Our Vision
We believe that agriculture, particularly in Africa, has great potential to create income, jobs, food security, and prosperity in the future.
Climate change and fast-growing populations, combined with increasing urbanisation, call for sound and sustainable agricultural production and food value chains.
To achieve and to use the existing potential of the agrifood sector investments and profilisation, good farm management of the agrifood sector is needed.
Also, a modern, applied-oriented formation and education of the people running the agrifood sector has to be developed and connected to the agrifood sector.
Who we are
Discover the skilled professionals driving success at ASC-GA, each bringing unique insights to the agrifood sector.
Peter Gerstmeier
CEO
is a PhD candidate at Wageningen University and a graduate of the MSc International Farm Management program in Triesdorf. He works at the interface of practical farming, teaching, and applied research, including as a research associate in the Erasmus+ BASIS project and national coordinator of the Erasmus Strand 3 project PLEDGE in Uganda. He also manages a 170‑ha mixed farm in southern Germany.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schlauderer
CEO
is professor with over 20 years of expertise in farm management, production economics, business management, and corporate planning, with a strong focus on international cooperation. He has coordinated numerous projects supporting applied agricultural education in Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Ukraine, and holds two honorary doctorates and five honorary professorships.
Ciel da Conceicão
Business Developer
is a business developer, graduated from Indiana University Bloomington (US). He worked at Sonangol and later at Total LNG Angola and Total E&P Angola in commercial and strategic planning roles. From 2011 to 2018, he held senior positions in Angola’s Ministries of Finance and Industry. Since 2018, he has managed Syllipsi, an infrastructure consulting firm active across Africa and globally, and serves as shareholder and board member of ASC‑GA.
Dragan Brkovic
is a specialist in project management and international consortia with over 15 years of experience. He has contributed to more than 20 EACEA‑funded and over 30 donor‑funded international projects, and has coordinated research for strategic national and regional documents in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans. His expertise includes rural development, agricultural economics, and project management. He holds an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Rural Development from Wageningen, Ghent, and Nitra.
Dragan Brkovic
Assoc. Prof., Dr., MBA
is a specialist in linking education and training institutions with the agrifood sector and holds an MBA in Global Sustainability. Her expertise includes farm data collection and management, developing reliable datasets for planning, and leading the Ukrainian Farm Data Network (UFMD). She also designs transdisciplinary projects connecting research, industry, and farms, and supports the development of placement farms and training institutions.