Sudan ( Northern States) Crop Assessment 2009/2010
Monday, 15 February 2010

AA International Ltd trained MoA and FAO-SIFSIA crops and food supply assessors prior to an Assessment conducted in Nov/ Dec 2009. The Assessment Mission Report was written by AA International's Director, Ian Robinson, from the information obtained by the trained teams and from reports prepared by FAO-SIFSIA, Khartoum. The Mission Highlights are given here and access to the approved version of the report may be found in the Crop and Food Supply Assessments Section of the website:

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NEW Pictorial Evaluation Tools
Friday, 27 November 2009

 

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.

You may download a free copy of the Pictorial Evaluation Tool for Ethiopia from www.techtalk-international.com.

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Tajikistan FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment
Wednesday, 04 November 2009


In July 2009, Ian led an FAO Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission for Tajikistan, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), following a request from the Government to assess the food situation in the country. The Mission's aim was to estimate the 2009 main season (winter and spring) cereal production and forecast the secondary (summer) season cereal crops; assess the overall food supply situation; and estimate cereal import requirements for the 2009/10 marketing year (July/June).

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Bees
Tuesday, 06 October 2009

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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Food Security-avoid the hyperbole
Tuesday, 14 April 2009

The case for a PET (Pictorial Evaluation Tool) for crops at harvest time....

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Drip Irrigation for small vegetable plots
Friday, 13 March 2009

A drip irrigation system for smallholders that is simple and affordable......

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Climate change and food security
Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Climate Change and Food Security- making the best use of rainfall and run off.

Think laterally..

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Food Security-ranking vulnerability
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

A simple yardstick with which to compare levels of national food security between net grain importing countries.

 

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Climate Change Busting:Transplanting
Monday, 02 February 2009

CLIMATE-CHANGE DESERVES NEW IDEAS........... Transplanting sorghum and millet seedlings  is an old idea with a new and relevant application if you do it from pre-rains nurseries.

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Situation Reports, Caucasus and Central Asia
Wednesday, 28 January 2009

 

We are pleased to announce the publication of two situation reviews including crop production, social support and regional market analyses for the Caucasus and Central Asia

On behalf of WFP, Regional Office, Cairo AA international Ltd undertook field missions to the Russian Federation including Ingushetia, Chechnya; Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia during March and April 2008. Field visits were made and detailed discussions held with some 100 key informants in the agricultural, food processing and socio-economic  sectors of these republics. Reviews of reports and statistics were conducted and recommendations made accordingly. The ISBN number of the composite final report is 978 - 0-9560807-0-7. If you would like to order a copy, please contact us

On behalf of WFP, regional Office, Cairo field missions to the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan were undertaken between June and August 2008. Field visits were made and detailed discussions held with 102 key informants in the agricultural, food processing and socio-economic sectors of these countries. Reviews of reports and statistics were conducted and recommendations made accordingly. 

The Executive Summary of the Central Asian Report is available BELOW in this BLOG <see Read More>.

The ISBN number of the composite final report is 978 - 0-9560807-1-4. If you would like to order a copy, please contact us.

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Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission, Ethiopia
Thursday, 08 January 2009

In November/December 2008, AA International Ltd provided the senior agronomist of FAO's Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Ethiopia.

UN FAO Crop and Food Supply Special Report  is now available. 

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Sudan ( Northern States) Crop Assessment 2009/2010

AA International Ltd trained MoA and FAO-SIFSIA crops and food supply assessors prior to an Assessment conducted in Nov/ Dec 2009. The Assessment Mission Report was written by AA International's Director, Ian Robinson, from the information obtained by the trained teams and from reports prepared by FAO-SIFSIA, Khartoum. The Mission Highlights are given here and access to the approved version of the report may be found in the Crop and Food Supply Assessments Section of the website:

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Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission, South Sudan

FAO release 18th February 2010 - full report now available by going to www.fao.org/giews

Mission highlights are summarised in the blog:

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