Karl Henning Mikael Segerros is a Swedish national with over 35 years of experience in agriculture and rural development in Africa. He holds an MSc in Agriculture and has extensive experience managing agricultural programs in several African countries. Currently, he is the Chief Technical Advisor for the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme in Kenya, managing a team of consultants. He has strong technical skills in agricultural extension, value chain development, and participatory approaches.

1. Date: 2nd
May 2015
CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENT AND REQUIREMENT CV-FORM
The title of the proposed expert: Chief Technical Advisor
Family name: Segerros
First names: Karl Henning Mikael
Place and year of birth: Lidingo 1953
Nationality/Nationalities: Swedish
Country of residence: Kenya
Contact details:
address:
telephone:
e-mail:
ASDSP P.O Box 30028 00100, Nairobi Kenya
+254735769305
mikael1953@yahoo.co.uk: msegerros@asdsp.co.ke
A. EDUCATION (Excluding short term and non relevant education)
Educational institution Duration of studies
(start – graduation)
Degree completed Main Subjects
Swedish University of
Agriculture Sciences,
Uppsala
Aug 1975-Oct 1978 General Agriculture,
Agronomy Plant Breeding
Swedish University of
Agriculture Sciences,
Uppsala
Oct 1981-Oct 1983 Msc in Agriculture Soil sciences, Irrigation and
Drainage, Tropical
Agriculture
B. LANGUAGE ABILITIES
Language Native
language
Basic level 1
or 2
Intermediate
level 3 or 4
Advanced level
5 or 6
Swedish Native 6
English 5
Portuguese 3
German 2
Spanish 2
French 1
C. KEY QUALIFICATIONS
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2. Curriculum vitae
Mr Segerros holds an MSc in agronomy and is specialised in rural development and agriculture with more than 35
years’ experience from working in the sector in Africa. His areas of specialisation include support to extension
organisations, capacity building and management and training. Most of this time he has been working with support
to large-scale and long-term agriculture and rural development programmes funded by several different bilateral
donors, in several countries in Africa. He has considerable experience as trainer and in designing, implementing and
evaluating capacity building activities for a wide variety of target groups.
Mr Segerros has more than 15 years of management experience, currently as the CTA in the Agricultural Sector
Development Support Programme (ASDSP) in Kenya, , previously as CTA/team leader in the National Agriculture
and Livestock Extension Programme (NALEP) and before that as CTA/Team Leader for the Protection Through
Conservation (PTC) programme in Lesotho for 2 years and as programme director responsible for development and
implementation of training programmes in watershed management from 1999 - 2003.
His main technical strengths are in agricultural extension with focus on productivity enhancement, farming as a
business, value chain development and participatory approaches. In pervious assignments, Mr Segerros has played
a pioneering role in the adaptation and large scale implementation of participatory and bottom-up approaches,
empowerment of grass root institutions, and natural resources management. He has excellent knowledge and
experience of working with farming as a business and value chain development. He has more than 20 years
experience in supporting small scale farming businesses in Africa. Before that his focus was on natural resources
management and production The last 37 years he has worked in positions at all levels within rural development
from village to district/province to national and regional levels. Most of his professional career he has spent full
time in complex national and regional projects/programmes in Southern and Eastern Africa, including Portuguese
speaking .
In his work he has proven capability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams in different cultural settings including
hardship conditions and challenging environments. Mr Segerros spends his leisure time as a practicing farmer in
Zambia .
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3. Curriculum vitae
D. WORK CAREER (MAIN PERMANENT JOBS / EMPLOYERS)
Date from – to
dd-mm-yy
Location Company/Agency Position Description (main duties)
01.07.2012-
present
Nairobi, Kenya NIRAS Natura AB Team Leader / Chief Technical
Adviser to ASDSP, (Agricultural
Sector Development Support
Programme) in Kenya.
ASDSP provides support to the Agricultural Sector in Kenya. It is a
National Programme with offices in all the 47 counties and about 500
staff. The programme is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Livestock and Fisheries. It especially support sector coordination,
socially inclusive and environmentally resilient value chain
development. It is operating in a challenging environment of
devolution. It is funded by Sida and Government of Kenya.
