Marcus Kwikiriza Kassa
Senior Agriculture Officer at CARANA Corporation- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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CARANA Corporation
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International Trade and Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Agriculture Officer
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Jan 2016 - Present
field Supervisor on the Uganda Value Added maize Alliance - Western Uganda field Supervisor on the Uganda Value Added maize Alliance - Western Uganda
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managing Director
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Jan 2012 - Present
I am at the helm of the overall activities of Kassa Agro input dealers
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Managing Director
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Jan 2012 - Present
Kassa Agro input dealers is the leading supplier of agricultural implements like Fertilizers, herbicides, pest cides, Farm marchinery and all agribusiness related activities like linkage markets especially for small holder farmers
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Kabarole Research & Resource Centre
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Uganda
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Specialised Agribussiness development Officer
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Jan 2011 - Oct 2013
To support small holder farmers to embrace collective marketing and link them to profitable markets of coffee, maize, banana and meat goats value chains. other Specific roles: To sensitise and orient small holder farmers involved in coffee, maize, banana & meat goat chains in the principle and practices of collective marketing To build the capacities of small holder farmers in the formation of Marketing Associations and produce cooperatives in line with the principles and guidelines of the cooperative movement of Uganda To enhance the capacities of Marketing Associations and cooperatives in the above mentioned chains to negotiate for better terms with buyers To do market analysis for the above mention chains, map out profitable ones with their terms/ conditions and disseminate this information to the farmers Train Small holder farmers in identified marketing gaps to ensure that they meet the demands of the profitable markets To train small holder farmers in business planning and facilitate the development of business plans by each Marketing Association/ cooperative To organise and facilitate enterprise specific business meetings between small holder farmers and buyers To play a key role in direct linking of small holder farmers involved in the coffee, maize, banana and meat goats value chains with buyers of their products To work closely with the Officer in charge of production to develop production and training manuals for the above chains To work closely with the research unit to regularly update the database of farmers and buyers of the above mentioned value chains To organise and facilitate exchange and exposure learning visits for small holder farmers in the area of marketing To document case studies in the marketing area of work Show less
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NAADS
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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NAADS Intern
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Feb 2010 - Nov 2010
Agricultural Data management from 50 districts Agricultural Data management from 50 districts
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Education
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Makerere University
Agribussiness Management, agribussiness development -
Makerere University
Agribussiness Management BA, Agricultural Business and Management