Esther Akwii

Esther Akwii is a Legal Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, focusing on Land, Agriculture, and Food Systems. Before joining CCSI, she was a senior clinical fellow at the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic. She was also an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School and worked with the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems. She has also worked at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. Esther’s expertise spans a broad range of topics, including land tenure, livestock agriculture, the right to food, farm viability, food loss and waste, food security, climate change, and natural resource governance. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Food and Agriculture Law (with Distinction) from Vermont Law School and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from Makerere University. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice and a Diploma in Law (First Class) from the Law Development Centre.