Our ambassadors

has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Arizona. He did practical research on natural pest control for seven years at El Zamorano, an agricultural university in Honduras. Jeff has worked in many countries in Latin America, Africa and South Asia. He lives in Bolivia and is fascinated by farmer experiments and local knowledge. Jeff teaches scriptwriting for Access Agriculture and has written many papers on how videos spark the creativity of farmers and others. Jeff speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and some Quechua, so he clearly appreciates the importance of language.

holds a Ph.D. in agriculture from Ehime University, Japan and works at the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), an inter-governmental organisation based in Tokyo, Japan.  In 2011, he received the Organic Farming Innovation Award from the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) and in 2015 he received the Hivos Social Innovation Award. He is former Vice-President of IFOAM–Asia and a current advisory group member of the Sustainable Organic Agriculture Action Network (SOAAN).

holds a PhD in Landscape Ecology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands.  Prior to her PhD research, Yodit worked on drylands farming for the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) in Wageningen and on soil erosion in southern Belgium for the University of Louvain-La-Neuve. From 2017 to 2019 she worked as a consultant for FAO on agroecology in West Africa. Currently, Yodit further nurtures her passion for agroecology as a postdoctoral researcher at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD). 

has a Masters in Entrepreneurship and Business Creation from the University Montesquieu in Bordeaux, France. He is currently a Coach-Trainer in Entrepreneurship, Business Creation and Development working with young entrepreneurs in the fields of agribusiness, renewable energy and ICT. As an Ambassador, he wants to promote good agricultural practices with young farmers who aspire to sustainable development by using Access Agriculture and EcoAgtube videos.

is a graduate from the Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Benin with a specialisation in Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Economics. He has worked for more than 8 years within national and international research institutes on agricultural policies and value chain analysis throughout Africa. Abdul-Baaki has also worked for a number of local and international NGOs to build young entrepreneurs’ capacities in business planning and credit management.

holds a Master's degree in Agronomy specialising in Agricultural and Food Sciences and Technologies from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi. Her Bachelor's degree was in Agronomy with an option in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She has have worked with the National Association of Women Farmers of Benin which is a farmers' organisation working for better living and working conditions for women farmers. This gave Victoire expertise working in farmers' organisations and rural development with a gender perspective. Currently she is a Consultant and Trainer. She sees being an Access Agriculture Ambassador will allow her to bring new ideas, technologies and innovations to the farmers she works with.

obtained a master's degree in agricultural sciences from the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Parakou, Benin. Currently, he provides training to play a vital role in rural development. His aim is to transform the rural world in a sustainable way by disseminating Access Agriculture videos of innovative solutions.

is a graduate of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences from the University of Abomey-Calavi. He is a young Beninese professional who has a decade of experience in supporting the rural world and the promotion of youth entrepreneurship. His aim is to promote effective agricultural training for farmers and rural businesses through the Access Agriculture platform. 

holds a Master of Arts degree in Rural Economics and Extension and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Agricultural Extension and Advice from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. He is currently working in the area of promotion of organic and ecological farming. Passionate about agricultural advice, more specifically organic farming, he is also responsible for the Monitoring and Consulting Agency in Organic and Ecological Agriculture (ASCABE) and is a founding member of the Benin Association of Agricultural Extension and Consulting Professionals (ABPVCA). By agreeing to be an Access Agriculture ambassador, Romuald wishes to promote agricultural training videos on organic and ecological farming to producers and agricultural extension services both nationally and internationally.

is a graduate of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. He is a geneticist and plant improver, and since 2016 has been involved in the development of young people in rural areas. In this he accompanies young people in the management of their agricultural enterprise through agricultural advice, encouraging the adoption of good farming practices and agroecology. Yolou also gives training to students at the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Abomey-Calavi in self-employment and agricultural entrepreneurship. As an Ambassador, Yolou wants to make the Access Agriculture videos available to women and rural youth to help them develop good agricultural practices.

