Vincent Gasasira

Independent

Trainer

Vincent Gasasira has worked as a senior post-harvest specialist in Reducing Post-harvest Losses in Rwanda project funded by USAID under National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB). His main roles in the project included but not limited to establishing operating post-harvest training and services center, management of the training centers, training master trainers in the horticulture value chain. Since 2017 to date, he has trained more than 200 master trainers, a number of cooperatives and Food Sciences graduates. He has worked as cold chain specialist in charge of Rwanda fresh foods exports for 2 years and was a member of National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES).

His training skills started back in 2012 when he worked as a development facilitator in World Vision Rwanda for a period of 3years. He holds a master’s degree in Agricultural Products Processing and storage Engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Food Sciences and Technology; he understands the situation of post-harvest losses in various value chains in Rwanda/developing countries as he participated in a number of workshops, experiments, and development/enriching of post-harvest training manuals. He is the founder of Post-Harvest Plus Ltd a company dedicated to reduce food loss and waste through capacity building and innovations and he is currently working with IFC-World Bank group as a food safety consultant for grain aggregators under Rwanda Grain Market project.