Caroline Kawira

Caroline is a consultant on sustainable food systems and a Ph.D. researcher in Food Science and Technology at the University of Nairobi (researching on food and nutrition security in Kenya and Uganda). She completed her Master’s degree in Nutrition and rural development at Ghent University (Belgium, Kenya) and her bachelor’s degree in food science and technology at University of Nairobi (Kenya).

Her interests lie around sustainable development, inclusion, SDGs, sustainable food environments, co-learning and participatory methods, nutrition resilience, climate adaptation, rural development etc. She has many years of experience working on the ground in the Global South with farmers, innovators, startups SMEs, research agencies, government agencies, community organisations and non-profits (both local and international) to address various developmental issues.