Marisa C Rodrigues

• Driven by sustainable development, climate-smart agriculture, green exports, and a green economy.

• Passionate and focus on project development and management for socio-economic and environmental benefits for smallholder farmers including supply chain development, value addition, training, and production of climate-smart and resilient agroforestry.

• Honey project development expert with 10 years of experience working in South America (Brazil) and Southern Africa (Angola and Mozambique).

• In the past 5 years I have actively been working towards engaging, administering, and implementing technical cooperation projects with international organizations, governments, and the private sector.
• Researcher, dedicating all my life to studying bees and pollinators and how beekeeping can be a tool for enhancing sustainable livelihoods and human-wildlife coexistence.