Post-harvest experts

​The following experts are familiar with implementing postharvest management (PHM) programs and have obtained their operational experience mainly in the context of SDC's POSTCOSECHA program in Central America or, more recently, in SDC’s new PHM programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Name Experience Worked in​ Lang.
Christian Borgemeister
University of Bonn
​Biological and integrated control of post-harvests in West Africa, particularly the invasive larger grain borer​Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Niger, Togo, Zambia​German, English, French, Spanish
Juan Bravo
CC Adaptation Project, WFP / Gov. of Ecuador
​Management of national /regional POSTCOSECHA programs, technical and business trainings in Central America​Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru​Spanish, French, English
José E. Contreras Guzmán
Min. Agr., El Salvador
​Tinsmith instructor: Conducted the first technical training sessions for tinsmiths in Kenya and Malawi​Central America, Malawi, Kenya​Spanish, English
Jonathan Coulter
J. Coulter Consulting Ltd
​Post-harvest agriculture (market analysis, project management); authority on warehouse receipt systems / inventory credit​>30 countries in Africa, Latin America and Southern Asia​English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Hugo de Groote CIMMYT​Effective Grain Storage Project: test / promote hermetic storage facilities and promote policies to reduce storage losses and increase food security​Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe​English
Martin Fischler Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation​Experience in impact assessment of postharvest programmes; backstopping of postharvest projects (GPFS, Mozambique, Tanzania)​Central America, Eastern Africa​German, French, Spanish, English
René Galdámez Sibrián Indepenent Consultant​Producer organizations, silo production technology, technical training, rural communication, implementation strategy, impact analysis​Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru​Spanish, English
Rodolfo Hernández Matos
SDC
​Organizational and strategic design of POSTCOSECHA programs, feasibility studies, promotion, evaluations​Cuba​Spanish
Hannes
Herrmann

Herrmann Consulting GmbH
​Herrmann Consulting GmbH Post-harvest project management, training, production of extension material, impact assessment and feasibility studies​El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua​German, English, Spanish, French
Rick
Hodges

Natural Resources Institute
​Pest and commodity management of grain, loss assessment, storage systems, research on the larger grain borer​Indonesia, Mali​English, French, Indonesian
Fred
Kanampiu

CIMMYT
​Effective Grain Storage Project (see Hugo de Groote), exchange Kenya / Malawi with El Salvador​Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe​English
Philippe
Monteil

SDC
​In charge of post-harvest management at SDC, co-leading the PHM-Subgroup of SDC’s A+FS Network​Worldwide overview of postharvest grain topic​German, French, English
​Douglas A. Navarro
Min. Agr.,
El Salvado
​Management of national POSTCOSECHA programs​El Salvador​Spanish, English
Rolando
Ochoa Schaad

Min. Agr., Guatemala
​Management of national POSTCOSECHA programs (including smart subsidies for the poor), pest control in stored grain, storage technology​Guatemala, Central America, Mexico​Spanish
Ruben
Rodriguez Corea

Poscosecha INFOP
​Capacity building in POSTCOSECHA technologies, development of seed banks, technology transfer​Central America, Peru​Spanish
Sebastián Salinas
INTA
​Management of national POSTCOSECHA programs​Nicaragua​Spanish
​Ernst
Schaltegger

InnovaBridge
​Coaching of POSTCOSECHA program in Central America, feasibility study on post-harvest activities in Tanzania​Central America, Ecuador, Tanzania​German, French, Spanish, English
Kurt
Schneider

Helvetas
​Management of post-harvest programs in Central and South America, instruction and consultancy​El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Paraguay​German, French, Spanish, English
Christian
Steiner

Helvetas
​Management and coordination of post-harvest projects in the Caribbean and Africa​Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mozambique​German, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese
​Max
Streit

SDC
​In charge of post-harvest management at SDC, co-leading the PHM-Subgroup of SDC’s A+FS Network​Worldwide overview of postharvest grain topic​German, French, Spanish, English
​Tadele
Tefera

CIMMYT
​Effective Grain Storage Project: test / promote hermetic storage facilities and promote policies to reduce storage losses and increase food security​Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe​English