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Euan Thomson CV

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Personal data
Year of Birth
TAA Member No
Title
Forenames:
Surname:

 1946

810

 Dr

 Euan Francis

 Thomson

Record of posts and assignments


Year


Job Title

Organisation

Country

Responsibilities
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

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

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

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
Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Livestock
Subsidiary fields
Animal nutrition, Pasture / fodder crops, Farming systems, Marketing, Rural livelihoods systems, Participatory development, Project management, Research, Rural development
Higher education 
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 
Afghanistan, Egypt, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Uzbekistan
Languages
Arabic, German, French, English
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