Valery Ndagijimana

• Assist the MEL team to review and clean up TF core indicator data submitted by partners 2018-2021 for the TF dashboard.
• Assist the MEL team to develop guide for recording data from partners and upload on the dashboard
• Assist the MEL team to review and compile data from projects interim and annual report for the writing of the Facility annual report.
• Assist the MEL team to review the methodology and data collection tools developed for TF impact learning evaluation.
• Provide support to Programme Officers in their work and on specific projects and to support project cycle management.
• Being an active and full member of the TF Program team and join team meetings, training and workshops as appropriate

• Conducted the government negotiations for Practical Action (PAC) for the regenerative agriculture project scoping
• Developed agreements and worked out roles for the regenerative agriculture project partnership with PAC
• Identified relevant local organizations who can contribute to the Pilot project and hold consultations with them
• Held a feedback meeting with PAC to discuss the potential role of other organizations in the project
• Facilitated connections to relevant organizations for PAC.
• Identified potential farmers willing to work with PAC on the regenerative agriculture project
• Jointly with PAC worked out the project monitoring plan and proposal for Yogi Tea
• Coordinated the GIZ-funded Coffee Implementation Fund project for the production of liquid fertilizer from Tithonia diversifolia
• Developed the manuals of good agricultural practices and liquid fertilizer production for the KOTUKANYA cooperative
• Successfully coordinated the organic certification(EU/NOP) of RWACOF Ltd.

• I trained Rainforest Alliance members on the sustainable agriculture Network standards (SAN/RA standards) and Utz code of conduct and delivered the training to Rainforest Alliance trainers on sustainability standards.
• Supported the Rainforest Alliance farmer and supply chain actors’ members in keeping their agricultural products traceable, reporting sales, and handling their queries in alignment with the customer success team, following the related organization’s process and procedures.
• Represented Rainforest Alliance in different events/conferences, both national and regional. In the same regard, I stood as Rainforest Alliance ambassador in East Africa, liaising with governments, NGOs and sector holders about information and project implementation.
• Participated in national platforms, conferences, meetings on sustainable agriculture
• Managed gender development project for a group of 250 women.

• I managed various projects related to the Sustainable Agriculture by managing funds from various donors for projects implementation in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi.
• I conducted an environmental Assessment for two different projects, on in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, jointly implemented by Twin and Hivos and completed another assessment jointly with Agro-Eco Uganda in Ghana under the funding of Solidaridad.
• I trained farmers and agronomists on good agriculture practices (GAPs), set up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) demonstration plots, and coordinated agroforestry project for integrated farming systems.
• I collected the project data, analyzed them for monitoring, evaluation and learning, and communicated the results internally for informed project decision-making.
• Further to projects budgets management and administration, I reported narratively every quarter on the project progress.
• I trained and coached the farmers and agronomists from partners to get certified various sustainability standards (Rainforest Alliance,Utz Fairtrade, organic and CAFE Practices).
• I trained and set up good agriculture demonstration plots and agroforestry for a woman cooperative in DRC funded by Zensho (Japanese coffee buyer).
• I also managed the mini-project funded by Fairtrade UK Foundation and provided technical assistance to the implementer for the smart agriculture practices in Western Uganda.
• I set up good agriculture practices and farmer field schools in the same scope and reported to Belgian Technical Corporation (BTC), which funded another project in Western Uganda.
• I attended international and national platforms conferences regarding sustainable agriculture, representing Twin.

I looked after cooperatives operations and fostered cooperatives formation. Furthermore, in this role, I served as forest manager to ensure the forests were well managed, and in the same scope, I issued the forest harvesting permits to the farmers after the field visit. Besides that, I oversaw the crop intensification programme and ensured the farmers understood and implemented it. Furthermore, I confirmed that every piece of land is registered and issued the land titles to farmers. Lastly, I promoted the integrated farming system, where I worked closely with the farmers to ensure that they understood and implemented agroforestry in their farms and other good agriculture practices to increase yields.

Providing extension services for the farmers in different parts of the country and ensure their compliance with national and international sustainability standards.