Agricultural Advice and Rural Assessment Worldwide.

AA International Ltd is a consultancy that specialises in providing agricultural advice, crop and livestock assessmentsrural development, food security and marketing  assessments worldwide. We analyse rural environments with regard to their food security and development potential providing the foundation for optimal natural resource management. AA International Ltd have provided staff for crop and food supply assessments for international agencies in developing countries all over the world.    FOR THE LATEST ACTIVITIES... CLICK ON THE BLOG TAB IN THE TOP ROW OF TABS.  As well as accurate assessments of crop and livestock production, we can also provide practical field manuals in our PET (Pictorial Evaluation Tool) series, advice and training in agriculture and food security assessment.

Practical advice for land managers, be they Farmers in Wales or Project managers in developing countries, is available to subscribers through traditional face-to-face consultancies AND through our innovative e-advisory and mentoring service TechTalk for all levels of operation from planning to the details of implementation. Custom-built, short-term training courses in all aspects of farming, natural resource management and rural environment protection are available on demand.

Our staff and associates have decades of relevant experience and provide services for:

  • UN FAO:   The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
  • UN WFP- World Food Programme 
  • ECHO: The Humanitarian Aid Office of the European Commission
  • Europeaid, EC.
  • DFID:  The British Government's Department for International Development
  • Prominent and highly respected international and national NGOs (OXFAM UK;OXFAM Solidarite;OXFAM Canada;Concern Worldwide;FARM Africa; SOS Faim; SOS Sahel;ACORD;Development Fund, Norway;Christian Aid; CAFOD;REST;CRDA, Ethiopia;

Perhaps most notable is that AA International Ltd staff, highly skilled as agricultural and rural situation assessors, have led or participated in 45 Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions internationally for the FAO/WFP (World Food Programme);

  • conducted over 100 programme evaluations and proposal assessments in Africa and India ;
  • carried out over 100 situation reviews and project identification missions.
  • organised and delivered 100+short term training courses
  • provided technical assistance to help establish and redirect 8 training institutes

AA International Ltd staff have experience of agricultural systems over a vast part of the globe, ranging across the whole of Africa to the Middle and Far East, the Caribbean and the Baltic States.

Ready to face the most challenging of projects, AA International Ltd offers a professional, dedicated and client-focused service. We are responsive and flexible, able to cope with the constant challenges presented by the dynamism of developing environments.

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If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch, using the 'CONTACT US' link provided above.

 

AA International blog

Bees

Bees are becoming the first component marked on the would-be livelihoods card of new projects. You MAY wish to include  them in your project...... but SHOULD you?

 

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NEW Pictorial Evaluation Tools

 

Following in the sequence of PETs (Pictorial Evaluation Tools), AA International Ltd has been requested by UN FAO to prepare 2 new PET manuals for use in Somalia, PET- Crops and PET - Livestock.

As crop assessing for the main 2009/2010 season is under way, improve your estimates of performance by using PET Cereals (Ethiopia) You may download a free copy from www.techtalk-international.com.

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