Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano

Innovation Manager, IDH

Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano (JC, in brief) is an Innovation Manager at IDH, where he co-leads the design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) frameworks for programs that promote inclusive and sustainable smallholder systems. In his position, JC has worked on MEL processes for programs such as Farmfit Africa, NICFI II, Growing Together, and ABERA. He has co-authored public knowledge products that bring actionable insights for private actors, and has delivered capacity building initiatives for implementing partners in countries including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, and India.

Prior to IDH, JC worked as a researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he researched on the adoption of renewable energy technologies in smallholder systems in Nepal and Indonesia. Before that, he performed as an environmental and architectural advisor at various public and private organizations in Ecuador.

JC holds a PhD in Water Management from Delft University of Technology, an MSc in Urban Environmental Management from Wageningen University, and a BArch from San Gregorio University. JC is based in the Netherlands, with strong personal ties to Ecuador and Portugal.

By Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano

Research

Building Rural Women’s Climate Resilience: Seven Business Drivers Delivering Commercial Value

As climate pressures rise, strengthening rural women’s resilience is critical for their livelihoods and for the long-term viability of the rural businesses that serve them. Through ABERA (Accelerating Business to Empower Rural Women in Agriculture), a CGAP and IDH collaboration, this paper identifies seven practical business drivers that simultaneously strengthen rural women’s climate resilience and business performance.