Petra Niyonsenga

Coordinating agricultural extension material development and dissemination. Assess farmers', front-line extension agents' and other agri-value chain actors' needs related to the agricultural extension materials Develop and disseminate the agricultural extension materials to the targeted audience

Extension Material Production Specialist - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

(2015-04)

• Coordinating agricultural extension material development and dissemination.
• Assess farmers', front-line extension agents' and other agri-value chain actors' needs related to the agricultural extension materials
• Develop and disseminate the agricultural extension materials to the targeted audience
• Facilitating the AI-powered agriculture advisory chatbot.

Ag. NDC Project Manager - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources

(2019-09 - 2022-12)

• Coordinate timely and quality implementation of overall project components, including low-carbon and climate-resilient actions in the agriculture sector.
• Provide technical support to accelerate climate-smart agriculture programmes.
• Promote the implementation of a gender mainstreaming strategy for climate resilience in the agriculture sector and address any potential bottlenecks facing the sector
• Support more than 100 youth and women implementing the climate-smart agriculture project through the provision of financial and technical support.

Supervising Engineer in land husbandry - SPIU LWH/RSSP

(2012-02 - 2014-11)

• In charge of land terracing
• community development

Master's Degree - Agricultural Production Chain Management - Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science, Netherlands (2023-10 - 2024-10)

Bachelor's degree - agricultural science with honours in Irrigation and Drainage - University of Rwanda (2015-08 - 2017-08)

High School studies - Biology and Chemistry - Groupe Scolaire Mater Dei Nyanza (1999 - 2005)