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Personal data

Year of Birth	TAA Member No	Title	Forenames:	Surname:
1938	1383	Mr	Geoffrey Robert Andrew	KIRK

Record of posts and assignments

Year	Job Title	Organisation	Country	Responsibilities
2004	Consultant	EU/HTSPE	Laos	Conduct external final evaluation on the Lao PDR – EU Livestock Development Project in the Lao PDR.
2004	Consultant	FAO	Italy	Consultant with FAO working on Rehabilitation Preparation for Asian Avian Influenza crisis and preparation and coordination of guidelines for emergencies.
2003	Pasture Specialist	EU/ Progress Consulting	Europe	Pasture specialist working on a research project for EU, relating to pasture and grazing land distribution and composition.
2002	Team Leader	AfDB/ Agristudio	Ethiopia	Team Leader and range management specialist on beginning of project funded by AfDB to survey existing situation and requirements of different ethnic groups of pastoralist herders in over 50 sites.
2002	Team Leader	GTZ/GFA	Ethiopia	Ethiopia. Organise biodiversity survey for social forestry project funded by GTZ in Tigray Province
2002	Research	Self	Peru	Input to further research NGOs and to evaluate national certification of organic agricultural and food products and possibility of small holder participation.
2001	Livestock Adviser	Agriplan/DFID	Sierra Leone	Livestock adviser for DFID/CRP Community Integration Programme, Sierra Leone. Identification of constraints to redevelopment of the livestock sub sector in DFID/CRP area and in general I Sierra Leone. To advise on strategies.
2001	M7E Specialist	EU/Agristudio	Laos	Third input as Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Consultant for the Lao PDR – EU Livestock Development Project in the Lao PDR.
2001	Livestock/ Pasture Ecology Specialist	World Bank/FAO	India	Livestock and Pasture Ecology Specialist FAO World Bank second Project Preparation Mission for Watershed Protection and Rehabilitation Project.
2000	Livestock/ Pasture Ecology Specialist	World Bank/FAO	India	Livestock and Pasture Ecology Specialist FAO World Bank Project Preparation Mission for Watershed Protection and Rehabilitation.
2000	Range M’gement / Livestock Specialist	IFAD	Turkey	Range management and Livestock Specialist IFAD participatory livestock, forage and rangeland programme mission.
2000	Pasture Agronomist	EU/MS	China	Fifth input as Pasture Agronomist and Forage Production Specialist on the EU-China water Buffalo Project in Beijing and Yunnan Province.
2000	Team Leader	EU/HTS	Hungary	Feasibility studies for the proposed grant aid of state owned agricultural and agro-industry enterprises in Hungary on behalf of EU HYFERP.
2000	M&E Specialist	EU/Agristudio	Laos	Monitoring and evaluation consultant for the Lao PDR – EU Livestock Development Project in the Lao PDR, Second input.
2000	Researcher	Self	Peru	Fact finding mission researching NGOs operating in Peru
1999	Team Leader	EU/IGAD/ RWA	Eastern Africa	Livestock production specialist and team leader for formulation and assessment of regional livestock development programme for IGAD in 10 countries [EU funded]

Skills, expertise and qualifications


Principal Discipline	Agriculture
Subsidiary fields	Rural Development, Livestock, Animal Production, Project Preparation/Appraisal, Range Management, Pasture/ fodder crops, Farming Systems, Environmental impact, M&E
Higher education	M. Phil. 1971 Leeds. Growth and Development Studies/ Animal Nutrition B. Sc. Agric Leeds. 1966
Countries worked in	Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Botswana, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Holland, Hungary, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, St Kitts/ Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, UK, USA, Zimbabwe.
Languages	Spanish, Kiswahili, Portuguese, French, English
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