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Catholic Relief Services
Total Duration9 yrs
TitleSenior Technical Advisor, Value Chains
Dates EmployedJan 2014 – Present
Employment Duration5 yrs 4 mos
LocationManagua, Nicaragua
Provide leadership within a global agricultural team to provide methods, tools, and training to help small farmers become relevant value chain actors and to achieve more durable market linkage to higher value markets and more formal buyers. Develop longstanding partnerships with leading corporations, social investment funds, and traders at the domestic and international level. These market focused approaches support farm families to develop the business acumen and business relationships that will enable them to add value to product and generate greater product volume and quality, laying the foundation for more consistent market engagement.
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TitleRegional Technical Advisor for Agro-Enterprise and Climate Change
Dates EmployedMay 2010 – Dec 2013
Employment Duration3 yrs 8 mos
LocationNicaragua
Design value chain and climate change programming embracing the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. Recent initiatives: coffee and mango value chains in Haiti, cocoa and passion fruit in Nicaragua and El Salvador, vanilla in Madagascar, coffee in Colombia and Ecuador, and carbon credit and climate change adaptation programs with coffee farmers in Nicaragua. Regular speaking engagements on climate change adaptation approaches and promotion of small farmer engagement in competitive markets. See less |