Agricultural value chain advisory services, project planning, technical advice on proposals and projects.Staycation activity.

Agricultural Value Chain advisory services, including strategic planning, dairy, seed sector.

Program director for Value Chain Development (VCD) in 6 commodity areas (coffee, oilseeds, maize, dairy, pulses & horticulture for export. Also overseeing Financial Services Development (FSD), Gender for Growth G4G) and M&E. Chairman of Grants Committee with a portfolio of ~$20M per year.

A Ugandan Trust with donor-to-donor conributions through delegated cooperation. Components include select value chain development, financial services and gender for growth. Activities through implementing partners throughout Uganda.

Agro-Dealer Training (ADT) project with Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture Food Security & Cooperatives under the World Bank funded Accelerated Food Security Project. Fast-track TOT of 40 service providers, recruitment, training and certification of 1,152 agro-dealers.Prior tasks in recruitment of CNFA Country Director and other TA and strengthening TAGMARK.

Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania providing backstopping on existing USAID horticulture and mariculture Cooperative Agreements, plus Tanzania and regional new business development on food security crops, high value crops and marine/coastal environments.

USAID/Uganda, Kampala. Was involved in competitive proposal preparation, design and implementation of this $22 million 5-year project, directing a team of 16 professional staff promoting enhanced productivity in oilseeds (sunflower, soyabean, cotton, sesame; upland rice, maize, barley). Worked closely with USAID/Uganda, other donor-funded agribusiness projects, individual clients, firms, business and farmer associations, non-governmental organizations, universities and research institutes. Served as Chairman of the Technical Review Committee for ACDI/VOCA PL-480 Title II Program reviewing over $20 million in sub-grants.1995-2004Chief of party, Investment in Developing Export Agriculture (IDEA), Chemonics International, USAID/Uganda, Kampala. Since project inception, directed a team of 12 professional staff implementing $32 million project promoting production of non-traditional agricultural products for export markets, with the ultimate goal of increasing incomes of rural farmers. Commodity value chains included fruits and vegetables, flowers, vanilla & spices, cocoa, maize, upland rice and beans. Export earnings from targeted crops increased to $100 million/year. Provided direct assistance to producers, traders, and exporters in the form of low-and high-value inputs, technology transfer, agro-processing, market linkages, assistance to out-grower schemes, and seed multiplication and distribution. Project included $8 million in small grants support. Worked closely with USAID/Uganda, other donor-funded agribusiness projects, individual clients, firms, business and farmer associations, nongovernmental organizations, Peace Corps, universities and research institutes. Served on GOU task force that prepared Operational Plan for implementing the Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA). Served as Chairman of the Technical Review Committee for ACDI/VOCA PL-480 Title II Program reviewing over $15 million in sub-grants.

Review of project document for $157 million UN/IFAD funded oilseeds development project in Uganda. (2009) Evaluation of 3 proposals for design of outgrower extension services for $9 million WFT/ OXFAM funded smallholder tea development in Tanzania. (2009) Surveyed leading South African agribusiness firms to assess opportunities for linkages with emergent black agricultural producers, processors, marketers, and suppliers.; Assisted in responding to a RFP for an agricultural project (ZATAC) in Zambia (1999)Prepared a Strategic Plan for Ulupalakua Ranch, Inc, Maui, including management restructuring. (1994) Agribusiness consultant, Privatization and Divestiture project, Price Waterhouse, USAID/Nepal, Katmandu. Devised strategy and implementation plan

Managed eight specialists in horticulture, well drilling technology, and marketing and volunteer and support staff on this complex project in agribusiness, agricultural education, research and institutional support. Advised on national livestock policy and livestock feeds act. Program resulted in formation of two farmer-operated centers for marketing fresh produce. Previous LAPIS positions: Team leader, range/livestock, acting chief of party. Directed 11 staff in institution building, training, and extension. Conducted feasibility studies and developed technical packages for livestock enterprises and livestock processing plants. Managed program implementing range management on degraded communal lands.

Colombo. Carried out assessment of poultry agro-enterprise sector and identified U.S. technologies appropriate for the sector. (1993)Program Management Unit Advisor, Non-PSC position. Lesotho Agricultural Policy Support Program (LAPSP), USAID/ Lesotho, Maseru. Monitored implementation of national livestock and range policy and privatization of parastatal abattoir and feedlot complex on a $14 million economic policy reform program. (1993

Conducted agribusiness project appraisals and investment analyses worldwide.

Oversaw agro-industrial projects in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East for multinational companies covering peanuts and sunflower, grain production, tomato paste, center pivot irrigation, baby food plant, softdrink plants and pharmaceutical plants involving over $100 million in investments.

Developed feasibility studies, investment analyses, and business plans for crop and livestock production and agro-industrial processing projects. Major client was FMC international division. Carried out real estate subdivision activity in California.

Managed activities of firm involved in large-scale cattle ranching, feed mills, feedlots, abattoirs, and meat marketing in the United States, Australia, and Malaysia. Feedlot finished over 500,000 head of cattle to US Choice grade.

Prepared feasibility study, joint venture agreement, and implementation of pineapple dehydration plant. Conducted feasibility studies for cattle ranching and importing and marketing meat from Australian operations.

Honolulu. Taught production economics and farm management. Prepared PhD dissertation on integrated sorghum production/cattle feedlot at Kohala, Island of Hawaii. Served on Governors's Task Force on agriculture. Completed

Managed large-scale cattle ranches (15,000 sq miles) in Australia's Northern Territory. Clients included AMAX, WR Grace, Dillingham. Each year procured 5,000 tons of SSP and Townsville Stylo seed for aerial application on 100,000 acres.