Yusuf Dollah Fou’ad has been the Interim Country Manager for HarvestPlus Nigeria since September 2021. He has worked for HarvestPlus Nigeria since 2017, previously as Crop Delivery Manager. Before joining HarvestPlus Nigeria, Dollah has worked with the National Cereals Research Institute as a Casual Farm Attendant, the Agricultural Credit Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Niger State Agricultural Development Project as a Principal Extension Supervisor. Other positions he has held include Program Manager, Partnership Opportunities For Women Empowerment Realization (P.O.W.E.R), Agribusiness Coordinator of Project Awake, and Rice Value Chain Advisor/Deputy Nigerian Team Leader for the GIZ-Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI). He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Nigeria, and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, and a Higher National Diploma in Agricultural Extension & Management. He is also a Certified Agribusiness Consultant and a Value Chain Expert with focus on Private Sector Agricultural Initiatives.