Dr. Kathryn Merckel

Technical Director Nutrition and Food Systems @ACDIVOCA | Food & Market Systems Development | PhD Nutrition @Cornell University | Swahili & Hindi

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

@NutritionForDev @USAIDGH @FeedtheFuture @USAIDSavesLives Great discussions all around - Exited to see all the new resources!

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Excited to be presenting on #nutrition sensitive business models in Bangladesh at #SBCCSummit - work @acdivoca conducted under @FeedtheFuture to understand what food system companies need to create a more nutritious #foodsystem! @SBCCSummit

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Kicking off #SBCCSummit with a packed session by USAID @NutritionForDev on what works for SBC in Nutrition. Innovation, M&E, enabling environment, food systems all on the menu! @acdivoca

[Tata-Cornell Institute @TataCornell]

“One of the more exciting aspects of my role is to advocate for nutrition and food systems development as a tool to help achieve long-term and ethical economic growth.”

@TataCornell alumna @KRMerckel discusses her work at @acdivoca https://t.co/GLJ7zys5HZ

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

#FoodSystems are a key opportunity for #MarketSystemsDevelopment.
"With demand for healthy and diversified diets growing globally, integrating a nutritious food systems approach is prescient."
#MSS2022
@market_systems
https://t.co/1kHTAMHgog

[Tata-Cornell Institute @TataCornell]

Vitamin A deficiency can cause blindness and increase the risk of serious infections. In North India, @TataCornell alumna @KRMerckel found that promotion of vitamin-A-rich orange fleshed sweet potatoes can help to improve diets https://t.co/v6Q2vNNMU1

[ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform @ANH_Academy]

The fabulous @MeganDeeney created this great infographic about our #Foodenvironments: Global & local parallel #research session🛒 @ #ANH2021

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@Dow_Uni @KRMerckel @ACDIVOCA @bournemouthuni @FoodPolicyCity @CityUniHealth @bogard_jessica @CSIRO @GrudeAlysa @GWpublichealth

[WILD: Women Innovators & Leaders Development @WILDinnovators]

Women are overrepresented at the staff-level in the #globaldev industry.

However, as you move up into the leadership level within organizations, this trend doesn't hold.

This is indicative of a struggle to move "up the chain".

#DataisPower #BeWILD2021

[ACDI/VOCA @acdivoca]

@FeedtheFuture A4: The global development community can help impacted communities build greater resilience to shocks such as climate change & COVID-19 thru private-sector partnerships. Our partnership w/ online grocer @chaldal in #Bangladesh is 1 such example: https://t.co/H53qvMA1Sk @USAID_BD

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

@ACDIVOCA helps private sector businesses design strategies to engage & empower women, ensuring they have access to agriculture inputs and technology needed to enhance yields, especially of micronutrient rich vegetables. New evidence from Bangladesh: https://t.co/bGD6yl2VIE

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Thanks for the inspiration @DrBiden to add the #Dr in my name. It’s 2020 and masculinity still so fragile 🙄

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Many congratulations and much gratitude to my cohort and colleagues on this accomplishment! Excited to stay in touch and continue to follow their excellent work!

[Tata-Cornell Institute @TataCornell]

In the face of disruptions caused by COVID-19, four of our TCI Scholars earned their PhDs this summer. Congratulations to Anthony Wenndt (@grainmold), Fatma Rekik, Kathryn Merckel (@KRMerckel), and Shiuli Vanaja (@ShiuliVanaja)!

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

#OFSP has potential to improve diets in North India! My 1-min poster presentation for this year's #ANH2020 Academy Week @IMMANA_res @TataCornell

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

@jocelynboiteau and myself about speak at @EinaudiCenter South Asia Program on our research on #malnutrition in #India with @TataCornell

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

We started the day lamenting that kids don’t know where food comes from, ended with $1mill given to a company that delivers pre-cooked meals in plastic bags that you boil. This isn’t the food & ag future I was hoping for!

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Some critical thoughts from @Grow_NY Summit 2019: Where were the farmers? (And women?) What rights do farmers have to the data from their field? What are the ROI for production tech vs. consumer products? How do we ensure growth is equitable for all NYers? #CIDA @CornellAgriTech

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

@KathyHochul presenting the million dollar award: this is our opportunity to decide our economic future and the ways we want our region to grow. @grow_ny #growny

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Every panelist today has been asked how they promote diversity on their teams... but no women on any of the panels!? @grow_ny #leanin #GrowNY

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

#DigitalAgriculture is a reality for rural producers with the public release of @Azure #FarmBeats platform, connecting farmers to extensive data and AI that enables actionable agricultural solutions @grow_ny @CornellCALS @ccecornell https://t.co/ZYoRG0tiPC

[Dr. Kathryn Merckel @KRMerckel]

Drones are the new farmhands. “If we can monitor 100,000 troops in the field, we can monitor 100,000 apple trees in the orchard.” Chris Layer from @MoogSDG discusses the opportunities of constant data collection in revolutionizing ag at @grow_ny #GrowNY