“Academically Dr. Audax Peter Rutabanzibwa holds a Bachelor Degree in Law of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a PhD Degree in Business Law of Leicester University, United Kingdom. Through his work as the Head of Legal Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture, he participated in pioneering and establishing several legal and institutional reforms in various crop-subsectors, agricultural marketing systems and cooperatives. He also participated in the establishment of the Tanzania Cooperative Development Commission and became the first Chief Executive Officer of the Commission and Registrar of Cooperatives. Dr. Rutabanzibwa is currently a Lecturer at Moshi Cooperative University (MoCU) where he lectures in Cooperative and Business Law; and conducts research and consultancies in Cooperatives and other community –based organizations.”

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“As a graduate with a Master of Science Degree in Community Economic Development; Mr. Mathias Ndungi has vast experience on various Community Development issues in Tanzania. As he was working as a Civil Servant (1981-2019); Mr. Ndungi worked on developing plans and strategies for addressing the critical development challenges to smallholder farmers in the main cash crop industry communities (Sugar Cane, Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Sisal and Pyrethrum). He therefore has for many times, worked as Civil Service and Consultant on the Smallholder Farmers’ Knowledge, Organizational and Financial Empowerment; with the view to enhancing their Effective, Competitive, Commercial and Profitable participation in all value chain stages of the crops which they produce.”

“Mr. Gratian Alphonce Mkoba is a retired President of Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) and Tanzania Teachers’ Union (TTU) which is among the strongest Workers’ Unions in Tanzania. He holds a Diploma in Education from Butimba Teachers Training College in Mwanza Region and before his retirement from Civil Service in 2017; he had worked as a teacher at various schools in Tanzania including Mwawile, Ibanda, Mhonze and Bugogwa Primary Schools in Mwanza; Kahororo and Bukoba Secondary Schools in Kagera; and Benjamin Mkapa High School in Dar es Salaam. ”

“Adah Mdesa Mwasha holds A Bsc.& Msc. Degrees in Agriculture and Horticulture from Reading University in the UK and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro region, Tanzania respectively. She worked with the Ministry of Agriculture as a research agronomist on rice and the Cashewnuts Improvement Program (CIP); a program that was geared to improve production and productivity of cashewnuts along the coastal strip of Tanzania. Her role was to establish the Cashewnuts Development Centres (CDCs) in Tanga and Coast region; and build capacity of farmers through training on modern agricultural practices e.g. grafting of cashews; and nursery management techniques. Up to her retirement in 2015, she worked with at the Headquarters of the Ministry headquarters as a Head of the Horticultural Unit ; where her main tasks were on coordinating horticultural development activities in (including Planning and Monitoring the Germplasm Orchards; Collection and Maintenance of the Mother Tree orchards; Promoting the use of Appropriate Techniques for Flower, Vegetable and Fruit Production; Value Addition on Fruits and Vegetables at Small and Large Scale Levels; Improvement of Market Linkages; and Conducting Feasibility Studies fort Project Preparations and Write ups).”