Southern Sorghum supplies smallholder farmers with everything they need to grow drought tolerant crops: seeds, advice and most importantly a market. We aggregate sorghum from smallholder farmers and sell to commercial buyers. We are focused on sorghum, an African grain that’s naturally adapted to irregular rainfall and thrives in poor soils. We are piloting our approach with 200 farmers in 2021

WFP Somalia: development of Operational Plan to guide the implementation of WFP, UNICEF & FAO Joint Resilience Action (JRA) programming. SCF USA: Global HEA Institutionalisation• Development of a global HEA strategy to expand Save the Children’s use of HEA beyond the traditional focus on Early Warning to new applications supporting the design of resilient livelihoods & safety net programming. • Lead designer & instructor for HEA capacity building in East & Southern Africa, utilizing a blending learning approach that combines face to face technical training, webinars & practical field assignments to build the skills, experience & confidence of senior technical staff.Market Monitoring: developing systems to support the systematic use of the MARKit tool.

2017 * Develop & Pilot Food Security Training, Global (Save the Children)2016* Evaluation of Market Monitoring & Trade Analysis (MMTA) III, Sudan (SOS Sahel)* Remote support for MARKit pilots, Global (CRS)* Outcome Analysis Training, Nigeria (Save the Children)* Goat Market Assessment & IGA Modelling, Kenya (FSD)* National Drought Modelling, Zimbabwe* DFAP Proposal development, Ethiopia (Save the Children)2015* DFAP Theory of Change & Problem Analysis, Ethiopia (Save the Children)* Rice value chain Theory of Change, Tanzania (Farm Africa)* Evaluation of Market Monitoring & Trade Analysis (MMTA) II, Sudan (SOS Sahel)* Modelling Financial Graduation from HSNP, Kenya (FSD)* Pre-Crisis Market Mapping & Analysis (PCMMA), Ethiopia (Oxfam USA)

* Development of Guidance for Situation & Response Analysis (Save the Children)* Rapid Market Assessment (EMMA), Maban County, South Sudan (Solidarites International)* Review of 10 years of Livelihoods Programming in Somali Region, Ethiopia (Save the Children)* EU Proposal development; Rangeland Management, Puntland (Adeso)* Sorghum Value-chain scoping study, Tanzania (FARM Africa)* EU proposal development; Food Security Governance, Ghana (CARE)* EU proposal development; Sorghum value-chains, Kenya (FARM Africa)

Provided Global Technical assistance for SCUK’s food security & Livelihoods programs – and led on the development of SCUK Food Security information systems

Developed & implementation of CARE’s Global Emergency Food Security Strategy

Management of an on-going $20 million integrated recovery program (Shelter, WASH & Livelihoods).

Contract management and technical support to Tsunami Projects (DEC, ECHO).

Coordinated an $8million program of 10 relief & recovery projects assisting 500,000 people.

Contract management and technical support to Emergency Projects

Worked with refugees and local communities to reduce the environmental impact of 24,000 refugees

Worked with local community to enhance sustainable land use practices in localised wetlands.