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Visiting Fellows
Margie Buchanan-SmithVisiting Fellow
Margie’s current focus is Sudan, especially Darfur, where she first worked in the late 1980s. During the current conflict in Darfur she has worked as part of the Feinstein International Center’s team, leading a study on the impact of the conflict on trade and markets in 2008. She has also advised and supported NGOs and UN agencies in Darfur in their livelihoods and environmental programming. Margie was formerly a Research Fellow and Coordinator for the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at Sussex University, and worked for 3 years as head of the Emergencies Unit at ActionAid. Margie now combines humanitarian consultancy and research work with training, facilitation and coaching of aid workers.
News Items
Margie Buchanan-Smith writes article reflecting on work with livestock markets in Sudan
Margie Buchanan-Smith, a visiting fellow at the Feinstein International Center, posted an article on the Humanitarian Practice Network as a reflection on her community-based work in Sudan. The Feinstein International…
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Markets and Trade in Darfur
Feinstein provides advisory support to a community-based market monitoring network in the Darfur Region. This project seeks to deepen analysis and understanding of the shifting patterns of trade and markets in Darfur on an ongoing basis for key agricultural and livestock commodities; identify how livelihoods and the economy can be supported through trade; and identify peace-building opportunities through trade.
Read MorePastoralism and Pastoralist Livelihoods in Sudan
This project aims to promote understanding of pastoralists’ livelihoods systems among local, national, and international stakeholders and to strengthen the capacity of pastoralist leaders, organizations, and other advocates to articulate the rationale for pastoralism.
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Taking Root: The Cash Crop Trade in Darfur (Arabic)
This is an Arabic translation of an existing publication.
Read MoreAgainst the Grain: The Cereal Trade in Darfur
“This report is the third in a series of in-depth studies researching and analyzing the impact of conflict and associated factors on trade in Darfur’s main agricultural and livestock commodities….
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