Benard Kiprop

Result-driven and community-focused Agribusiness and Extension Specialist with over 10 years of progressive experience driving rural/semi urban and urban livelihoods, climate-smart agriculture, and Cooperative development across international NGOs and financial institutions. Proven track record in mobilizing smallholder farmers into resilient Self Help Groups(SHGs),Community-Based organizations (CBOs) and Cooperatives to implement Sustainable Agriculture Land Management (SALM) frameworks. Adept at establishing high-impact agribusiness value chains (poultry, dairy, and crops), managing donor-funded project indicators, and building strong institutional linkages with Private sectors,National and County government line ministries to guarantee grassroots project sustainability.

Business Development Officer - Hand in Hand Eastern Africa - Eldoret, Kenya

(2015-10)

• Strategically mobilized and structured over rural self-help groups, youth groups, and smallholder farmer collectives into registered, self-sustaining agricultural cooperatives.
• Established community demonstration sites and facilitated practical learning workshops focused on high-value chains (indigenous vegetables, poultry, dairy) and adaptive climate-smart farming techniques.
• Mainstreamed sustainable land-use methodologies, conservation agriculture, and environmental restoration practices across farmer groups to build long-term ecosystem resilience.
• Designed and rolled out Comprehensive training modules covering enterprise development, micro-business Games, social value tracking, and financial literacy.
• Promoted customized agricultural and asset-financing credit products to smallholder farm owners and rural entrepreneurs to enhance capital access. Productive recovery and risk mitigation mechanisms to uphold lending dignity.
• Structured robust market linkages, aggregated smallholder yields, and introduced sustainable value-addition protocols to boost profit margins for rural farmer enterprises.
• Executed community needs assessments and utilized digital MIS tracking systems to generate data-backed monthly, quarterly, and annual progress updates for institutional donors.

Sales and Marketing Officer - Skyline SACCO Ltd - Kabarnet, Kenya

(2015-03 - 2015-08)

• Promoted customized agricultural and asset-financing credit products to smallholder farm owners and rural entrepreneurs to enhance capital access.
• Managed end-to-end account on boarding, maintained strict compliance standards, and streamlined member data entry workflows.
• Spearheaded local savings mobilization drives and Optimized community-level loan recovery initiatives.

Diploma - Cooperative Management - Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology (RVIST) (2014)