Key Takeaways On Market Systems Approaches To Food Security and Resilience

At the MPEP Seminar, Pushing the Limits: Lessons from CARE on Market Systems Approaches, Food Security, and Resilience, Christian Pennotti, Senior Technical Advisor at CARE USA, speaks on CARE's market systems approach to food security and resilience programming. Pennotti focuses on five lessons that CARE is currently applying in their work. Lessons include: adapting the push/pull model, streamlining implementation, supporting and empowering groups, optimizing models, and capacity transformation.

Bio: Christian Pennotti, CARE USA

Christian Pennotti is a Senior Technical Advisor for Learning and Impact with CARE’s Economic Development Unit with 10 years of experience in international development and expertise in economic development, market facilitation, food security and knowledge management. Christian plays a leading role in advancing CARE’s global market engagement portfolio, providing technical and M&E support to flagship programs in over 15 countries across Africa and Asia. Since joining CARE in 2009, he has also put in place the foundations for an organization-wide system to enhance CARE’s capacity in market facilitation. Previously, Christian served as a Program Manager in the AED Center for Enterprise & Capacity Development and worked with a range of NGO and private sector development organizations. He holds a MA in International Development Studies from the George Washington University and began his career as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan.