Emma is now based in Nairobi and is working on a number of IIED projects focusing on East Africa including sector governance (Sustainable Food Lab), Fairness in the tea sector (Fairtrade and Malawi 2020) and ESRC-funded research into the role of Chinese players, informality and sector governance in shaping the sustainability of African cotton sectors.
She is also engaged in a four-year (ILRI and Gates) project to explore the enablers of, and constraints to, the inclusive formalisation of dairy traders in Kenya, Tanzania and India.