Saro Gerd Ratter 

Professional experience:

Current Positions:

•    Co-Director of Soil & Energy GmbH
•    MD of bioSim e.K. – Organic Products and Consulting
•    Member of AK – Cotton Working Group of PAN Germany
Focus on:
Organic Cotton, Internal Control System of smallholder projects, Quality-Management and Trade Promotion

Country experiences in France, Turkey, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique and India.

Selection of activities:
•    Consulting in the development of Quality- and Risk Management Systems for organic cotton projects in India on behalf of a Swiss textile company.
•    Feasibility study for an organic cotton project on behalf of a British textile company in Mozambique
•    Consulting of organic cotton projects on behalf of textile companies and supported by the GTZ-PPP Program in Tanzania and Malawi.
•    Study about the effects of cotton production in Tanzania on behalf of WWF.
•    Feasibility studies on behalf of gtz in Tanzania, Kenya, Senegal, Benin and Burkina Faso.
•    Consulting of organic exporters in Uganda on behalf of the GTZ- Trade Promotion Program - PROTRADE
•    Development of an organic cotton project in Tanzania on behalf of the GTZ-Trade Promotion Program - PROTRADE.
•    Development worker of German Development Service - DED in Rwanda.
•    Joint partner of organic farm in Southern France.

Education:

Agricultural Sciences
(Dipl.-Ing. agr.) from the University of Kassel - Witzenhausen, Germany

Languages:

German (mother tongue)
English (business fluent)
French (fluent)
Kiswahili (basics)

Contact:

Tel.:+49-8171 - 81 88 305
Mobil:+49 (0) 174 20 93 137
mail to Saro Ratter