1. Education
1992-1993 Imperial College, University of London
Masters in Agricultural Economics
1984-1986 University of Zimbabwe
Bachelor of Science Honours in Agricultural Economics
Selected Courses
Certificate in Business Functions (Credit) - Zimbabwe Institute of Management 1995-1996
Certificate in Management Techniques (Passed with a Distinction) - Zimbabwe Institute of Management
1995-1996
Value Chain Analysis and Development (2006) SNV In House Training
GOZ In-house training on extension methods, farm management, horticulture livestock production,
irrigation systems management, soil conservation and crop production AGRITEX 1987-1996.
GIZ In House Training on Facilitation skills, ZOPP and Log frame Analysis
Awards
 British Council Scholarship to pursue MSc studies in 1992
 EU grant to study Certificate in Business Functions and Management Techniques
Chiratidzo Darlington Sarupinda
Profession: Agricultural Advisor
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Chiratidzo has had a career of over two decades in different positions in the
international development community in Southern Africa. During the period he utilized
his skills to contribute to a more inclusive society. Chiratidzo advises companies,
governmental agencies and international organizations on economic development
solutions. He is an accomplished, visionary, strategic and highly innovative agricultural
value chain development professional. He possesses ten years’ experience in value
chain analysis, value chain development and market linkages. Nine years’ experience in
agricultural extension and M&E. He has seven years’ experience in management of
humanitarian and environmental programs. He combines complex ideas, multi-purpose
goals with ability to convert project objectives into successful and memorable
testimonies. His track record includes monitoring and evaluation, project planning,
project management, organizational development, strategic planning, team building,
value chain analysis and value chain development.

2. Languages
Reading Speaking Writing
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Shona Excellent Excellent Excellent
Ndebele Beginer Beginer Beginer
Professional Experience
05/2005
- Date
Agricultural Economic Advisor
SNV Netherlands Development Organization, Mutare, Zimbabwe
• Main Responsibilities
• Financial management (budgeting, budget tracking, procurement and financial
reporting)
• Relationship management with government, consortium partners, private companies
and farmer organizations
• Quality assurance on work done by SNV staff and short term consultants
• Conducting value chain studies: overseeing and providing technical leadership to the
USAID funded ENSURE project on market analysis, contextualized market solutions,
market-driven linkages strategy and intervention design, as well as negotiations with
lead firms and other partners for successful implementation of the market-led
agribusiness development approach adopted by the ENSURE program.
• Facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue: Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for
oilseeds, livestock and horticulture
• Coaching and Mentoring farmer organizations and private companies on inclusive
business arrangements
• managing the end-to-end Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (from design to
implementation oversight and evaluation) of a portfolio of SNV partnership
programmes (e.g. Cairns, Virl, Michview)
• Assisting in the design and delivery of MEL capacity development services to SNV
partners, including responsibility for specific projects, as well as working with
Advisors to explore new models of delivery through the use of LCB network
champions etc. – Capacity development services include the delivery of Theory of
Change workshops and training in specific methodologies such as Most Significant
Change (MSC).
• Working closely with the Communications team to disseminate findings derived
through field work to be shared with the rest of the LCB network, partners and wider
sector
• Writing a variety of publications, including manuals, donor reports and
guidelines/toolkits in a clear and succinct manner.
Selected Projects Involved With
Project Title Donor Budget
(US$)
Duration
Enhancing Nutrition, Scaling Up Resiliency
and Enterprise (ENSURE)
USAID 53 million 2013-2017
Rural Agriculture Revitalization Program DANIDA 12.6
million
2010-2014
Small livestock production and marketing
project in Matabeleland South Province
EU 7.0 million 2007-2010
Contract Farming Support Project FAO 0.3 million 2011-2012
Farmer Group Institutional Capacity
Building Project
FAO 0.079
million
2013-2014

3. Selected Achievements
 Produced and implementing the Farming as a business Manual
 Produced the Goat Farming as Business Manual
 Conducted various value chain studies (Goat, poultry, beans, groundnuts, sorghum,
Bambara nuts and cow peas)
 Piloted and up scaled the goat auction model in Matabeleland South Province
 Leading the development of funded business with the EU
 Conducting, documenting and disseminating value chain studies
 Strengthening the capacity of the Agro-Dealers Association of Zimbabwe
 Capacity Building on Value chain development for World Vision, ORAP and Save the
Children
 Facilitated inclusive contract farming arrangements between small holder farmers and
various companies
 Facilitated linkages between Financial Institutions and smallholder commodity
associations

