Ashoka Kammath

Technical Consultant -project Manager-organic Village Clusters @Undp

Bengaluru, IN

Planning, execution and monitoring of the sanctioned organic village clusterprojects through regular field visit and review• Cluster level planning and roll out of organic village cluster developmentactivities• Rolling out certification in the clusters• Support the SRLMs in development of value addition and market linkagestrategies for organic produce• Development of protocols, package of practices for organic farming. Also,facilitate workshops, consultations necessary for developing the same.• Mapping of value chains, analyzing value chain competitiveness, project strategy,business plans, and standard operating processes for Producer Enterprises andProducer Groups taking up marketing of organic produce• Maintain information regarding produce of the SHG members, markets (pricesand trends), commodity-wise details.Identifying institutional buyers / local buyers, conducting buyer seller meets• Development of new proposals in organic village cluster development• Developing and executing capacity building plans for the project staff andcommunity members on farm livelihoods and value chain development• Develop manuals and guidelines to facilitate implementation of value chaindevelopment. Identify and document best practices• Co-ordination with the Technical Support Agencies fordevelopment and implementation of organic village clusters• Ensuring data collection and entry into MIS for monitoring and evaluation.

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

M.Sc. (Agri), Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistory