Margitta is responsible for managing SLE STUDIUM and contributes to the strategic development of SLE. She has more than 10 years’ experience in evidence-based policy advice, teaching and advising on practical projects, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Her research interests centre on collective action, value chains, smallholder organisations, as well as issues relating to institutions and ‘Leaving No One Behind’.

Thematic Expertise:

• Small-scale farmer organizations and cooperatives,
• Sustainable transformation of food systems,
• Agricultural policy and subsidy programs,
• Inclusion, Participation, Intersectionality—pro-poor targeting and leaving no one behind.