professional expert livestock and food security

1. Curriculum Vitae
Personal:
Name Muhammad Mohsin Kiani
Date of Birth
24-01-1976
Contact Details
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
Email:
Present address: House # 08, Street # 30, F-7/1, Islamabad.
Permanent Address: Village Hummamohra, P/O Harighal,
Tehsil & District Bagh, Azad Kashmir,Pakistan
92333-5758425
Email : muhammadmohsinkiani@yahoo.com
Education:
Certificate/Diploma/Degree Institution Years
M.Phil (Animal Reproduction) Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2003
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
(DVM)
Sindh Agriculture University. Pakistan 2001
Employment record:
Period Employing
organization and
Country
Title/Position Summary of Activities/Duties
performed
December
2013 to date
Afrisphere World
(Ltd) Malawi
Manager
Feedlot /
Livestock
Expert
 Plan and manage feedlot of commercial
herd for beef production, selection of
feedlot animals on professional
parameters, feed formulation ,manage
health performance of herd, record
keeping , fodder production plan and
preservation strategies i.e. silage
making, hay making etc.
 Develop SOPs of feedlot and train to
technical staff on professional
standards.
 Management of beef breeding unit and
regularly check on feed, health and

2. reproductive performance of the herd.
 Manage health, feeding and record
keeping of goat breeding & feedlot
farm.
 Develop and manage breeding plan for
goat breeding stock.
 Annual business plan and its
budgeting.
 Focal person in UKAID funded
project “Commercialization of
smallholders in Malawi”.
September
2012 to
June 2013
The Agribusiness
Project (USAID)
implemented by
Agribusiness
Support Fund (ASF)
Pakistan
Livestock
Value Chain
Specialist
 Conducted Participatory Rapid
Livestock Appraisal (PRLA), technically
facilitated baseline survey & Rapid
Market Assessment of Meat value
chain.
 Prepared concept papers on proposed
interventions, Plan and design Meat
development program through cost
sharing challenge grant with private
sector, facilitated to progressive
entrepreneur for business
development.
 Technical Support to country program
management in developing Annual
work plan.
 Facilitation to applicants of dairy and
meat value chain in submission of
RFAs i.e. export certification, feedlot
farms, slaughterhouses & butcheries,
feed mills, milk chillers & dairy cool
chain.
 Technically facilitated M&E unit in
developing case studies.
 Technical feedback to country office
during annual planning & budgeting.
May 2011 to
August
2012
Concern Worldwide
( INGO) in DFID &
EU funded Projects
in Pakistan
National
Livestock
Coordinator
 Provided technical backstopping to
Program Management at Country office
in strategic planning of livestock based
sustainable agribusiness projects,
advisory support to partner
organisations on the formulation and
implementation of livestock based
interventions.
 Developed standard operating
procedures (SOP) for livestock based
agribusiness interventions.
 Prepared annual work plans and its
beak-up quarterly planning for livestock
component of projects.
 Maintain a watching brief on important
animal diseases, in particular those of
transboundary, zoonotic and emerging
nature and contribute to the formulation
of policies and to the coordination of
activities relating to the prevention and
control of such diseases.
 Identify sustainable livestock
intensification and issues relevant to the

3. livestock sector including: breed
improvement, improved husbandry,
natural resource management, and
livestock marketing.
 Investigate opportunities of and advise
on development at sectorial level (e.g.
poultry, meat, dairy);
 Plan, organize in capacity building
programmes, Maintain regular liaison
with research / training institutions,
participate in sectorial
conferences/workshops
Aug 2008 to
May 2011
Meat Development
Project , Ministry of
Livestock and dairy
Development,
Gov,t of Pakistan
Livestock
Production and
Development
Officer
 Provided technical and advisory
services to private sector investors for
establishment of modern feedlot
fattening farms, slaughterhouse and
butcheries, advised on SOPs of Feedlot
fattening. slaughterhouse and
butcheries
 Prepared technical feasibilities for beef
and mutton farms and Modern
Butcheries, status paper of Meat sector
in country.
 Trained livestock farmers about
improved husbandry practices for
feedlot fattening, paravet and farmers
about new technologies on feedlot
fattening, slaughtering practices of
cattle/goat and meat cutting.
 Trained farmers and professionals for
Artificial Insemination technology for
improving reproductive efficiency of
cattle and buffalo.
 Impact study of projects activities in
order to evaluate progress ratio and
prepared monthly, quarterly and annual
reports.
 Extensively travelled to field areas of all
over the country to carry out physical
verification of project activities on
regular basis.
 Facilitated the Annual audits of all
projects activities by commercial
auditors i.e. M/S Ferguson.
January
2007 to July
2008
Relief International
(INGO)
implemented
USAID funded I-LED
Project in
Pakistan
Livestock
Development
Officer
 Conduction of need assessment
exercise and prioritization through PRA
tools and techniques, situation analysis
and its documentation as baseline
information.
 Draft technical specifications for the
procurement of livestock inputs, and
plan the quantities of inputs to be
procured under the project.
 Preparation of NRM related proposals
at community level as well as program
level.
 Prepare letters of agreement and
contracts for distribution and monitoring.
 Capacity building of rural farmers
through various trainings for income

