jacobgithigi
About Candidate
Location
Education
Studied MBA and specialized in Marketing and graduated in 2006 from Egerton university
I graduated with a BSc in Agriculture from University of Nairobi in 1996 where I specialized in crop protection in my final year.
Work & Experience
I direct overall operations of the company which involves distribution of PEPSI products in Laikipia and Samburu counties, agriculture consultancy in Kenya, farm operations at Maryara farm and marketing of agriculture produce from Maryara farm.
Management of sorghum and barley production in eastern and central regions of Kenya. I was in charge of producing 50% of Kenya breweries raw materials - sorghum and barley since 2009 to 2024. The work involved farmer sensitization, seed sourcing and distribution, digital registration and market access linkage.
I was the business development officer under the program of National Accelerated Agricultural Inputs Access Program (NAAIAP) in the Agribusiness Directorate of the ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Kenya. I was in charge of recruiting credible farm inputs suppliers, training of agro-inputs and agriculture extension officers across the country.
- Training government officers on agricultural business and trade skills. - Monitoring and reporting on commodity trading trends. - Development of farmer field schools and facilitating their trainings
- Overall coordination of agriculture activities at divisional level - I worked on this role in Trans-mara district (now part of Narok county); Rongai Division in Nakuru and partly in East Mau of Narok county. - In Trans-mara and Narok, I was the NALEP (National Agriculture and Livestock Extension Program) coordinator.