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.

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).

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?

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

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

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

Think laterally..

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

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.

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.

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.