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- CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: Mbeyela

2. First names: Thomas

3. Date of birth: 28th December 1955

4. Nationality: Tanzanian

5. Civil status: Male, Married [email protected]

6. Education: [email protected] Institution Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: [Date from – Date to] DSC-Kimage Manor- 07/7/1999 11/10/2000 NCEA-Certificate-Social Science MSTCDC-Arusha- 07/7/1999 - 07/07/2000 Certificate-Social Science MATI-Uyole,Mbeya 06/8/1988 -09/06/1990 National Diploma-Animal Science MATI-Arusha 12/7/1981 -30/05/1983 National Certificate-Veterinary Science Tech.Univ.Berlin 31/3/1993 28/ 04/1993 Certificate-Animal Production UNESCO -Cairo 02/12/2001 28/12/2001 Certificate-Bio-fertilizers Science 7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic) Language Reading Speaking Writing Kiswahili 1 1 1 English 2 2 2

8. Membership of professional bodies :1- Task force member-Natural Resource Management-CGIAR-2004-2006., 2 -FAO-Knowledge Sharing Network for Animal Nutritionists, 3- Dutch/German-Capacity Development Initiative for ABS-Africa ,4- UNFCCC-Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation ,5- Sub-Saharan Wild land Fire network.

9. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.) Word ,Power Point, Outlook, Excel ,Internet

10. Present position: Field Extension Officer-

11. Years within the firm: Two and half years.

12. Key qualifications: (Relevant to the assignment) Agricultural Science & Social Science.

13. Specific experience in the region: Country Date from – Date to Ethiopia 26-30/10/2009-Training on Agricultural Science and Technology – Training of Trainers.

Kenya 15-17/12/2008-Training on Development of Indicators for Performance Monitoring,

South Africa 23-27/06/2008-Training Bio-evaluation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human and Animal Health for African Countries.

Zambia 18/11-2/12/2007-Training-Soil and Water Conservation Techniques under Drought Conditions.

Kenya 5 -9/11/2007-Training on Agricultural Information, Production with Satelite Receivers.

Tanzania 15-18/05/2007-Training Negotiation Skills, Conflict Resolution and Management. Using Harvard System Zambia 4—16/06/2006-Training Rural Development and Land use Planning and Management.

UN 7th March 2007-Examination-Basic Security in the Field Staff Safety, Health and Welfare at .insecure countries

Africa South 24/10-12/11/2004-Training Instructors Community Based Fire Management

Egypt 1—28/11/2001-Training UNESCO Fellowship Bio-fertilizers Technologies.

Kenya 16—20/2/1998-Training-Vegetative Propagation for Arid and Semi-arid lands.

Ethiopia 22/11-16/12/1995-Training Improving Meat ,Milk and Draught Animals in Africa.

Ethiopia 15/7—3/8/1990-Training Animal Nutrition and Forage Analysis.

