Luca Mongi
Project Manager (PM)
NOURISH Project - Dodoma, Singida & Manyara
Luca Peter Mongi is a results driven rural development professional with extensive field and management experience in nutrition sensitive agriculture, community mobilization, participatory agricultural extension, institutional strengthening and project management. As Project Manager for the SNV–RECODA NOURISH Project in the Central North zone covering Manyara, Dodoma and Singida regions, he leads project planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and reporting, while providing day to day oversight of project teams, budgets, cash flows, assets and delivery timelines.
Luca has more than five years of progressive experience with Research, Community and Organizational Development Associates (RECODA), where he has grown from Field Officer and Project Officer to Senior Project Officer and Project Manager. He has led and supported donor funded initiatives with development partners including SNV, Farm Africa, T – MARC, the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), SWISSAID Tanzania and Iles de Paix (IDP), working across Morogoro, Singida, Dodoma, Manyara, Iringa, Njombe, Songwe, Mbeya, Ruvuma and Arusha regions, as well as Unguja and Pemba in Zanzibar.
His professional experience spans the full project delivery cycle, including project introduction, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment. Activity and resource planning, budget and cash flow monitoring, data collection and analysis, and preparation of monthly and quarterly progress reports for internal and external stakeholders. He has managed the Boresha Lishe Project in Singida, implemented with WFP and partners including SEMA and TAHEA, and led the FAO - RECODA Smart School Integration Model for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture across Iringa, Njombe, Songwe and Zanzibar. He has also managed the RIPAT pilot project in Iringa and Mbeya and supported the SWISSAID Darwin Initiative project in Tunduru and Namtumbo districts of Ruvuma.
Luca is a skilled trainer and facilitator with strong capability in designing and delivering capacity building programmes for farmers, lead farmers, community groups, teachers, students and extension actors. His technical areas include nutrition sensitive agriculture, Agroecology, GAPs and CSA practices, drip irrigation setup and installation and school based programs. He is also experienced in the Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation (RIPAT) approach, and financial literacy.
He holds a Bachelor of Rural Development from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), complemented by professional training in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) for maternal and child nutrition, climate change adaptation, mitigation and resilience, radio content design, applied research methodology, project proposal writing, seed dealership, safeguarding against sexual misconduct, and fraud and corruption awareness. His analytical and planning competencies include the Logical Framework Approach, SWOT analysis, SPSS, Kobotoolbox and advanced excel. He is a former member of the Sokoine University Graduates Entrepreneur
Cooperative (SUGECO), Rural Development Volunteers Association (RDVA), the Youth of United Nations Association (YUNA) and the SUA Gender Club.
Fluent in English and Kiswahili, Luca combines strong interpersonal, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills with a practical, field-tested approach to teamwork and partnership building. He is committed to evidence-based, participatory and sustainable rural development that improves nutrition, food security, incomes and resilience for smallholder farmers and rural communities.
Luca has more than five years of progressive experience with Research, Community and Organizational Development Associates (RECODA), where he has grown from Field Officer and Project Officer to Senior Project Officer and Project Manager. He has led and supported donor funded initiatives with development partners including SNV, Farm Africa, T – MARC, the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), SWISSAID Tanzania and Iles de Paix (IDP), working across Morogoro, Singida, Dodoma, Manyara, Iringa, Njombe, Songwe, Mbeya, Ruvuma and Arusha regions, as well as Unguja and Pemba in Zanzibar.
His professional experience spans the full project delivery cycle, including project introduction, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning and impact assessment. Activity and resource planning, budget and cash flow monitoring, data collection and analysis, and preparation of monthly and quarterly progress reports for internal and external stakeholders. He has managed the Boresha Lishe Project in Singida, implemented with WFP and partners including SEMA and TAHEA, and led the FAO - RECODA Smart School Integration Model for Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture across Iringa, Njombe, Songwe and Zanzibar. He has also managed the RIPAT pilot project in Iringa and Mbeya and supported the SWISSAID Darwin Initiative project in Tunduru and Namtumbo districts of Ruvuma.
Luca is a skilled trainer and facilitator with strong capability in designing and delivering capacity building programmes for farmers, lead farmers, community groups, teachers, students and extension actors. His technical areas include nutrition sensitive agriculture, Agroecology, GAPs and CSA practices, drip irrigation setup and installation and school based programs. He is also experienced in the Rural Initiatives for Participatory Agricultural Transformation (RIPAT) approach, and financial literacy.
He holds a Bachelor of Rural Development from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), complemented by professional training in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) for maternal and child nutrition, climate change adaptation, mitigation and resilience, radio content design, applied research methodology, project proposal writing, seed dealership, safeguarding against sexual misconduct, and fraud and corruption awareness. His analytical and planning competencies include the Logical Framework Approach, SWOT analysis, SPSS, Kobotoolbox and advanced excel. He is a former member of the Sokoine University Graduates Entrepreneur
Cooperative (SUGECO), Rural Development Volunteers Association (RDVA), the Youth of United Nations Association (YUNA) and the SUA Gender Club.
Fluent in English and Kiswahili, Luca combines strong interpersonal, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills with a practical, field-tested approach to teamwork and partnership building. He is committed to evidence-based, participatory and sustainable rural development that improves nutrition, food security, incomes and resilience for smallholder farmers and rural communities.