is an agro-zootechnician engineer with a master’s in Integrated Rural Development and currently a PhD candidate in Integrated Rural Development. He is a business advisor in the Youth Agropastoral Entrepreneurship Promotion Program (PEA-Jeunes). At PEA-Jeunes program, he supports young start-ups in the creation and scaling up of their businesses in the agro-pastoral fields. The current pool of this program is five thousand young entrepreneurs and the workforce is still growing. He has acquired proven experiences in various structures working in rural development: agro-pastoral entrepreneurship, giving supports and advice to agro-pastoral farms and community activities. As an ambassador, he wants to promote the activities of Access Agriculture in his professional networks in the agriculture sector such as FASA Alumni.

holds a bachelor’s degree in communication of organizations at the University of CEPROMAD in the DRC. Since 2006, he is responsible for communication, information and education at the Federation of Organizations of Agricultural Producers of Congo, FOPACNK. In 2018, he was appointed as National Coordinator of the Association of Agricultural Journalists of Congo, AJAC. His mission is to popularise Access Agriculture videos and audios to farmers in DR Congo for better agricultural production.

studied in management from Technical School of Higher Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also has a diploma in journalism and had several trainings in the field of agriculture and climate change. He has a range of experience as president at the NGO Association for Integrated Rural Development of Nganda Tsundi Aderigas, communications officer at the Mayumbe Cocama Cocoa Cooperative and he currently works as a national executive secretary at DRCONGO ASSA. He is confident to play a leading role in the dissemination of videos and reach the largest number of people in his country and sub-region of Central Africa both in the press and as a development actor.

is an agronomist by profession. He is studying at the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (FAMV) at the State University of Haiti (UEH) specialising in Food Science and Technology (STA). He is the founder, technical and production manager in a small semi-industrial processing unit of maize into fine products (Chanmchanm in Creole language). He is also a teacher in Life and Earth Sciences in classical and technical agricultural schools.
Wadson intends to promote the work of Access Agriculture in Haiti in the rural areas with farmers and students he interacts with.

is finishing his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Agriculture from Punjabi University, in India.

He is a permaculture enthusiast who sees great value in learning and research. Aneesh has experience managing an organic farm and market research for various organic commodities. He is also working as an agriculture and community research associate in a start-up called 'Thapasu Foods'. Aneesh has particular experience in growing heirloom tomatoes, spinach, chillies and flowers. He is looking forward to promoting the resources provided by Access Agriculture to farmers and others via various social media communities that he has joined in the past few years.

has Masters in Agricultural Entomology and works as facilitator in the World Bank funded Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project. He has started an initiative named “Krishi-Updates”, to communicate news and information to farmers, officers and other stakeholders in agriculture through the use of ICTs  and online and offline training sessions. As an Ambassador for Access Agriculture, Hitul wants to create Progressive Farmers Groups at grassroots level and upskill them in agroecological farming practices through training videos and farm schools. Hitul is also a member of International Society for Horticultural Science.

You can find Hitul’s videos here on EcoAgtube

has a strong enthusiasm for agriculture. Currently, she serves as a community expert offering farmers practical solutions, by doing this she has established great relationships with both farmers and agricultural experts. Priya is planning on conducting weekly farmer meetings to encourage viewing of Access Agriculture videos. She also actively uses social media to spread messages and is a member of several farming groups on WhatsApp, she will use these outlets to spread the message about Access Agriculture and contact farmers who want to find out more.

is a farmer’s son and saw for himself the economic challenges farmers and their families faced - lack of educational opportunities and medical care, debts and many more. This motivated him to try and solve such community issues and being trained as a mechanical engineer, he wants to fix these systematic problems. As a result, Siddhesh started his own non-profit organisation called AGRO RANGERS to empower young people and older farmers to rejuvenate their degraded farmlands through regenerative organic farming practices and connecting them with directly with markets. Siddhesh strongly believes that healthy soil leads to healthy food and healthy people - as well as a healthy environment.