4. enhancement and improved livelihood.
 Introduction of improved breeds of large
and small ruminants.
 Introduction of improved varieties of
fodder crops.
 Quarantine of one thousand large and
three small ruminants in order to ensure
health plus production status and
specific breed before handling over to
community.
 Development of linkages with
Government Department and various
veterinary institutes.
 Assist in the preparation of quarterly
and annual reports.
July 2003 to
Dec 2006
Doctor, s Dairies
and Feeds (Pvt.)
Ltd Pakistan
Livestock
Technical
Advisor
 Marketing of commercially prepared
animal feed and medicine among
livestock farmers, Training of farmers
regarding improved husbandry
practices, Organize farmers in dairy
farmer association and develop their
linkages to market,
June 2001
to June
2003
Animal
Reproduction Lab,
National Agriculture
Research Centre ,
Pakistan
Research
Associate
 Conducted research trials of buffalo
semen to evaluate best method of
semen cryopreservation for successful
Artificial Insemination.
 Prepared research report for
publication.
Language Skills:
Language Speaking Reading Writing
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Computer Skills Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Power point)
Publication:
 “Effect of one and two steps dilution at different temperatures on post -thaw motility, motion
characteristics and morphology of Nili Ravi Buffalo Bull Spermatozoa “Journal of Animal and
plant sciences. 13 (04) 2003: Pakistan
 “Effect of L-ascorbic Acid on Nili Ravi Buffalo oocytes during invitro Maturation” Pakistan
Journal of Biological sciences 9 (12): 2369-2374, 2006.
 “Status of Meat sector in Pakistan” DAWN ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS REVIEW (26 July –
1st August 2010)
 Operational Manual of Model Butchery (Booklet)
 Livestock : Food Security, Livelihoods and Agribusiness in Pakistan (Booklet)

5. Trainings
 GLOBAL G.A.P. trainings for Feedlot by BIC-UVAS (10-15 March, 2013)
 Best Livestock Farm Management Practices Training by ASF (24-28, Sep 2012).
 Livestock as livelihoods and Food Security Option by Concern World Wide (22-26 April, 2012)
 Livestock Emergency Preparedness Training by Solve Agri Pak (Private) Ltd ( 2-7 May,
2012)
 Pastoralist as custodian of northern mountains in Pakistan in NARC , Islamabad ( 7-10 Nov,
2011)
 Feedlot fattening for beef and mutton production by LDDB, Islamabad (13-20 Sep, 2008)
 Improving Reproductive Efficiency of farm Animals in small holders by LDDB (4-6 August,
2009)
 Fodder production and development in Pakistan by I-LED (11-12 April, 2007)
 Improved Practices in Livestock management and marketing Practices by TAP (22-26 April,
2013)
References
 Dr Muhammad Afzal, Project Coordinator, Control and Eradication of Transboundry Diseases
Program, FAO, Islamabad. Ph. 0300-5176861.
 Dr Fateullah Khan, Project Coordinator, Small Ruminant Research Program, ASI, NARC,
Islamabad.
Ph. 0300-9871054
 Dr Shakeel Bubar , Scientific Secretary, Pakistan Council for Science and technology, Mo
Science and Technology, Islamabad, ph. 03365097698