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Prashant Rana
Director South & Southeast Asia at Swisscontact
Prashant Rana is the Director of South & Southeast Asia at Swisscontact, a position he has held for over 22 years.4 In this role, he is part of the Middle Management Team and oversees operations and quality for the South East Asia region.15
Professional Responsibilities
As the Director for South & Southeast Asia, Rana's responsibilities include:
- Overseeing Swisscontact's operations in the region
- Ensuring quality of programs and initiatives
- Managing regional teams and projects
Expertise in Sustainable Agriculture
Rana has significant expertise in sustainable agriculture, particularly in the cocoa sector:
- He has been involved in Swisscontact's efforts to support smallholder cocoa farmers in transforming their operations into viable and sustainable businesses.2
- Rana has worked on projects aimed at increasing income levels of farmers living below the poverty line through cocoa production.
- He has contributed to initiatives promoting environmentally responsible and climate-friendly farming practices.
Notable Projects
One of the major projects Rana has been associated with is the Sustainable Cocoa Production Program (SCPP) in Indonesia:
- SCPP was a multi-donor, public-private partnership that ran from 2012 to 2020.
- The program aimed to increase farmer household income from cocoa by 75% and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the cocoa sector by 30%.3
- It facilitated capacity building for 165,000 smallholder cocoa farmers across 11 cocoa-producing provinces in Indonesia.
Rana's work extends beyond cocoa to other commodity sectors such as coffee, rubber, coconut, and palm oil, where he assists companies in developing more competitive, inclusive, green, and resilient supply chains.3
Contact Information
Prashant Rana can be reached at prashant.rana@swisscontact.org.1 His LinkedIn profile can be found under the username prashant-rana-6bb40736.
