The Guarded Harvest
Meet Our Local Team
PROFILES OF GUARDED HARVEST CBO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
David Njuguna Mukami.
– Chairman, Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya
– Farmer specializing in maize and beans.
Experience/Skills.
– Trained teacher with 17 years’ experience as a head teacher.
– Manager at the National Assembly county office for 9 years.
– Trainer of trainers.
– Human resource management.
– Community mobilization.
– Project management.
Grace Mwai.
– Vice Chairperson- Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Farmer and trader.
Experience/Skills.
– Director/Miller- Has been operating the family mill and is responsible for the purchase of raw materials and sale of finished products (flour and by-products).
– Farmer- Has been a farmer growing maize and several other crops most of her life.
– Agribusiness
– Community mobilizer.
– Leadership- has been leading women’s groups within the community.
– Astute business person
Francis Ndeithi.
– Executive Secretary- Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Lead Consultant, Milos Biz Consultants, Kenya.
– Farmer and trader.
– Internationally experienced agriculturalist, manager, agribusiness practitioner & advisor, food/income security advisor, mentor and trainer. Forty-one years in a senior management career with the ability to enhance the development of strong business/farmer communities and partner organizations and support them with business, organizational, and management skills to effectively develop and increase production, grow businesses, increase earnings, and provide food and income security.
Experience.
– Country Director- Syngenta Tanzania.
– Technical Manager- Syngenta Tanzania.
– Agribusiness Officer, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), Malawi.
– Rice and Rice Market Specialist, VSO Ghana.
– Technical Advisor-Food Security, Gender and HIV/AIDS, VSO Zambia.
– Rice Harvest Advisor, GTZ, VSO Nigeria.
– Agriculture Specialist, Christian Mission Aid, South Sudan.
– Agricultural Advisory Manager, Kenya Breweries Ltd.
– Research Liaison and Training Officer, Coffee Research Foundation, Kenya.
Peter Njoroge.
– Assistant Executive Secretary, Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Teacher and farmer.
Skills/Experience.
– Over 20 years of teaching experience.
– Project planning and management expert.
Peter Njoroge.
– Assistant Executive Secretary, Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Teacher and farmer.
Skills/Experience.
– Over 20 years of teaching experience.
– Project planning and management expert.
John K. Mwangi.
– Treasurer- Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Farmer and businessman.
– Motor vehicle and farm equipment maintenance specialist.
Experience/Skills.
– 40 years’ career in the motor vehicles and agriculture industry.
– National Irrigation Board- Farm equipment maintenance and workshop Supervisor.
– Cooper Motors Corporation- Workshop Supervisor.
– Rift Valley Agricultural Contractors – Field and workshop Manager.
Geoffrey Mwangi.
– Committee member- Guarded Harvest CBO, Kenya.
– Agronomist and farmer.
Experience/Skills.
– Agronomist at FIPS Africa for 7 years.
– Agronomist at Corteva Agri-science, 2012 to date.
-Specialist in crop production and protection, seed selection, and good agricultural practices.