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Juliet Macdowell

Netherlands Founder Communicologists Today

Juliet is passionate about helping NGOs and social enterprises through creating stories and messages which resonate with audiences.

Juliet has been working in the development field for over 25 years and has experience in all cycles of program development and implementation. She also has extensive experience in business development, fundraising, and proposal writing.

Juliet holds a Masters Degree in International Development and Economics from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Contemporary African History.

Turning the Living Income Vision into a Reality

Is it possible to use agribusinesses to positively affect living incomes for smallholder farmers? This article answers that question with information gathered using artificial intelligence.

Juliet Macdowell

Jun 10, 2022

One Less Barrier to Accessing Finance

We are creating pipelines of investable agribusinesses for lenders in four African countries with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and four of the SCOPE local experts.

Juliet Macdowell

Feb 01, 2022

Markets and Trade

How to Create Financial Linkages to Rural Ethiopian Communities

SCOPEinsight, with A Glimmer of Hope, developed an assessment tool that is scalable and standardized, making it possible to identify the needs of the Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)...

Juliet Macdowell

Jan 31, 2022

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

Strengthening Tanzanian Agribusinesses and Creating Pathways for Access to Finance

For the past several years, SCOPEinsight has gathered data about Tanzanian agribusinesses. This is what the data tells us about access to finance.

Juliet Macdowell

Jan 17, 2022

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

Webinar for development practitioners who are interested in agro-input retailers

Working Effectively with Agro-Input Retailers: Experiences from USAID Rwanda’s Hinga Weze Project

Oct 19, 2021 online

Agro-input retailers are well placed to strengthen downstream actors and provide linkages to upstream parties in agricultural value chains. CNFA has pioneered an innovative model to work with these retailers in Rwanda with impressive results.

Agricultural Productivity Climate and Natural Resources Markets and Trade Nutrition

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Getting Agribusinesses Banked: Components of a Systems Approach

If funding cycles are allotted every five years, the system is rigged in favor of short-term success. Read how this can be solved.

Juliet Macdowell

Jun 01, 2021

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade

Webinar for development practitioners who are interested in access to finance for Agri-SMEs

The Secret to Mobilizing Funds for Agri-SMEs

Mar 04, 2021 online

We worked with hundreds of financiers & business advisors and reviewed performance data collected on thousands of agri-SMEs to find out this secret.

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Resilience

A Fair Price for Fresh Food: Webinar on How to Ensure Fresh Food Inclusively

Mar 12, 2020 online

How to source fresh food inclusively? Sourcing fresh food from smallholder farmers can be a challenge. The market for connecting companies to smallholders in emerging markets is broken. On one...

Agricultural Productivity Markets and Trade Nutrition

Twitter Chat: How to bridge the gap between farmer organizations & the market

Oct 17, 2019 online

Do you have lessons learned in facilitating the integration of smallholder farmers (or agribusinesses) into value chains? Which business models have worked best? What have been the significant challenges? This...

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade

The Importance of a Common Language

At the turn of the 21st century, the development sector realized that alignment and partnership are paramount to achieving a shared vision of a prospering world. Therefore, following the Millennium...

Juliet Macdowell

Oct 09, 2019

Agricultural Productivity Education and Extension Markets and Trade Policy and Governance

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Turning the Living Income Vision into a Reality

Juliet Macdowell

One Less Barrier to Accessing Finance

Juliet Macdowell

How to Create Financial Linkages to Rural Ethiopian Communities

Juliet Macdowell

Strengthening Tanzanian Agribusinesses and Creating Pathways for Access to Finance

Juliet Macdowell

Working Effectively with Agro-Input Retailers: Experiences from USAID Rwanda’s Hinga Weze Project

Getting Agribusinesses Banked: Components of a Systems Approach

Juliet Macdowell

The Secret to Mobilizing Funds for Agri-SMEs

A Fair Price for Fresh Food: Webinar on How to Ensure Fresh Food Inclusively

Twitter Chat: How to bridge the gap between farmer organizations & the market

The Importance of a Common Language

Juliet Macdowell

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