Rangarirai Gavin Muchetu

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CURRICULUM VITAE FOR RANGARIRAI GAVIN MUCHETU

 

Cell:     +263 773 415 032                  e-mail:   gavinmuchetu@gmail.com

       +81 702 645 9494                                  gavin0787@gmail.com

 

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth                                                    20-07-87

Fluent Languages                                             Shona, English and Japanese

 

OBJECTIVES

• To become an expert economist and play an active part in improving the rural economy through active participation in smallholder food security and income generating programmes.

• To become an advisor in agricultural and development policy issues.

 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Result oriented, able to take instructions while being self-motivated

• Able to work under minimum supervision and maximum pressure

• Good team player and always willing to learn from others

• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills at all levels

• Persistent, innovative and creative

 

CURRENT STUDIES

Ph.D. (Global Studies) PEASANT COOPERATIVES: Can cooperativism be the panacea to the contemporary agrarian question?

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

A researcher at African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS)

Research thematic area: Land use, livelihoods, food security and agricultural productivity household survey (The most comprehensive agrarian household survey ever done in Zimbabwe)

Research Area: Goromonzi, Zvimba, Kwekwe, Chipinge, Chiredzi, and Mangwe

Duration; December 2013 - Present 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

A researcher at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Research thematic area: Agricultural marketing, Post-harvest losses, Post-harvest storage, Supply chain analysis

Research Area: Harare, Shamva, Bindura

Duration; September 2012- September 2013