to gender equality. Amy Coupland has a keen interest in building resilience and fairness in local and global value chains, having worked with farmer groups, businesses, and donors on food security and entrepreneurship. She currently works with a consultancy focused on working with food and agriculture businesses to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights and as a Poverty Advisor for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Fund. She previously worked with farmer groups on the Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security programme looking at alternative livelihood options, and with cocoa and coffee communities in Ghana and Uganda in a sustainability role.