Eng. Mohamed Ali ATIG

I am a consultant, project manager, and evaluator at FAO - AGRIDEV - ILO currently living in Tunis, Tunisia. My interests range from entrepreneurship to innovation. I am also interested in volunteering, martial arts, and reading.

I am rural economist and activist for developing local and sustainable agricultural value chains, I am Value links certified trainer and Trainer of Trainer, and in general consultant in food value chains initiatives implementation.

I have been in charge of several project as team player role and in some other ones as team leader. My performances fields are agri-food value chains, agrifinance and microfinance initiatives, decent job creation or acceleration projects.

I also, played a key role for facilitation targeting job creation in agribusiness fields through stakeholders round discussions (agrifinance products design) or project design phases such as my contribution to the TRACE project funded and executed by the WB to facilitate the agripreneurs incubation and support to their business initiatives.

I had been in charge for several workshops in local or regional levels to initiate dialogue for youth in rural area to discuss strategies or job creation through supporting value chain implementation.

I contributed to expertise mission, consulting role and evaluation positions as economist, financial evaluator or rural job creation project. My main clients or stakeholders for the projects are: IFAD, ILO, GIZ, FAO, IFC, EU, and some private funds in Agri finance SANAD and finance in motion, ISDB.

I am supporting also some project aiming for food sovereignty.

I am a consultant and coach for entrepreneurial initiatives.

20 years of experience, MENA coverage experience.