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Mr Mkhuliseni Chonco
01 Wensleydale road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3200 South Africa
Cell: (+27)0 73 933 4050
Email: mkhulisenichonco@yahoo.com
Professional Profile
A dedicated and highly productive professional with 3 years Junior level experience across the agriculture
development and training sector . Possesses an excellent working knowledge and understanding of the
industry gained from working alongside Provincial and National governments, the private sector, agriculture
research / institutions of higher learning, as well as various farmer organisations within KZN province .
Objective
Currently looking for a new and challenging opportunity within a reputable forward thinking organisation;
one that will make best use of / consolidate existing experiences within the industry; actively supporting the
management and implementation of the organisations vision, mission and strategic objectives.
Key Skills and Abilities
 Capacity Building
 Strong leadership and management skills
 Well-developed quantitative skills
 Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
 Data analysis
 Desire to learn skills
 Strong work ethic and self-discipline.
 Logistic management skills
 Financial and numeracy skills
 Time Management skills
 Facilitation skills
 Project management skills
 Presentation skills
 Conflict management skills
Career Summary
Feb 2015 –
Date:
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (UNFAO)
Junior Programme Associate (Capacity Building )
 Responsible for the overall management and coordination of a small scale sugar famers and professional
in the field of agriculture in the KZN across five countries
 Oversee implementation and provide technical support to the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Value
Chain in the projects
 Using existing relationships with the national governments and donors to successively identify bottle
necks within the agriculture value chain as well as actively seek new donor funding
 Accountable for ensuring the time-outs information on trends in the sugar Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries; personally identifying and resolving potential risks as well as reviewing future group
opportunities
 Facilitate iterative learning from M&E systems to allow for adaptive change in project strategy to ensure
delivery of results.

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 Overseeing a range of general duties including companywide administration and human resource
management, including, training and development of the teams
 Take responsibility for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the projects including design and oversight
of baseline studies, quarterly and annual reviews, and evaluations in the KZN province
Key Projects Activities
 I am learning a wealth of lifelong skills including, conducting economic research, policy analysis and
development, budgeting, report writing, new project development and research presentation
Key Achievements
 Successfully developing a framework to facilitate good governance and coordination within KZN
 Personally managing all stakeholder relations; successfully aligning corporate social responsibility
strategies to the out-grower programme
Career Summary
Feb 2014 – Jan 2015: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) secondment to Food
and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) - Project Coordinator (Intern)
 To fast track the implementation of project activities through testing different models and approaches
of capacity building
 Profiling of Projects
 Development of bankable business plan
 Development of monitoring and evaluation tools for the projects
 Development of area development plans
 Liaising with the government department, Non-Government development organisation, Private
institutions and other stakeholders involved in the projects
Key Achievements
 I was able to communicate more eloquently and manage my time exceptionally well, as the position
entailed dealing with current and potential stakeholders, as well as the processing of transactions
effectively and efficiently
 I developed the ability to provide clear and accurate information in response to people's needs; in
person, in writing and over the phone, as well as the ability to work independently and in a group
environment
Career Summary
Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 Further Education and Training (FET) Cedara College
Assistance Programme (Voluntary)
 Overseeing a wide range of resources, being tasked with their proper allocation across selected projects
and initiatives; supporting best outcome within the principles of fairness and equality as detailed in
Government policy
 Input in the development of business and economics related programmes for farmers,
 Involved in the capacity building activities, research intended to identify the skills needs of farmers,
conduct skills gap analysis which was used for the development of training plans.
Key Activities
 Helping to formulate and implement strategies for agricultural development while working alongside the
FET manager,

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 Developing working partnerships between Government and the Private Sector; successfully resulting in
new accounts being opened with various development partners
 Organising FET stakeholder and smallholder farmers workshop
Organizational And Leadership Experience
 Deputy Director: I was the deputy director of sport in 2011 for an organization called Community
Development Association (CDA)
 Maths tutor in 2011 of a project called Mathematics Tutoring Project (MTP) within CDA. The project
was formed in the year 2011 and also being a senior tutor in the project called Tutoring project (TP) in
2011.
 I was a fire Marshall in WOB residence in 2011 at UKZN
 I served as a block representative in 2011 WOB residence in University of KwaZulu-Natal (PMB).
Social Achievements
 I was honoured for recognition of outstanding performance and contribution to the residence life
program in 2011 at UKZN
 I was honoured for being the best player of all times in UKZN Campus Soccer League (CSL) in the
year 2011
Education and Qualifications
Bsc : Agricultural Economist and economics (Honours)
University Of KwaZulu Natal (Pietermaritzburg)
Modules
including:
international economics, environmental economics, industrial economics, applied linear
programming, agriculture economics project and seminar, Agribusiness Finance
management, Production economics and prices analysis, agricultural development,
agribusiness finance and marketing, labour economics, applied macroeconomics,
international trade, quantitative economics, Biometry, multivariate analysis, multiple
regression analysis, monetary economics, Project management, Marketing and field crop
management
ResearchProjects An Estimation of An Import Demand Function For Rice In
South Africa: 1980 – 2010
Personal Details
IT Skills: Proficient in the advanced use of MS Office Suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint,
and statistics programmes such as Gesnstat, SPSS , STATA and Eviews
Languages: English and Zulu (fluent), Isixhosa and Swati (basics)

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My Personality I am the kind of an individual that is self-motivated to carry out any kind of tasks
including challenging ones, with the aim of achieving the best results possible. I do well
when I am performing tasks alone as well as in groups. I am the kind of a person that is
very good at planning activities with a high degree of attention to details and
implementing them. I always put all my effort into everything that I believe in; i.e. I am a
very dedicated and enthusiastic adult who believes in nothing, but quality.
Other: Driver; full clean licence
Interests include: Playing soccer
Listing to music
Reading and studying
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