The Team Leader is to manage a team of national and international
consultants, and to provide support to the programme management
and organisation. The CTA is working very closely with the national
programme co-ordinator ASDSP supporting the management structure
of the programme, including planning, budgeting and reporting. He is
also providing support to the sector policy development and
coordination and value chain development including climate change
and social inclusion..
14.10.2008-01.07
2012
Nairobi ,Kenya Ramboll Natura AB Team Leader / Chief Technical
Adviser to NALEP (National
Agriculture and Livestock
Extension Programme) in Kenya.
NALEP provided support to the entire Kenyan extension service, with
5,000 government extension staff reaching over 1 million farmers
yearly. The programme was jointly implemented by the ministries of
Agriculture and Livestock Development and funded by Sida and
Government of Kenya. An arid and semiarid lands component of the
programme was operating up to December 2014. Segerros provided
support to that besides the above mentioned ASDSP programme.
The Team Leader was to manage a team of national and international
consultants, and to provide support to the programme management
and organisation. The CTA was working very closely with the national
programme co-ordinator NALEP supporting the management structure
of the programme, including planning, budgeting and reporting. He
was also providing support to the sector policy development and
coordination through the Agriculture Sector Coordination Unit.
01.01.2003-
05.10.2008
Lusaka, Zambia Ramboll Natura AB Food Security and Land
Management Adviser in ASP
( Agriculture Support
Programme)
The Agricultural Support Programme (ASP) provided extension support
to farmers in 8 districts in 4 provinces all over Zambia. The aim of the
programme was to improve house-hold income and food security
mainly through introduction and support to agribusiness methods
As part of the Management Unit, the Food Security and Land
Management Adviser provided technical backstopping to the extension
system, participated in management of the programme activities and
supervised staff at district and camp levels. The technical backstopping
consisted mainly of methods development, for sustainable increase in
agriculture production, value chain analysis, support to, definition and
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4. Curriculum vitae
implementation of agribusiness initiatives such as out-growers
schemes, dairy collection centre, on-farm processing, market
information, etc.
Aug 1999-
31.12.2002
Stockholm,
Sweden with
missions to
Africa, Asia,
Latin America
Scandiaconsult
Natura AB (now
Ramboll Natura)
Training programme Director As Training Programme Director Mr. Segerros had the over-all
responsibility for the implementation of a training programme in
watershed management. The programme included training sessions in
Sweden, Tanzania, India, Honduras, Bolivia and Ecuador. As Director
managed the team of trainers and had the full responsibility for the
Quality Assessment of the training. He also had fully delegated financial
responsibility for the training budget (aproximately 20 m SEK).
Aug 1999-Dec
2002
Stockholm,
Sweden with
missions to
Africa, Asia,
Latin America
Scandiaconsult
Natura AB (now
Ramboll Natura)
Senior Consultant Besides serving as training programme director Mr. Segerros also did
several consultancy missions, notably in watershed management and
exploratory missions. Countries visited included Indonesia, Honduras,
Kenya, Ecuador and Serbia-Montenegro. While
1997- Aug 1999 Maseru,
Lesotho
Scandia consult
Natura AB
Programme manager for the
PTC (Production through
Conservation Programme)
The PTC programme in Lesotho was a rural development programme
focused on land husbandry, with the aim to improve soil fertility through
implementation of conservation farming and soil conservation practices.
The programme pioneered the development of participatory and need
based planning at catchment level, based on the formation of user
groups and the implementation of PRA methodology.
As Co-ordinator for the programme Mr Segerros worked closely with
Chiefs of Conservation, Forestry and Land Use Planning and also with other
departments in Ministry of Agriculture. His main task was to support the
management of the programme, including designing and implementing
planning and report structures, fully integrated in the ministry system. He
also provided support to capacity building in the areas of soil conservation
and conservation farming.
Oct 1990- Oct
1997
Maseru
Lesotho
Swedforest
International AB
Land management/training
adviser SADC-ELMS
(Environment and Land
Management Sector
Coordination Unit)
SADC ELMS was a Sida funded programme under the SADC development
umbrella, with 3 main components; Land Management; Water resources
and Environment. The programme supported capacity building and for
sustainable natural resource management and environment protection.
The Land management adviser worked closely with the National
Coordinator supporting and coordinating, regional activities within the
Land management component.
