Tom Van Mourik

Global Advisor Food Systems at Helen Keller International
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Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • French Professional working proficiency
  • Dutch Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • Bambara Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Basic Safety & Security Course
    CSD - Centre for Safety and Development
    Nov, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • The Biology and Health of Water
    edX
    Jul, 2014
    - Oct, 2024
  • Programming for Nutrition Outcomes
    Helen Keller International
    Jun, 2014
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Helen Keller Intl
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Global Advisor Food Systems
      • Feb 2022 - Present

  • KIT Royal Tropical Institute
    • Netherlands
    • Research Services
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Senior advisor Agriculture and Seed Systems
      • Jul 2020 - Feb 2022

  • International Potato Center (CIP)
    • Peru
    • Research Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Country Manager
      • Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  • Helen Keller Intl
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Regional Coordinator CHANGE project
      • Feb 2014 - Jul 2017

      The CHANGE project is a regional agriculture for nutrition project in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Tanzania. CHANGE stands for Creating Homestead Agriculture for Nutrition and Gender Equity and aims to improve the nutritional status of women in their reproductive age, pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five years of age through women's empowerment, social behavior change communication on nutrition, WASH and health and small scale, year round production of nutritious vegetable and animal products. Show less

  • ICRISAT
    • India
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Regional Scientist
      • Nov 2008 - Feb 2014

      Experimentation and research on:-the use of cluster based farmer field schools for technology development and dissemination-the use of farmer exchange visits for the exchange of knowledge and technologies-integrated Striga and soil fertility management (ISSFM)\-varietal resistance to Striga in sorghum and millet-Spatial, temporal and agro-ecological drivers of Striga hermonthica genetic diversity and population dynamics-sorghum and millet varieties and their adaptation to different agro-ecological zones-climate change and variability and mitigation strategies for and by farmers Show less

    • Associate Scientist
      • Oct 2005 - Nov 2008

      Employed by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Mali, West Africa as Associate Professional Officer for “Striga agronomy in cereals”. I am working on Integrated Striga management and technology exchange and transfer with farmers by means of the Cluster Based Farmer Field School approach.Collaboration in projects on Sorghum and Millet systems intensification and community management of biodiversity in the face of climate change.

    • PhD student
      • Nov 2001 - Apr 2006

  • Wageningen University & Research
    • Netherlands
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD student
      • Sep 2001 - Oct 2005

      PhD research on Striga population dynamics on Sorghum and Millet in Mali and Niger. Results of thesis add to insights that may improve Integrated Striga and Soil Fertility Management by farmers in West Africa. PhD research on Striga population dynamics on Sorghum and Millet in Mali and Niger. Results of thesis add to insights that may improve Integrated Striga and Soil Fertility Management by farmers in West Africa.

Education

  • Wageningen University & Research
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Agronomy and Crop Science
    2002 - 2007
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
    Master's degree, Botany/Plant Biology
    1995 - 2001
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
    BsC, Biology
    1995 - 1999

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