Mireille Totobesola

Project Manager , UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International NGO, international agricultural research center

Rome, Italy

Bilingual (English/French), Project / Programme Manager / Coordinator / Technical Advisor - Resilience, Food and Nutrition Security, Sustainable Food Systems, Food Loss and Waste Reduction, Food Value Chains, Agriculture, Climate Smart Agriculture - More than 20 years with international organizations in Africa, Latin America, Europe.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
Professional Experience:

- Strategic planning, project and program design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, having been the Manager of the UN Rome-Based Agencies’ project on food loss reduction in food deficit areas jointly implemented by FAO, IFAD and WFP, funded by the Government of Switzerland; the Regional Technical Advisor for Agriculture, Food and nutrition security, Livelihoods in West Africa – Sahel with Catholic Relief Services (CRS); the Regional Coordinator of the Rural Agro-enterprise Development Project of Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Central America; the Coordinator of the Funds for development of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Burkina Faso; and the Research Associate of the Africa and Madagascar Program and the Enterprise Development Department with Conservation International (CI), Washington, D.C.; and at the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), Washington, D.C.
- Technical expertise in Food and Nutrition Security, Mainstreaming Nutrition, Livelihoods, Resilience, Value Chain Development, Sustainable Food Systems, Food Loss and Waste Reduction, Sustainable and Climate Smart Agriculture
- Partnership with government, international organizations, research centers, NGOs, and the private sector

Education:

Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology, Master’s Degree in Agricultural and Rural Economics and Agroenterprise Management, Engineering Degree in Agro-food processing

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

More than 20 years

Highest Qualification:

Doctorate

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Malagasy, Italian

Nationality:

France , Madagascar

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