02/2002
-
08/2004
National Programme Officer
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
• Led the country team that set up the food aid Emergency Operations Programme
(EMOP) in 2002
• Effectively coordinated implementing partners. Initiated regular stakeholder
meetings to minimize duplication.
• Resolved a number of issues of political interference in food aid through consulting
all key stakeholders
• Set up M&E system that helped in reducing political interference and pipeline losses
• Explored and implemented programming options that were responsive to the needs
of the vulnerable communities.
• Initiated the setting up of a food aid pipeline information management system
• Mainstreamed gender and HIV & AIDS into the food aid interventions
10/1998
-
12/2001
Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Officer for
Southern Africa
I was contracted by IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa as an M&E Specialist for the
Networking and Capacity Building (NETCAB) project. IUCN is a member organization with 50
member organizations in 10 countries in Southern Africa. In this capacity I had four main
functions:
• Grant management: I was involved in capacity assessments of the 50 member
organizations and capacity building. Sensitization of partners on M&E requirements
and lobbying for M&E resources. Representing the organization at Regional and
Country platforms
• Development of the M&E systems and synchronizing it with National
(Government) M&E systems. This involved liaising with sector partners e.g. the
SADC, the ministries of Environment and Natural Resources and the United Nations
bodies in tools development
• Partner support through training and mentoring. This was through Training
of Trainers, and on the job mentoring for field based officers for the 50 member
organizations and 2580 community volunteers
• Grant performance appraisal including developing and reviewing the
Performance Framework and Reporting especially Quarterly and Biannual reports
and internal monitoring and evaluative reports

4. 10/1996
-
09/1998
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
GIZ- Integrated Rural Development Project and The Regional Community Based
Seed Development Project
• Developing and designing monitoring and evaluation systems for multi-country
programs covering 8 African and Asian countries.
• Creating and reviewing performance indicators.
• Leading multi-stakeholder processed for identifying needs and evaluating programs.
• Supporting programme staff with analysis of the key challenges in quality
programming and maintaining consistency with established standards including that
critical crosscutting issues (gender, biodiversity, competing claims, accountability to
beneficiaries, conflict sensitivity, programme learning)
• Undertaking or commissioning specific activities - baseline surveys, ongoing
monitoring activities, mid-term evaluations and end of project evaluations.
• Contributing to donor and internal reporting requirements
• Design tools, performance indicators and outcome measures to record and report
physical progress against the project work plan
• Facilitate appropriate training in Participatory monitoring and evaluation for field staff
and stakeholders
• Develop guidelines and manuals for use by field staff in monitoring and evaluation.
The work under the Community Based Seed Production Project was based in 4
countries which are Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
01/1987
–
09/1996
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX)
• Providing policy input, guidance and conceptual and practical strategies on
agricultural extension
• Providing technical assistance in the design, implementation and evaluation of
AGRITEX’s extension and irrigation projects using the guiding principles of results
based management (RBM).
• Developing training manuals, M&E tools, handouts and extension messages and
presenting papers to, technical working groups and stakeholder meetings. This
included at annual senior management strategic planning workshops.
• Training other AGRITEX staff members on Monitoring and Evaluation
• Participating in project evaluation missions by the World Bank, DANIDA and the EU
Publications
• Goat Farming as a Business Manual - (SNV)
• Darlington Sarupinda and Farai Tavesure; Goat Auctions Opening Market Opportunities for
Smallholder Farmers, 2009 (SNV)
• Baseline study for smallholder goat farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe (ICRISAT, Ministry
Agriculture and SNV); 2007
• Farming as a Business Manual (SNV)
• D. Sarupinda, et. al., April 2013. Project Implementation Manual for the EU. 1999 (EU
Zimbabwe), Harare
• D.Sarupinda et. al. Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation 2003 (World Food Programme)
• D. Sarupinda et. Al. Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation 2004 (World Food Programme