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	Consulting and Training Our approach Areas of specialisation Our services Geographical specialisation Examples of projets

Our approach

Each country and every region have their own characteristics: natural, cultural and people. We recognise that this diversity is their particular wealth, the strengths and potentials that need to be supported and developed further.

Understanding different points of view and responding to the various realities of the actors involved, is an integral component of our approach. Efficient exchange of experience and knowledge is an indispensable condition. Therefore, we attach particular attention to communication and progress in stepwise learning cycles. We support our partners in the analysis of their specific situation and facilitate the identification of joint solutions.

This active balance of interests is based on the participation of all actors involved and represents the first essential for the sustainability of development measures.

In our practical work we combine a large array of natural and social science based methods and instruments to fulfil our holistic pretension.

Our diverse technical and methodological experience secures a success-oriented steering of development processes. Thereby, we provide assistance to our clients throughout the whole project cycle, from the first stage of a project idea until to the evaluation of project results.

Areas of specialisation:

Smallholder agriculture

• Integration of farming and animal husbandry
• Economic farm enterprises analyses
• Support of farmer organisations
• Plant protection
• Eco-farming
• Agroforestry

Agricultural research and extension

• Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Knowledge Systems (RAAKS)
• Planning and supervision of research projects
• Action research; Action- and decision-oriented investigations
• Networking of research and extension
• Participatory technology development (PTD)
• Didactical training for multipliers: teachers, trainers, extension agents
• Development and use of extension material

• Resource management with self help (RMSH)
• Participatory Integrated Development Approaches (PIDA); Participation of target groups in regional planning.

Our services:

• Feasibility/base line studies
• Moderation of log-frame workshops
• Operational planning
• Support for monitoring and evaluation of project results and impact
• Reviews, evaluation missions
• Training in PCM

• Participatory target group analysis
• Development of teaching curricula e.g. for extension workers, researchers
• Production of teaching materials
• Training in participatory methods (PRA, SEPO/SWAP)
• Training in moderation and visualisation techniques
• Organisation and management of events (conferences, training, workshops, ...)

• Advise on hard- and software
• Troubleshooting and training
• Support for internet access and use
• Publication on CD-ROM
• HTML programming and web page design

Geographical specialisation:

• Participatory development of extension materials on the introduction of herbaceaous legumes into crop rotation to improve soil fertility, Benin, IITA-ILRI.
• Setup of a database for monitoring and evaluation of support to farmer associations and individual livestock keepers, Benin, African Development Bank.
• Setup of an Access/Excel database on monitoring and evaluation of project results and impact of  participatory land use management at village level, GTZ-AfD, Benin.
• Base line study and definition of impact indicators for a regional integrated rural development program in two provinces of Burkina Faso, African Development Bank.
• PRA "train the trainer" course for staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest in Fiji, EU.
• Introductory course on RRA/PRA for students, University of Hohenheim.
• Institutional Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest in Fiji, EU.
• Technical and methodological support and facilitation of the planning of interdisciplinary research on pastoral sheep husbandry in East-Morocco, GTZ.
• Study on the economic viability of dairy cattle in western Turkey, GTZ.
• Accompanying support for the transfers of research findings into extension in West-Kenya, GTZ-CIMMYT.
• Moderation of log-frame workshops for the Pacific Regional Agricultural Programme (PRAP), EU.
• Organisation and management of an international training course on the production and use of agricultural training materials, GTZ-University of Hohenheim.
• Project Cycle Management training for local partner organisations in Burkina Faso, Benin and Pakistan, German Agro Action.
• Training and support of personnel of partner institutions of German Agro Action in the introduction and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems, Burkina Faso, Benin and Pakistan.
• Training of integrated pest management specialists in extension and communication methods and risk analysis for the Moroccan Plant Protection Service, GTZ.
• Animation/moderation of the international strategy workshop on the rehabilitation of the bald ibis (bird) organised by BirdLife International, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Ministère des Eaux et Forêts and GTZ.
• Evaluation of the SWAP/SEPO method, a participatory tool for research planning and evaluation of development activities. Editing and publication of experiences from Morocco and Yemen in form of a CD-ROM (and web page), GTZ.
• Feasibility study for German Agro Action for the implementation of a micro funds project at the African Regional Office of the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction, Kenya.

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