Year

Job Title

Organisation

Country

Responsibilities

2006

Livestock production expert (six weeks)

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)

Afghanistan

Research on livestock to inform and improve policy development in Afghanistan (completing in 2008)

05 - 06

Monitoring expert (2 trips totalling 5 weeks in 05, 1 trip of 4 weeks in 06)

Dutch Committee for Afghanistan (Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Project, USAID-funded)

Afghanistan

Use field data to evaluate impact of animal health interventions on flock and herd productivity, final reporting of findings

2005

External project evaluator (six weeks)

Solidarites (NGO), Paris/Kabul (EU –funded project)

Afghanistan

Evaluation of project to restore livelihoods and improve food security of families in Bamyan Prov.

2005

Project researcher (two trips totalling 12 weeks)

Macaulay Institute, UK / Mercy Corps (DFID-funded project)

Afghanistan

Implemented field work for a 3 month project on livestock marketing, organized stakeholder workshop

04 – 05

Team leader, livestock consultant (5 weeks)

Aga Khan Foundation, Mountain Societies Rural Support Programme

Kyrgyzstan

Identification and prioritization of priority interventions to generate better incomes for livestock owners

2004

External project evaluator (3 weeks)

Solidarites, Paris/Kabul (EU – funded project)

Afghanistan

Evaluation of project to restore livelihoods and improve food security of families in Bamyan Prov.

2002

Team leader/workshop coordinator (8 weeks)

ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

Afghanistan, Syria

Needs Assessment (RRA, etc) of the Livestock, Feeds and Rangelands sub-sectors in Afghanistan. (USAID-funded) / Wrap-up workshop in Syria

2001

Livestock consultant (5 weeks)

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK

Kyrgyzstan

RRA - inception phase of project supporting the livelihoods of livestock producing communities in mountain areas. (DFID-funded)

99 – 01

Livestock consultant (3 trips totalling about 10 weeks)

Aga Khan Foundation / Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (NGO)

Tajikistan

Needs assessments / training programme to strengthen livelihoods of livestock-owning communities in mountainous areas. (Various donors)

98 – 04

Small ruminant/ forage production advisor (2–3 months each year)

ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

West and Central Asia

Advising / training national programme scientists in small ruminant / feed production / marketing (EU (Silsoe College) / IFAD-funded projects.

94 – 98

Principal small ruminant researcher

ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

Syria, Jordan, Uzbekistan

Coordinating small ruminant research and collaborating with national scientists.

90 – 94

Team leader, small ruminant / forage crop / range advisor

ICARDA/Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Arid Zones Research Institute), Quetta

Pakistan (Quetta)

Project management, coordination, planning, budgeting, reporting to USAID in institutional strengthening project.

80 – 90

Small ruminant researcher (post doc, promoted in ’82 and ’86)

ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

Syria, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey

Established research programme, conducted collaborative research with national programme scientists on small ruminant feeding / forage use.