Anna Locke

Head of Programme, Agricultural Development and Policy

Anna is an agricultural economist with 19 years of experience in development. She has in-depth experience of working with market-led agriculture, analysing and advising on how to develop agriculture in such a way as to promote sustainable growth and reduce poverty, based on principles of competitiveness, market access and inclusiveness. Her focus in recent years has been on biofuels, looking at the linkages between agriculture, energy and climate change, as well as issues of land governance.

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Chinese agriculture. Zhenyuan, on the Wuyang River - China

Future Agricultures Consortium: China and Brazil in African agriculture

Projects - October 2012 to September 2015

Africa is a major destination of the Brazil and China's diplomatic and economic ventures, and agriculture a leading topic for development cooperation activities across the continent. This project investigates the impacts of these changes on African agriculture.

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China and Brazil in African agriculture (CBAA)

Projects - September 2012 to September 2014

The question of how Brazil, China and other 'rising powers' may change African agricultural development is critical and timely. ODI are working with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and The Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) investigating the impacts of Brazil and Chinese investment on African agriculture.

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A villager brings oil palm fruits out from the plantation. Jambi, Indonesia

Are biofuels more costly than fossil fuels?

Event - Round-table - 28 March 2012

This event explored whether biofuels be more costly than fossil fuels. Discussion built upon a review of the evidence and arguments on likely developments in landed prices of biofuels in the UK/EU up to 2020; and explored the implications of sourcing biofuels from outside the EU.

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Are biofuels bad for business?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 March 2012

As significant renewable energy mandates for transport in Europe loom, there has been another round of soul-searching about the costs and benefits of biofuels, which are expected to be the main source of renewable energy to meet these mandates.

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The impact of EU sugar policy reform on developing countries

Publication - Research reports and studies - 15 February 2012

LMC International and Overseas Development Institute (Anna Locke, Nicola Cantore and Jodie Keane)

The objective of this report was to assess the implications of further reform of the EU sugar regime on Afro-Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and Least Developed Countries (LDC). To do this, the outlook for the EU sugar market was modelled under a range of scenarios and the viability of the sugar industries in LDC/ACP countries that currently rely, to a greater or lesser extent, on sales to the EU market was assessed. The report then draws on this analysis to highlight potential impacts on poverty and livelihoods in affected countries and discusses possible transitional assistance measures to mitigate negative impacts.

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