Siddhesh will be promoting Access Agriculture videos through his Rangers bot technology which is an automated customised integrated WhatsApp chatbot to help farmers through videos on making organic inputs and other organic farming solutions. They also conduct training and workshops for youngsters and farmers in regenerative organic farming practices and improving soil quality.

has a background in ICT and Agriculture having graduated in Computer Science from Egerton University. She has worked with the Kenya National Farmers Federation in project and programme implementation, knowledge management, documentation, content development and management of social media platforms. She believes in networking to enable sharing of experiences to further the development of sustainable agriculture and improve livelihoods.

holds a BSc in Agriculture Education and Extension from Egerton University in Kenya. She has good experience in field work with a love for communication and sees herself as both energetic and reliable. Doris intends to promote Access Agriculture and EcoAgtube to youth and women so as to enable them to get practical information to really help and inspire them in farming.

is an agripreneur and community-based Farmers Field School facilitator.  Sarah trains farmers in Farmers Field School setting across Kiambu County to increase productivity and profitability in poultry and dairy value chains. She takes great pride in training, coaching, and mentoring people in Agribusiness, Business Development Skills, and Entrepreneurship skills.  With young people especially, this helps them to articulate their ideas better so they can grow their business. Sarah is very passionate about agribusiness development and seeing farmers achieve sustainable food security. 

holds a BSc in agriculture and has over 10 years of experience in youth development and agriculture. Currently, Jonathan is the Executive Director for Agro Tech Liberia – a youth-based non-governmental organisation where he seeks to attract youth to agriculture and agribusiness in order to reduce youth unemployment and poverty. He volunteers with several youth initiatives as mentor in peace-building, agripreneurship and educational activities. Jonathan is committed to championing youth leadership in transforming Africa through agripreneurship and entrepreneurship for “zero hunger” and economic development. Jonathan is a “green activist,” who promotes and campaigns for green environment by creating awareness on plastic waste management and climate-smart practices in Liberia. 

is the founder of agrinewsmalawi.com – a web-based social enterprise, whose aim is to promote and rebrand agriculture as a viable career for the youth of Malawi.
As an ambassador for Access Agriculture, he will promote the use of Access agriculture videos to his network of young farmers through social media channels as well as the community video kiosks in Malawi’s rural areas.

holds a diploma in business management from Continuing Education Centre – Polytechnic. He has worked with an Italian non-governmental organization – CISP as finance manager for eight years. He is the founder and managing director of Chakho Farms Since 2014; specialized in horticulture, poultry, cattle and goat farming which is located in the capital city – Lilongwe, Malawi. He believes sharing agriculture practical experience through farmer to farmer videos is vital, to enhance incoming generating activities in agribusiness. 

obtained an engineering degree in animal science and also a master’s degree in agricultural extension and rural development from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He has extensive field work experience in livestock agriculture, including interacting with agro pastoralists. He has previously worked at the Pan Africa Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign and at the rNational Centre of Agronomics Research of Sotuba. Currently he acts as Technologies Transfer Officer in the TAAT project, Mali. He is confident to use his skills and knowledge as an Access Agriculture Ambassador.

holds a Master's degree in Agroeconomics and Project Management and has more than 20 years of experience in various agricultural projects. He has worked for both national and international organisations in Niger and elsewhere in Africa. As a focal point in Agroecology, Ibrahim works for the promotion of agroecology, so called “neglected crops” and farmer seeds. He has facilitated the establishment of several platforms of exchange in the field of agroecology (RAYA-KARKARA in Niger, COASP, AMAD). By becoming an Ambassador, Ibrahim intends to continue the fight for the promotion of agroecology by bringing the resources of Access Agriculture to farmers, schoolchildren, community organisations, as well as political and governmental actors - all for positive change.

is a fisheries graduate and the founding Operations Director of Aquapro Agro Industry and Alphamate Marketing Communications in Ibadan city Nigeria. He has worked for several large fish farms and companies.
He is a graduate of the Entrepreneur Development Centre, South West Center, Ibadan, and the Lagos Business School and an MSc student in Sustainable Aquaculture at the University of St Andrews, UK.
Emmanuel belongs to several trade groups and professional associations including the Fisheries Society of Nigeria, British Association of Project Management Professionals and the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
He is an appointed training facilitator in aquaculture with FILAMAT Institute of Training and a trainer with the Federal Ministry of Niger-Delta on Agriculture skills and empowerment. He voluntarily trains farmers at Vicabels farmers, Olodo Agric Trans Cooperative Society and the Nigeria Joint Farmers Association, responsible for coaching 3000 farmers in value chain developments and poverty alleviation through sustainable agro-marketing and international market access. 
Emmanuel is a certified licensed Farm Assurer/GAP consultant with GlobalGAP / FoodPLUS. Currently he is consulting for Agroparks Development Company on aquaculture and farm assurance. 
He has won several awards including Commonwealth Scholar 2019, Dutch Government sponsored Orange Knowledge Scholar 2019, UK Government sponsored Connect Africa Business 2017 and FGN/WorldBank/Youwin 2010. 

