Regional Markets

Regional Markets for Local Development
Amirul Islam
Senior Manager – Agriculture and Food Security, Integrated development
programme of BRAC, Bangladesh | email: amirul.is@brac.net
Amirul holds his MSc in Agricultural Science (Bangladesh, 2000).
He possesses around fifteen years of experience in the field of agriculture
and food security with a focus on sustainable agriculture
practices, collective marketing and value chain development of agricultural products. In
his 15-years career, Amirul carried out a number of researches along with intense policy
and campaign work on food rights and sustainable agriculture issues. At ActionAid
Bangladesh he was Manager- Food Rights and Sustainable Livelihoods. He is currently
working with BRAC as Senior Manager Agriculture and Food Security.
Joel Musarurwa
Humanitarian Programme Coordinator – Oxfam
email: jmusarurwa@oxfam.org.uk
Joel has over 15 years’ experience in development work and working
with farmers and communities. He holds a BSc Agricultural Economics
honors’ degree (University of Zimbabwe 1991), Post Graduate BA
Honors’ in Development Studies (University of South Africa), and he was a final year student
for MSc. in Peace Leadership and Conflict resolution (Zimbabwe Open University).
Tsitsi R Choruma
Senior Advisor, Fairtrade International | email: t.choruma@fairtrade.net
Tsitsi is a social scientist by training, Doctorate in Leadership,
Seattle University; Master of Public Administration, University
of Zimbabwe; MSc in Management, Academy of Social Sciences
and Management, Sofia Bulgaria, has expertise in strategy development,
program planning and management. Experience relates to work done in the
USA, South and East Africa, Asia and the Pacific. She has extensive experience in
research, documentation, capacity building and training . This experience has been
applied in areas relating to Governance and Democracy, Women’s Rights, Education,
Humanitarian & Emergency situations, Sustainable livelihoods, Agriculture, HIV &
AIDs and Disabilities. Tsitsi has worked in the international development arena for
more than 10 years, as Vice President of Global Education Services, Seattle, USA and
as a Director for CIIR/Progressio Zimbabwe, Action Aid International in Zimbabwe,
Oxfam International in Zimbabwe.
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