Eve Crowley is a Yale-trained anthropologist with 40 years’ experience leading and supporting food systems policy and research in FAO, IFAD, the CGIAR, OECD, Club du Sahel, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), particularly in Sub Saharan Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition to leading and supporting global and regional food policy fora (e.g. Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Hunger, Food Security, and Nutrition and Secretary to FAO´s Regional Conference), multi-stakeholder processes (FAO Focal Point for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development), and flagship publications (FAO Publication s Board, ES Department Oversight Committee for FAO´s Flagship Publications), she brings specialized expertise on the socio-cultural, institutional and spiritual dimensions of food security and nutrition, indigenous knowledge systems, and the contribution of informal institutions, coping strategies, safety nets, and value chains to food systems resilience.
Her experience spans global level, having worked as the FAO Deputy Director Gender, Equity, and Rural Employment, as IFAD Principal Advisor on Household Food Security, Nutrition and Gender, and for the Independent Steering Committee for the CGIAR CRP on Policies, Institutions and Markets, as well as the regional, national, and local levels across Latin America, East Africa, and West Africa. Crowley is adept at working across these levels cross-disciplinary and in tapping into scientific sources as well as practitioner, Indigenous, and informal experience, knowledge systems, data, and consultations to enhance food policy and research.
Tanzanian-born, of Trinidadian descent, she is a national of the United States of America.
