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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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1946 |
810 |
Dr |
Euan Francis |
Thomson |
- 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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| 2010 |
Livestock advisor (4 wks) |
GRM International Pty Ltd, Dubai Office, UAE (Omani funded) |
Oman |
Prepare red meat section of food security strategy / master plan; analyse red meat sector, assess potential, meet stakeholders at all levels, make benefit/cost analyses, review policy, recommend policy changes |
| 2009 |
Livestock consultant (trips of 6, 5 wks) |
Solidarites (NGO), Paris/Kabul (EU, AFD–funded project) |
Afghanistan |
Conduct RRAs, identify priority livestock/forage crop interventions to enhance productivity, design monitoring and evaluation protocols, plan/train staff to implement field programme |
| 07, 08 |
Leader, mid/final project evaluations (3, 3 wks) |
Mission d’Aide au dévelopement des économies rurales, Kabul |
Afghanistan |
Evaluation of an animal production and health project funded by EC in eastern Afghanistan |
| 06, 07, 08 |
Livestock production expert (6, 4, 8 wks) |
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Kabul
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Afghanistan |
Research on livestock to inform and improve policy development in Afghanistan |
| 2007 |
Animal health and live-stock specialist (4 wks) |
Hunting Technical Services PE, (ADB-funded) |
Afghanistan |
Identify / prepare animal health and livestock production components of investment project |
| 2007 |
Small ruminant value chains expert (3 wks) |
Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, Washington DC (USAID) |
Kyrgyzstan |
Assess current livestock situation, propose more effective small ruminant value (VC) chains |
| 05 - 06 |
Monitoring expert (trips of 5, 3, 4 wks) |
Dutch Committee for Afghan-istan (USAID-funded), Kabul |
Pakistan |
With survey data evaluate impact of animal health interventions on flock / herd productivity |
| 2005 |
External project evaluator (six weeks) |
Solidarites (NGO), Paris/Kabul (EU–funded project) |
Afghanistan |
Evaluation of project to restore livelihoods and improve food security in Bamyan Province. |
| 2005 |
Project researcher (two trips totalling 12 weeks) |
Macaulay Institute, UK / Mercy Corps (DFID-funded project) |
Afghanistan |
Implemented 3 month project on livestock marketing, organized stakeholder workshop |
| 2004 |
Team leader, livestock consultant (5 weeks) |
Aga Khan Foundation, Mountain Societies Rural Support Prog. |
Kyrgyzstan |
Identify/prioritize priority interventions to generate better incomes for livestock owners |
| 2004 |
External project evaluator (3 weeks) |
Solidarites, Paris/Kabul (EU – funded project) |
Afghanistan
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Evaluate project to restore livelihoods/improve food security of families in Bamyan Province |
| 2002 |
Team leader/workshop coordinator (8 weeks) |
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria (USAID-funded) |
Afghanistan, Syria |
Needs Assessment of the Livestock, Feeds and Rangelands sub-sectors; wrap-up workshop |
| 2001 |
Livestock consultant (5 weeks) |
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK (DFID) |
Kyrgyzstan |
RRA - inception phase of project supporting the livelihoods of livestock producing communities |
| 99 – 01 |
Livestock consultant (3 trips totalling 10 wks) |
Aga Khan Foundation / Mountain Societies Develop. Support Prog. |
Tajikistan |
Needs assessments / training programme to strengthen livelihoods of livestock owners |
| 98 – 03 |
Small ruminant advisor (2–3 mouths each year) |
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria (IFAD, EC funded |
West and Central Asia |
Advising/training national programme scientists in small ruminant/ feed production/ marketing |
| 94 – 98 |
Principal small ruminant researcher |
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria |
Syria, Jordan, Uzbekistan
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Coordinating small ruminant research and collaborating with national scientists |
| 90 – 94 |
ICARDA team leader, small ruminant advisor |
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (AZRI), Quetta (USAID) |
Pakistan |
Institutional strengthening project. project management, coordination, planning, budgeting |
| 80 – 90 |
Livestock researcher (post doc till 1982) |
ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria |
Syria, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey |
Established research programme, conducted collaborative research with national scientists |
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- Skills, expertise and qualifications
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- Principal Discipline
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Livestock |
- Subsidiary fields
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Animal nutrition, Pasture / fodder crops, Farming systems, Marketing, Rural livelihoods systems, Participatory development, Project management, Research, Rural development |
- Higher education
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B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, Wye College (University of London) 1969; M.Phil. Animal Nutrition, Wye College, 1971; Dr Technical Science (PhD, Animal Nutrition/Growth), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1979 |
- Countries worked in
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Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Uzbekistan |
- Languages
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Arabic, German, French, English |
- Download one page CV
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 >>Download CV with further information and contact details (Word doc) CV updated March 2010
This webpage was updated on 28 Apr 2010
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