Lusajo F. Bukuku

• As FtMA market support specialist and ag. Country Coordinator, was able to draft the FtMA business plan 2024-2028 and secured funding from New Zealand and Norad of USD 15million from previous funding of USD 3 million.
• Increased the outreach of smallholder farmers from 20,000 households to 150,000+ households and 192 Farmer Service Centres (FSCs) to 495 FSCs over a period
  of 3 years, thus being supported on business capacity building initiatives, access to affordable finance, markets, inputs, CSA technologies, PHHS and GAP knowledge.
• Manage public and private partnerships in the Markets, Logistics, Post-Harvest Handling, Storage were more than 10 MoU`s, and 6 Letter of Intent to collaborate signed.
• Lead in designing and refining scalable, sustainable farmer organizations capacity strengthening approaches and strategies were 7 strategies developed including access to finance, CSA, digital, PHHS etc.
• Support the identification and targeting of 230 farmer organizations and more than 30 farmer-friendly aggregators through vetting, and due diligence process
• Based on farmer data analysis, identify opportunities to build pro-smallholder staple value chains through partnerships with other key value chain stakeholders
• Manage farmer training on good agronomic practices, post-harvest handling, finance, logistics delivery planning
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer by instituting and leveraging the lead farmer structure within the supported farmer organizations
• Managed two FtMA implementing partners from contracting FLA, program implementation and project close out and was able to transform their performance from unsatisfactory to satisfactory.
• Provide high quality project management support for FtMA interventions, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider smallholder support programmes and compliance with WFP standard policies and procedure.
• Simultaneously managed various projects, such as Rabobank fiannce maturity tool, Viamo , Mazao Hub, effectively prioritizing tasks to meet project goals.

• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of small to moderate size that are relatively straight forward in nature, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures
• Support procurement programs and operational activities, (e.g
• Issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard processes and contributing to successful procurement of food and non-food commodities or services
• Contribute to the management of a portfolio of partnerships, providing coordination, data and analysis to support effective solicitation of contributions, donor stewardship and assessment of results
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders
• Provide support on implementation plans, quarterly and annual budgets, progress reports and program documents are regularly updated and meet quality standards for internal use and external dissemination
• Support staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges

1. Receiving TOT and coordinating/co-facilitate trainings on economic strengthening aspects such as Worth Yetu Savings model, Money Management, Market and Enterprise Development to partner technical staff.
2. Coordinate entrepreneurship, business development and marketing skills training to artisans, savings groups (VICOBA) agents and Youth Groups

3. Coordinate interventions that link various market actors and aim at facilitating access of producers and artisans to credit with micro-financial institutions (e.g. SACCOS, VICOBA and Banks) and promote market development/value chain approaches.
4. Provide guidance and technical oversight to sub grantees ensuring skills trainings are conducted in accordance with international and Tanzanian standards as well as best practices.
Work in partnership with local government authorities as appropriate
5. Create community linkages for broader community engagement of youth and adolescent in the core areas of program interest—sexual reproductive health, livelihoods, life skills, and employability.
6. Document lessons learnt and best practices for experience sharing and replication.
7. Timely preparation of quality progress reports that meet the organizations/donor requirements, as stipulated in the contract

• Review and ensure that sub grantees comply with supporting documents as per USAID rules and regulations before submission to the Grants & Finance Manager
• Identify and communicate capacity building needs for the sub Grantees;
• Coordinate the grant making process from solicitation to contracting;
• Review all payment liquidations; requests to ensure that they meet the allowable, allocable and reasonable standards;
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of sub grantees projects;
• Ensure that grant documentation is maintained according to Monte/ project standards and USAID policies so that they can be audited with minimal or less findings;
• Ensure proper tilling of all correspondence with sub grantees especially on contractual, programmatic and financial changes;
• Provide capacity building assistance to sub grantees and help them in implementing their individual capacity building plans;