Arielle Moinester

Arielle Moinester, India Land Initiative Coordinator, Women's Earth Alliance.

"Arielle brings to Women’s Earth Alliance her experience and passion for designing, implementing and managing development and business projects that seek new intersections between traditional approaches to sustainable agricultural development and free market economic efficiency. Arielle has collaborated with AVRDC, The World Vegetable Center in Arusha, Tanzania and the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, in Washington, DC researching African indigenous vegetables and sustainable productivity growth of horticulture in sub-Saharan Africa.  She also worked in coffee production, cooperative development and women’s income generation in Honduras.  Arielle is co-founder of Manos de Madres, a non-profit organization building sustainable women’s businesses around the world.  She also serves on the Strategic Advisory Board for BioDimensions.  Arielle earned her M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics and an M.S. in International Agricultural Development from the University of California, Davis. Currently, Arielle lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where she is a 2008/2009 International Development Fellow in Agriculture with Catholic Relief Services."