Akriti Sharma

Akriti Sharma is a graduate researcher at the Feinstein International Center, where her work focuses on the intersection of climate related disasters, health and well-being. Her research explores how anticipatory action and climate adaptation strategies can reduce risks for communities, while also examining the links between climate shocks, food systems and household resilience.

Akriti focuses on farming systems, smallholder livelihoods, and the adoption technologies that support sustainable intensification. She brings experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, with a commitment to applied, policy relevant research.

Prior to Tufts, Akriti worked at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) where she studied the update of conservation agriculture based sustainable intensification and the drivers and barriers to smallholder adoption of mechanization technologies in the Eastern Gangetic Plains. At the International Water Management Institute she conducted statistical analyses on the relationship between climate change, migration and agricultural productivity in Nepal, and led qualitative research to inform the social parameters of an Environmental flow calculator in the Karnali Basin.

Akriti holds a M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Policy and a B.A. in Economics from Clark University. Originally from Nepal, she currently lives in Boston, MA.