Marjolein de Bruin

Area of Expertise:

• Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
• Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
• Fundraising, Business Development, Grants Writer
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Professional Experience:

- MSc in Agricultural Development Economics at Wageningen University, the Netherlands
- Working experience in the field of rural economic development and integrated natural resource management
- Experience with financial and economic studies and analysis; organisational development and training programmes; communication plans.
- Experience in acquisition and fundraising activities, evaluation of proposals and supervision of freelance experts
- Professional experience in several countries in Eastern Europe and Africa

Current/ latest job: Program “Irrigation de proximité dans le Bélédougou” (IPRO-DB)
Program financed by the German development bank “KfW” to develop irrigated agriculture in the region of the Bélédougou (32.000 km²).
Technical advisor for the group “Appui, conseil et valorisation”. Main duty is to develop an approach to increase the production linked to the agro-hydrologic works and improve the marketing of these products.
Task: - Developed/adapted a value chain approach to support the agricultural producers to better market their products. Train the internal staff in mastering this approach. Rapid Market Appraisals to discover the economic potential of the Bélédougou. Selection of lead farmer groups. Support to farmer groups and agri-business during the implementation.
- Supervision of Malian consultancy firms, freelancers and other temporary hired staff; call for proposal, selection and supervision; establishing a professional network of freelancers.
- Setting up a monitoring and evaluation system.