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- Personal data
- Year of Birth
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- TAA Member No
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- Title
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- Forenames:
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- Surname:
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1960 |
517 |
Ms |
Liz |
KIFF |
- Record of posts and assignments
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Year
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Job Title
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Organisation
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Country
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Responsibilities
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2008
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Evaluator |
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
DPR Korea |
Interim evaluation of Upland Food Security Project.
Responsible for agricultural and environmental protection components (80%
of loan value). |
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2008
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Evaluator |
IFAD |
Sudan |
Country
programme review mission for IFAD. Responsible for evaluation of
agricultural components and analysis of relationship to agricultural
sector. |
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2007
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Evaluator |
IFAD |
Pakistan |
Country
programme review mission for IFAD. Responsible for evaluation of
agricultural components and analysis of relationship to agricultural
sector. |
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2007
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Farming Systems Advisor |
FINNIDA |
Vietnam |
Land use suitability mapping and identification of
sustainable farming systems in Dakrong district phase III of the Quang Tri
Rural Development Programme. |
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2007
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Livelihoods Advisor |
DFID |
Nepal |
Country programme evaluation mission for DFID. Responsible
for evaluation of livelihoods component. |
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2007
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Farming Systems |
IFAD |
Ghana |
Design of Northern Region Growth Project as Farming Systems
member of FAO team, acting for IFAD. Project takes a commodity chain
development approach. |
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2006
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Non-timber Forest Products |
Department for International Development (DfID) |
India |
Evaluation and design of phase two for Madhya Pradesh
Rural Livelihoods Project. |
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2006
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Agricultural Consultant
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
Indonesia
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Re-design of Rural Empowerment and Agricultural
Development project. Responsible for design of on and off-farm enterprise
development component. |
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2006
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Evaluation Consultant |
Oxfam and EU |
Tajikistan
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Mid term evaluation of a joint Oxfam-EU project tackling
food insecurity: A Livelihoods Approach for Tajikistan. |
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2005 |
Extension and Marketing expert
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
Ghana
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End of project evaluation of Upper West Agricultural
Development Project and Upper East Land Conservation and Smallholder
Rehabilitation Project, Ghana. |
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2003-05
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Cropping systems co-ordinator
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Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods project.
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India
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Designed cropping systems strategy, annual work plans
and assisted in analysis and incorporation of findings from participatory
on-farm trials. |
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2002-05
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Farming Systems Consultant
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Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KAWAD), DfID,
member of core team. |
India
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Support and strengthening of community organisations and
development of rural livelihood systems. Produced final technical report
on land development and farming systems activities and two policy briefing
papers. |
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2001-03
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Farming Systems Consultant
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Western India Rainfed Farming Systems Project, DfID
funded. |
India
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New crop identification, participative crop testing and
selection, cost benefit and risk analysis for cultivation of newly
introduced crops. |
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2001-02
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Documentation and Dissemination
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Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development, EU
project. |
India
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Research documentation. Documentation strategy
development and documentation implementation with BAIF Development
Research Foundation. |
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1991-01
1997-00
1996-00
1996
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Principal Scientist
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Natural Resources Institute
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UK based Extended travel to India Zimbabwe Ghana Nepal
Bhutan South Africa
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Led multicultural teams in the development and
implementation of two three-year research projects. Integrated vegetable
production and processing within dry-season farming systems. Improved
strategies for fodder production and management in the mid-hills region of
Nepal. Mid-term review of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants Proj, EU. Programme
development and research strategy development for Natural Resources Systems
Programme. Deputy manager of the £1.2 m Agronomy and Cropping Systems
Research Programme. Post-graduate and VSO training. Cover crop review and
database development. |
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1991-93
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Agroforestry Research Officer |
Nepalese Forestry Research Division |
Nepal
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Institutional strengthening of National Forestry
Research Org |
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1991
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Extension Researcher |
Lumle Agricultural Research Station. |
Nepal
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Evaluation of extension activities and experimentation
with different extension methods. |
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1982-86 |
Community mobilisation |
British VSO |
Philippines |
Community-group and co-operative development, income
generation through improved farming techniques and development of
revolving loan credit systems.
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- Skills, expertise and qualifications
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- Principal Discipline
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Rural Development,
Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, Horticulture, Soils / Land use,
Project management, Training/ Education |
- Subsidiary fields
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Agro-forestry, Food crops, Monitoring and Evaluation,
Participatory development, Project management, Research, Rural Livelihood
Systems, Soil and water conservation, Watershed management.
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- Higher education
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1978 – 1982 University of Reading. BSc (Hons)
Agricultural Botany, UK.
1988 – 1989 University of East Anglia (School of Development Studies) MSc
in Agricultural Research and Dev, UK.
2005-Present University of Surrey, MSc Environmental Strategy.
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- Countries worked in
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Bhutan, Ghana, India, Indonesia, DPR Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, The Philippines,
Sudan, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
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- Languages
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French, Cebuano |
- Webpage
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http://www.theNRgroup.net |
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