April 1986-Oct
1990
Nairobi, Kenya Sida Training/Extension Advisor
Kenya National Soil and Water
Conservation Programme
The Sida-funded National Soil and Water Conservation Program
supported the developing soil and water conservation initiatives in
Kenya. Under the programme the methodology for the catchment
based approach, with its roots in PRA, was developed and widely
implemented.
The Duties of the training adviser included the development of
approaches for extension and training and to coordinate the
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5. Curriculum vitae
implementation. The Training / Extension Adviser was based in Nairobi,
but spend most of his time travelling to the implementation areas,
where he supported and conducted hands-on training activities.
Oct 1983-Oct
1985
Maputo,
Mozambique
UNESCO Associate expert in Hydrology
Direcao National das Aguas
Teaching hydrology and water management at Centro Profecional dos
Tecnicos Medios and Escola Industrial in Maputo. Assisting in the basic
studies about water and land resources in Mozambique, especially
irrigation.
Oct 1978-Nov
1980
Malange,
Angola
Diakonia Volunteer in Agriculture Start up an integrated rural development project in a remote area
F. OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, COMPUTER SKILLS, ETC.
Description of experience / references
Co owner of a 107 ha mixed farm in Chisamba area, Zambia. Have created a basis for integrated production on uncleared land in a remote area with very little
infrastructure. Practicing conservation farming in combination with small ruminants and pig production.
Good computer skills in Microsoft word, Power point, Excel and Microsoft Project;
Some Publications
• Agriculture in transition, Issues, Options and priorities for Yugoslavian Agriculture, R. Hunt, M Segerros, 2002
• The Production through Conservation Program( PTC) 1981-1996, M. Marake and M. Segerros,1997
• Guidelines to better Land Husbandry in the SADC Region, T. F. Shaxson, V. Chinene, M.Douglas and M Segerros, 1995
• Land degradation in the Southern African Region, Impact Assessment and Emerging Solutions, M Segerros, 1994
• From Workshops to Innovative Action Learning Areas, M Segerros, 1994
• Towards Partnerships In Land Management in the SADC Region, M Segerros, 1992
• Waterharvesting in the SADC region, M. Finkel and M Segerros, 1994
• Improved training Approaches for Sustained Land Husbandry, M Segerros and R.J Cheatley, 1991
• Problems and Experiences in Promoting Sustainable Land Management in the Southern African Region, J Hunter& M Segerros ,1991
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6. Curriculum vitae
implementation. The Training / Extension Adviser was based in Nairobi,
but spend most of his time travelling to the implementation areas,
where he supported and conducted hands-on training activities.
Oct 1983-Oct
1985
Maputo,
Mozambique
UNESCO Associate expert in Hydrology
Direcao National das Aguas
Teaching hydrology and water management at Centro Profecional dos
Tecnicos Medios and Escola Industrial in Maputo. Assisting in the basic
studies about water and land resources in Mozambique, especially
irrigation.
Oct 1978-Nov
1980
Malange,
Angola
Diakonia Volunteer in Agriculture Start up an integrated rural development project in a remote area
F. OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, COMPUTER SKILLS, ETC.
Description of experience / references
Co owner of a 107 ha mixed farm in Chisamba area, Zambia. Have created a basis for integrated production on uncleared land in a remote area with very little
infrastructure. Practicing conservation farming in combination with small ruminants and pig production.
Good computer skills in Microsoft word, Power point, Excel and Microsoft Project;
Some Publications
• Agriculture in transition, Issues, Options and priorities for Yugoslavian Agriculture, R. Hunt, M Segerros, 2002
• The Production through Conservation Program( PTC) 1981-1996, M. Marake and M. Segerros,1997
• Guidelines to better Land Husbandry in the SADC Region, T. F. Shaxson, V. Chinene, M.Douglas and M Segerros, 1995
• Land degradation in the Southern African Region, Impact Assessment and Emerging Solutions, M Segerros, 1994
• From Workshops to Innovative Action Learning Areas, M Segerros, 1994
• Towards Partnerships In Land Management in the SADC Region, M Segerros, 1992
• Waterharvesting in the SADC region, M. Finkel and M Segerros, 1994
• Improved training Approaches for Sustained Land Husbandry, M Segerros and R.J Cheatley, 1991
• Problems and Experiences in Promoting Sustainable Land Management in the Southern African Region, J Hunter& M Segerros ,1991
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