holds a PhD in Agroecology and Food Sovereignty from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University in the UK. Her PhD research focused on sustainable agricultural practices and food systems, and pathways for transitioning to agroecological practices and co-creation of agroecological knowledge and exchange. Prior to her PhD, Ezinne worked as a researcher and an agricultural extension officer at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria. Her research works contribute to the understanding of sustainability in the design and development of information communication technology assisted innovative systems that can enhance interactive exchange of agroecological knowledge. Ezinne is presently exploring gender-based violence in agricultural food systems and potential impact on agroecology development in Africa. She is keen to promote the works of Access Agriculture through engaging the grassroots on agroecological practices using knowledge co-creation strategies.

is a development professional with 8 years of working experience in community development and agricultural extension. He volunteered with VSO Nigeria from 2013-2020 and with Oxfam as a Field Enumerator. Currently he is working with YMCA Mada Hills/EJW Germany as a Field Officer in the Community-Based Agricultural Services Department. Musa holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Economics & Extension and is now a Masters Candidate at Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria assessing the beneficiaries' perception and level of participation in YMCA-Oxfam Village Savings and Loan Associations in Nasarawa State Nigeria. 
He is also a participant in the “Digital Ethics in Times of Crisis: COVID-19 and Access to Education and Learning Spaces” Research Sprint, hosted by the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. 
Musa intends to make use of the Access Agriculture and EcoAgtube platforms to share experiences from a Nigerian perspective of agricultural practices.

is the founder and Managing Director of Great Green Gardens Ltd, a farming business focusing on horticulture. She has a first-class honours degree in Rural Development Economics from the University of Rwanda - INES campus. Jeannette has a wealth of experience and expertise in the domain of community development programmes enabling farmers to transform their agricultural activities from subsistence to commercial farming.  For more than 10 years Jeanette was the Millennium Villages Community Development Coordinator in Rwanda, before that she worked for 6 years as the Programme Manager for Self Reliance Businesses with the International Rescue Committee. She has helped to establish more than 20 co-operatives for small businesses and contributed to building two civil society organisations in Bugesera District in the East of Rwanda. 

has a Master's degree in Rural Development and Cooperation from the Gaston Berger University, Senegal. He is a founding member of “Gie Ballal”, an organisation working on organic agriculture and education for healthy eating. Abdoulaye has conducted several training programmes in the field of marketing, particularly in digital marketing. He plans to share Access Agriculture videos through his social media networks including WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - and through his relatives!

 is an agroecologist, coach and trainer in the management of agricultural systems. He is in charge of a project for the promotion of modern beekeeping and agroecology. Ibrahima has good experience in popularising good farming practices, support and coaching of youth in agroecology-related careers and integrating them into production systems. He is involved in agroecological transitions, the development of participatory guarantee systems and family farming. He has many contacts among both young and older producers and looks forward to disseminating Access Agriculture's videos and innovations.

holds a degree in agricultural engineering from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. He has 12 years professional experience in advising and supporting rural development. Between 2012 and 2015, Septime coordinated the "Agriculture and Food Security" programme of the international NGO “The Hunger Project” in Benin. Since then he has been contributing, into the ECOWAS Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food, to setting up a regional food security reserve to complement the efforts of countries in the management of food and nutritional crises.
Septime is passionate about initiatives to promote and develop agriculture and wants to contribute to the popularisation of the good practices shown on the Access Agriculture platform for a more attractive, productive and sustainable African agriculture.

holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture and Rural Innovation from Makerere University, Uganda, he has also completed several courses including Management of Rural Employments from the National Institute of Rural Development in Hyderabad, India. Ezra is currently pursuing an MBA (Entrepreneurship) from the Amity University Online in India. In 2018 he founded Tree Resource Enterprises, a social enterprise that was recognised by the World Resources Institute Program of Land Accelerator as one of the companies restoring degraded land and forests in Africa.  Ezra has five years’ experience in agriculture extension through his work with Mbale Coalition against Poverty (a World Agroforestry project) and Trees for the Future International projects. He intends to use the opportunity of being an Access Agriculture Ambassador to further extend the productive knowledge of rural women and youth through video sharing with community farmer platforms and social media farmer groups. 

holds a Bachelor of Environmental Management from Makerere University and a diploma in Journalism. Grace is editor of Farmers Media Newspaper - Uganda's only agricultural newspaper and is a representative on various Boards including Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) and Uganda Forum for Agriculture Advisory Services (UFAAS). He is also President of the Agricultural Journalists Association of Uganda (AJAU) and Secretary General for the Network for Agricultural Journalists in Eastern and Southern Africa. Grace's interest lies in enhancing farmers voices for better livelihoods through good, innovative practices to improve farmer's incomes.

has an MSc in Agricultural Economics from Makerere University in Uganda and a great understanding of scientific, economic and socio-economic issues concerning food systems, and organic agriculture in particular. Jane has more than 20 years’ experience in management, assessment and training on agricultural production and marketing systems. She worked at the National Organic Agriculture Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU) as CEO, Head of Programmes and Senior Training Officer. Jane coordinated the Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERA) Team under the GIZ-funded Knowledge Centres for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) program for Access Agriculture, including the development of training materials and coaching curricula.

is a self-motivated farm manager at Kinano Organic Farm located in Luweero district in Uganda. As a mitigation measure to COVID-19 after-effects, her team sells vegetables produced on the farm via an online shop, Organo Basket. She holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Agriculture from Makerere University. In 2018, she participated in an International Training Course on Organic Agriculture (ITCOA) conducted by Go Organic in Eastern Uganda. She is a business partner and Agronomist at Farmer Investment Opportunities and Market (FIOM) Uganda, an Agribusiness consultancy and marketing company. Martha is also a focal point person for the Youth Agri-Investment Club (YAIC) project implemented by FIOM Uganda. YAIC project aims at inspiring and supporting the youth to engage in profitable farming businesses that conserve the environment. Martha has been using Access Agriculture videos to train farm workers on how to make vermicompost, among other practices. She is passionate about organic farming and sustainable development.

holds a four year Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Sciences from Earth University, Costa Rica. She has a certificate in Fundamentals of Project Management and Planning for monitoring and Evaluation obtained from Philanthropy University, USA. After her internship at Allegro Coffee Company in the US, she returned to Uganda in 2010 and started up an agribusiness called Agasha Group, which uses information platforms to connect farmers and agribusinesses to their markets, suppliers, partners and service providers. Her firm published the first Agribusiness directories in EastAfrica. Sharon was a member of the Advisory Committee Fund for Rural Prosperity and for Youth Agribusiness Network Africa. She was among the five winners for BiDNetwork Women in Business Competition for Africa, Asia and Latin America 2010. Sharon will promote Access Agriculture training videos through her network on social media; in some of the related projects implemented by her firm; and during the locally organised farmer-to-farm visits. 

is a graduate of agriculture science and entrepreneurship from Uganda Christian University. He is a food systems analyst and an agriculture extension educator. He is currently studying for a Masters degree in Agriculture and Applied Economics at Makerere University.
Brian is passionate about nature and spreading happiness and wants to discourage the use of agrochemicals and GMOs in Uganda. He wants to promote the work of Access Agriculture giving priority to youth and women.

obtained a certificate in general agriculture from Zambia College of Agriculture, he then worked at Caritas Kabwe, where he was implementing a project in sustainable organic agriculture. In 2019 he moved to the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture to work as agriculture extension officer. Thomas is also in his second year pursuing a diploma in agroecology.

Thomas is committed to sensitising people in rural areas to the importance of ecosystem, forest conservation and what can be done to help mitigate against climate change. He is also passionate to help others have food security and understand how to add value to agricultural products.