Mascha Middelbeek Email & Phone Number

Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht, Netherlands

IDH Farmfit Business Support provides technical assistance to companies and banks, helping them develop cost efficient smallholder inclusive business models.

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

• Middelbeek Consult is a consultancy specialized in agri- and inclusive business, sustainable sourcing, cooperative and organisational development and corporate social responsibility in an international context. Main.
• Review CoopAcademy – a cocoa value chain project in Ivory Coast focussing on strengthening cocoa cooperatives with IFC, Cargill, TechnoServe, SCOPEinsight. Ivory Coast – client SCOPEinsight.
• Testing and developing a tool for measuring the level of professionalism of agricultural input retailers for IFC, CNFA and SCOPEinisght. Ethiopia/Indonesia – SCOPEinsight.
• Developing and implementing a training and coaching program for Ethiopian Private Sector Associations (poultry, aquaculture, spices) under the Ethiopian Netherlands Trade Facility for Agribusiness (Dutch Embassy.
• Recruiter and development of Agripool strategy for Agriterra

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

In the role as senior technical advisor working on SCOPEinsight’s methodology and assessment tools for measuring professionalism of farmer organizations.

Addis Abeba - Ethiopia

Agribusiness advisor for Agriterra's clients (cooperatives and unions) in Ethiopia. Focussing on supporting our clients with implementing their business ambitions and acquiring loans for those businesses. Those businesses vary from sesame export, establishing a wheat factory or a semi-refinery factory for niger seed. Also dedicated with the task to.

Advising agricultural cooperatives how to become bankable and achieve their business ambitions. Supporting in the development of their business plans and make improvements in management, cooperative governance, membership involvement, marketing and supply chain management. Furthermore offering assistance in mobilizing working and investment capital for.

Liaison officer East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda) at Agriterra, an development agency founded by Dutch farmer organizations (LTO Noord, ZLTO, NAJK, etc) and cooperatives (NCR) supporting farmer organizations and cooperatives in developing countries. Offering clients financial and advisory services in order to strengthen their organization, improve.

Lushoto

Developing a business plan for agrotourism development by two local farmer networks

Consultant in business unit Sustainability providing strategic advise to a broad range of clients (companies, government, NGO’s) about corporate social responsibility, sustainable entrepreneurship and responsible agro-chain management. Providing clients among others with communication plans, CSR strategies, stakeholder analysis and dialogues.

Peru

• A Peruvian NGO working in the area of organic agriculture, environmental issues, sustainable and rural tourism development. Activities I was responsible for:
• Studying flora, fauna and cultural diversity with tourism potential.
• Making an inventory of tourism products and facilities in dialogue with local people.
• Raising awareness about possibilities and risks of tourism among local communities.
• Market study quinoa and promotional activities on the BIOFACH (facilitated by CBI).

Amsterdam

The internship focused on the Dutch timber industry working in ancient Russian boreal forests. I developed an action plan for more sustainable forest practices in dialogue with the timber industry

Mba, Module Cooperatives And Entrepreneurship, Module Cooperatives And Entrepreneurship

Course: My.Coop - Managing Your Agricultural Cooperative - Training Of Trainers Course, On-Line Training

Module: Management And Finance Ii

Course: Business Development Services

Msc, Tourism, Leisure And Environment

Specialization in sustainable and rural tourism

Msc, Biology

Specialization in animal biology and ethology