Contributors xxix Aurillia Manjella (University of Nairobi, Kenya) is a PhD student in agricultural and applied economics at the University of Nairobi. Her research focusses on value chains analysis of African leafy vegetables in Busia, Kenya. She holds BSc and MSc degrees in agricultural economics and resource management from Moi University. In 2015 she joined Bioversity International as a research consultant, where she sup- ported research, development, and implementation of programme activities in Bu- sia. She also worked on the Linking Farmers to Market project for 4 years, where she tested and successfully implemented a farmer business school model in Busia.
Reguli Damas Marandu (National Slow Food Gardens Project, Tanzania) has sound experiences in the community development sector with a focus on sus- tainable agriculture and sustainable livelihoods. Currently, he is a national facil- itator for the Slow Food gardens (agroecological gardens) project in Tanzania. He is involved in initiating, planning, designing, and implementing sustainable agriculture and agrobiodiversity projects in the country. He is driven by a com- mitment to attaining sustainable livelihood through protection of agrobiodiver- sity, enhancing food sovereignty, and food justice.
Reguli holds a post-graduate diploma in International Trade and Development from ‘Trade Policy Center in Africa’ (Trapca) and a bachelor’s degree in Community Development from Tumaini University of Iringa. Ben Mbaya (Feed the Children), Head of Programs at Feed the Children’s (FEED) Kenya Office, oversees FEED programmes in Kenya and ensures qual- ity, rigour, and intended impact. Ben has more than 10 years of experience in participatory development management within a non-profit setting.
Ben also has extensive experience in the design and implementation of people-centred community development and innovation programmes which address issues of nutrition security, income generation, education, and preventative health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in both rural and urban settings. Stepha McMullin (World Agroforestry (ICRAF)), PhD, is a social scientist working with World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and based in Nairobi, Kenya. She leads research on the contribution of agroforestry and agricultural biodiversity for improved nutrition outcomes (nutritious foods, food seasonality, diversified diets), food security, and livelihood opportunities.
She designs, implements, and leads a team undertaking participatory research (quantitative and qualitative) to inform data gaps on food production and consumption as well as quality of diets/ dietary gaps in order to identify suitable agroecological recommendations for making local food systems more nutrition sensitive. Chinda Milayvong (The Agro-Biodiversity Initiative (TABI)) is the Phakhaolao team leader. She has more than 10 years of experience working with commu- nity and non-profit organizations as project assistant and on communication; she worked at Village Focus International and led the short film project and Calendar