Larissa Pelham
Team: CARE International alumni
Profile:
Larissa was formerly CARE’s Food Security Advisor responsible for providing technical advice on any aspect of CARE’s work that involves food security. Her role involved advising country offices on their food security programming; coordinating knowledge and response in food security with other NGOs and the UN system; and guaranteeing that CARE and others learn from how CARE’s work with climate change, adaptation and resilience, governance and private sector engagement impacts on food security, in order to continually improve our work.
Her previous work has covered research, programming and advisory roles across a range of NGOs, UN, multilateral institutions and think tanks. She has specialised in how social protection, safety nets and disaster risk reduction contribute to food security and poverty reduction. Her work has covered Asia, Africa and Latin America, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa, in particular.
Blog posts
How to do better on smallholder agriculture: learning from a CARE workshop
Monday, 24 February 2014 12:38Leaving aside outcomes and outputs, and M&E plans, and monitoring and analysis tools, and all that comprises a workshop, by far the most immediate, energising and perhaps memorable outcome is the opportunity to learn from colleagues in ways
CARE's journey towards a new approach to smallholder agriculture in a changing climate
Wednesday, 12 February 2014 11:19An update from a CARE workshop on smallholder agriculture, climate change and food and nutrition
Democratic decision-making in global food security policy
Wednesday, 16 October 2013 08:56After the annual meeting of the world’s largest and most important body for agreeing international food and nutrition security policy, Larissa Pelham questions on World Food Day whether NGOs really have a voice in the
Progress in tackling global food insecurity is welcome but not the whole story
Tuesday, 08 October 2013 15:19The 2013 Annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report was launched last week, in time for the annual meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). This year’s report estimates that progress has been made towards the 2015
What did the Nutrition for Growth compact deliver for smallholder women farmers?
Wednesday, 31 July 2013 11:49
The Olympics and the importance of nutrition
Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:43As Usain Bolt pounded to the 200m finish line, displaying formidable human strength, my mind wandered to the Olympics and Paralympics aftermath. The Olympics this year closed to a new opening – one that is hoped to herald in new commitments to
