The Living Income
Community of Practice
ABOUT
The Living Income Community of Practice is an alliance of partners dedicated to the vision of thriving, economically stable, rural communities linked to global food and agricultural supply chains. The goal of this community is to support activities focused on improving smallholder incomes towards living incomes, aiming to enable smallholder farmers to achieve a decent standard of living.
The objectives of this Community of Practice are to:
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Increase understanding of living income measurement and the income gap
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Identify and discuss strategies for closing the income gap
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Governance structure of the Living Income CoP
LiCop Secretariat
The LiCoP secretariat manages the day to day operations of the community of practice as well as its communication channels. For any questions related to the LiCoP please contact livingincome@isealalliance.org
CoP Implementing Partners
This community is a result of a partnership between The Sustainable Food Lab, GIZ and the ISEAL.
Nina Kuppetz
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Junior Advisor for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains and Standards
Simon Gmeiner
Advisor for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains and Standards
Technical committee (TAC)
The Technical Advisory Committee helps the LI CoP to identify the direction, priorities, and components of our technical work, providing a backstop for the technical guidance and resources we produce. It is composed of experts in farm household economics and characteristics, and income calculation.
Eberhard Krain
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'formally GIZ'
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Johanna Bodewing
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Advisor for Living Income and Living Wage
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Nicola Nuecken
Junior Advisor for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains (INA)
Yuca Waarts
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Senior researcher sustainable value chain development
Aaron Petri
Programme Coordinator, Fairtrade International
Advisory Board (AB)
The Advisory Board liaise with GIZ, Sustainable Food Lab and ISEAL to provide guidance and advice on the activities of the Living Income CoP by highlighting topics of interest, making recommendations on resources and guidance and suggesting topics and speakers for upcoming webinars and other in person events of the
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Manuel Kiewisch
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Global Monitoring and Evaluation, Verification and Learning Manager
Rik Habraken
Advisor M&E for Social Impact, Sustainable Economic Development
Ashlee Tuttleman
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Senior Innovation Manager – Smallholder Sourcing & Services
