NEHEMIAH MBURU MUGUTHA

Talented Program development and management specialist skilled in handling administrative, operational and outreach program functions. Wears many hats to accomplish dynamic objectives. Ready to apply 23 years of experience to new professional challenges with growth-oriented organization. 13 years of Hands on experience in Program’s design, Result based project management, Rural Enterprise development, SME development and Management of Innovations. Has worked with rural communities in Eastern and Southern Africa Passionate about empowerment, and the use of sustainable innovations to catalyze large scale impacts and improved livelihoods. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: subscribes to and seek to uphold high standards of personal integrity and learning agility. Self-motivated with high drive for success, respectful and willingly accepting of challenges and opportunities. Highly analytical and passionate about leadership and people empowerment Open to learning and willingly adapts to new environments with ease. A team player and leader. Www.linkedin.com/in/nehemiah-mburu-mugutha-19182943 Talented Program Director skilled in handling administrative, operational and outreach program functions. Wears many hats to accomplish dynamic objectives. Ready to apply 23 years of experience to new professional challenges with growth-oriented organization.

• RELEVANT COURSEWORK or PUBLICATIONS or WORKSHOPS
• Sustaining food systems in semi-arid lands of kenya by strengthening traditional crop value chains; the case for sorghum and millets
• Chapter in a soon to be published book on Food systems Transformation in Kenya
• Expected publication in September 2022
• Boosting Commercial Sorghum production and marketing with the aggregator model (Publication in Rural 21: International journal for Rural Development-02/2014
• Http://www.rural21.com/english/news/detail/article/boosting-commercial-sorghum-production-and-marketing-with-the-aggregator-model-00001143/
• Potential for sorghum in food security and economic development among communities in arid and semi-arid lands in Africa
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)-2014 http://knowledge.cta.int/en/content/search/%28offset%29/130?SearchText=foods
• Characterization of Sorghum Production and Marketing Systems in Eastern Province, Kenya: Sorghum for Multi-Use (SMU) Baseline Survey Report.(Working Paper Series No
• 53, ICRISAT Research Program; Markets, Institutions and Policies)
• Women and Agricultural Finance (Workshop by New Faces New Voices)
• Engagement of Youth Entrepreneurship for Agricultural Transformation in Africa (Workshop by International Institute for Tropical Agriculture -IITA
• Africa Agri-business Supplier Development (workshop by UNDP-AFIM Africa Facility for Inclusive Markets)
• Value chain analysis and mapping (Workshop by UNDP-AFIM)
• Inclusive business and finance (Workshop by UNDP-AFIM)
• Results oriented Monitoring and Evaluation (Workshop by AGRA)
• Project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (Workshop by IFAD)

I am a founder director in two community based organizations whose mission is to empower the Youth to achieve full potential in a wholistic manner while contributing the management of their natural resource based.