Seminars and Workshops attended and Participated;  Integrated Natural Resource Management Task force,-CGIAR, 16 -19 September 2002, Alleppo, Syria.  Trees, Agro-forestry and Climate Change in Dry-land Africa,-University of Helsinki, 29 June - 4 July 2003, Helsinki, Finland  United Nations Forum of Forest Africa Meeting,-UNFF, 23 - 27 February 2004 Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.  4th Regional Session of the GBF for Africa,-IUCN, 9 -11 June 2004, Dar- es-Salaam Tanzania.  High level meeting on Trans boundary Water Resource-UNDP-Dushanbe Tajikstan,20th -23rd May 2005.  6th Meeting of the CGIAR Task Force on Integrated Natural Resources Management - IRRI, 13 -16 June 2005, Los Banos, The Philippines.  Inter-governmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: 9th Session,-WIPO 24 - 28 April 2006, Geneva, Switzerland.  Climate Change Adaptation for the Agricultural and NMR in Eastern Africa-IUCN/Wageningen University, 12 -13 June 2008, Nairobi, Kenya.  Learning Producing and Sharing Innovations-Tools for Construction and Sustainable Implementation of Innovations in Dry-land Africa- CIRAD,21st -24th October 2008, Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.  CTA Seminar on the Implications of global climate change for sustainable agricultural production systems in ACP countries,-CTA/GTZ, 26th -31stOctober 2008, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.  Follow-up meeting and activities Climate Change Adaptation –East Africa —IUCN/ASARECA,19th -20th November 2008,Nairobi, Kenya.  High Level Inter-session CSD Meeting on African Agriculture in the 21st Century-UNDESA, 9th -10th February 2009, Windhoek, Namibia.  2nd World Conference for Agro-forestry-Transforming Lives and Landscape-WAC, World Bank-23rd-28th August 2009, Nairobi, Kenya.  Improved utilization of Cactus pear for food, feed, soil and water conservation and other products in Africa-CACTUSNET-19th -21st October 2009,Mekelle,Ethiopia.  Briefing Workshop- Financing Agriculture in Southern Africa- ACP/EU/SACAU-25th -26th October 2010-Lilongwe,Malawi.  Briefing Workshop on Linking Small-farmers to Local and Regional Markets in eastern Africa-ACP/EU/EFFA- 12th -13rd November 2010,Entebbe,Uganda.  Investment Forum on Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa-WB/IUCN/ICRAF-25th-27th May 2011- Nairobi Kenya.  Global Environmental Facility-Expanded Constituency Workshop Eastern Africa-GEF/World Bank-30th October-1st November 2012,Arusha,Tanzania.  International Conference on Making the Connection Value Chains for Transforming Smallholder Agriculture-CTA-6th-9th,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.  Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network- AAKNet-UNEP,5th -6th February 2013,Nairobi Kenya.  Harnessing Ecosystem based Approaches for Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa- UNEP-20th -21st August 2013,Nairobi, Kenya.  5th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction-23th -16th May 2014,Abuja,Nigeria. 15b. References:

Mr.Mark Pommerville, Chief of Party, Land O‘ Lakes International Development, P.O.Box 10106, Arusha, [email protected]

Mr Jimmy Lugenge, Regional Intelligency Officer, [email protected] mobile:+255 754386669.

Mr.Ramadhan J.Issuja, Principal Officer, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, [email protected] mobile:+255 755 906449. 14. Professional experience: Date from – Location Company Position Description Date to 24/10/2011- Tanzania Land O’Lakes Field Extension Extension Services-Training and capacity building on Milk Value Chain, Community empower on 31/5/2014. Inc- Officer Sustainable use of Natural resources, Capacity building on Sustainable Agricultural and Livestock Production, ,Capacity building on business Management ,Gender empowerment, Training on Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation through participatory processes, .Establishment of Farmers Field Schools .Promoting Bio-fertilizers farming.

Tanzania Ministry of Principal Field Farm Manage 20 years manning a large and complex farm(20,000 hectares) ,growing Variety of Livestock and Officer -1 Pastures, Maize ,sorghum for fodder ,forage and grains, Sunflower, Wheat ,Horticultural crops, Fisheries Manning a total 6000 herds of Beef and Dairy Cattle, Meat, Dairy Goats and Sheep, Water Supply and Development Irrigation Management ,Budgeting and financial management, Management and utilization of Farm Structures and Farm Machineries, Natural Resource Management ,Supervision of Animal Production and Health Section, Supervision of Veterinarians undergoing intership.Staff management 130 staff ranging from Graduates ,Diplomas, Certificates, skilled and non skilled staff.

Expert-NAPA Supporting Country led initiatives on Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Part time Training students from University of Arizona-USA on Dry land Degradation in Tanzania. Extension Services-Land Use and Water Utilization in dry-lands Pastoral Range lands utilization. Branch Chairman-Researchers and Academicians Allied Workers Union-TUCTA.

Tanzania Ministry of Senior Field Farm Manager- Managing Livestock and Agricultural Production at Research Farms.. Agriculture and Officer Livestock Acting Institution Officer In-charge/Director- at several periods Development. Head- Range land Management,

Projects Manager - EU-Food Aid Counterpart Fund-Livestock Production Project. - - UNWFP/TAN-Dairy Development-Heifer Breeding Project, Tanzania Ministry of Field Officer- Volunteers Counterpart, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers. Agriculture and Farmers Assistant Farm Manage ,Pasture and Range Management, Advisory Services. Farmers Extension and Outreach Services. Agricultural and-Animal Production Services

06/05/2005— Africa UNFCCC Expert National Adaptation Program of Action=Agricultural Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation To-date