Key qualifications:

With more than 29 years’ experience in the Agriculture Sector, Doreen Chanje is an International Agricultural Development and Agribusiness Expert with deep experience of the sector in Malawi and other African countries. She has a broad understanding of the sector, having interfaced at all levels, from farming at community level to trading and policy levels. She has held a variety of roles within the private and public sectors, NGOs and International organisations.

More than 10 years’ experience in facilitating the Establishment of Key Smallholder Agribusiness entities for value chains of Mango, Sugar Cane and Tea.

More than 15 years’ experience in linking smallholder farmer Agribusiness to International Markets for commodities such as groundnuts

More than 6 years’ experience as a Board member of sugar cane and oil production Agribusiness entities, facilitating negotiation for International Finance

More than 10 years’ experience guiding and mentoring the Governance and capacity of Smallholder Agribusiness in Sugar cane, tea, and groundnuts

More than 20 years’ experience designing and implementing surveys in Food and Nutrition Security and Agribusiness.

More than 15 years’ experience Evaluating Projects in Food Security, Agribusiness and General Agriculture

More than 15 years’ experience in Value Chain Analysis for crops such as Sesame, Wheat, Groundnuts and Stevia.

More than 20 years Facilitating Compliance with Fairtrade Standards; More than 6 years representing African Farmers on Fairtrade Standards Development Committee in Bonn, Germany.

More than 6 years’ experience as a Board member of an International Bank, which supports Agribusiness sector

Mentoring and coaching Agribusinesses to comply with business contracts.