Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, South Sudan
Nature of Work:  As for previous CFSAM's, AA International Ltd staff led a mission to South Sudan to estimate cereal production and to assess the food supply situation for the coming year.
Country: South Sudan
Client: UN FAO
Timing: October 2008 



Title: Review of regional markets and food production in Central Asia.
Countries: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
Client: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Timing: June - August 2008 



Title: Review of regional markets and food production in Caucasus states/countries.
Countries: Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia 
Client: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Timing: April - June 2008 
 
Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, Ethiopia
Nature of Work: In November/December 2007, staff of AA International Ltd led a CFSAM mission, on behalf of the FAO/WFP into Ethiopia. The purpose of this mission was to estimate national cereal and pulse production for the 2008 season as well as to review final estimates of production for the previous season. This information was used to estimate cereal import requirements, including food aid needs, for Ethiopia for the 2008 marketing year.
Country:Ethiopia
Client: UN FAO
Timing: November - December 2007



Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, Sudan
Nature of Work:  As for previous CFSAM's, AA International Ltd staff led a mission to South Sudan to estimate cereal production and to assess the food supply situation for the coming year.
Country: South Sudan
Client: UN FAO
Timing: October 2007


 
Title: FAO Emergency Coordinator, phase III
Nature of Work: Coordination of FAO's agriculture and livestock emergency relief interventions.
Country: Eritrea
Client: UN FAO
Timing: September 2007: third and final phase of a 6 month contract, worked as three visits between January and December 2007



Title: FAO Emergency Coordinator, phase II
Nature of Work: Coordination of FAO's agriculture and livestock emergency relief interventions.
Country: Eritrea
Client: UN FAO
Timing: May-July 2007: second phase of a 6 month contract, to be worked as three visits between January and December 2007



Title: Crop Assessment Training
Nature of Work: Training of staff of the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture, WFP and NGO's on Crop and Livestock Assessing
Country: Rwanda
Client: UN World Food Programme
Timing: 2 weeks during April 2007


Title: External Examiner
Nature of Work: External Examiner to MSc students at the University of Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
Country:Ethiopia
Timing: 1 week during April 2007



Title: Baseline Study Report of Southern Sudan Livelihoods Recovery and Development Project
Nature of Work: Analysis and report on a baseline survey of sample households in Southern Sudan, conducted using the SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions) computer package
Country: UK
Client: FARM-Africa
Timing: November to December 2006


Title: FAO Emergency Coordinator, phase I
Nature of Work: Coordination of FAO's agriculture and livestock emergency relief interventions.
Country: Eritrea
Client: UN FAO
Timing: Jan-Feb 2007: first phase of a 6 month contract, to be worked as three visits of 2 months between January and December 2007



Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, Ethiopia
Nature of Work: In November/December 2006, staff of AA International Ltd led a CFSAM mission, on behalf of the FAO/WFP into Ethiopia. The purpose of this mission was to estimate national cereal and pulse production for the 2007 season as well as to review final estimates of production for the previous season. This information was used to estimate cereal import requirements, including food aid needs, for Ethiopia for the 2007 marketing year.
Country:Ethiopia
Client: UN FAO
Timing: November - December 2006
Partner Organisation: Centre for Arid Zones Studies (CAZS-NR), Universiy of Wales, Bangor, U.K



Title: FAO Guidelines for Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions
Nature of Work: We are currently rewriting the Agricultural chapters of this document for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. These guidelines are produced by FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and are used for Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions (CFSAMs) worldwide, thus helping determine and justify global food aid requirements.
Client: UN FAO
Timing: August - October 2006
Partner Organisation: None



Title: Training Delivery in use of Pictorial Evaluation Tools (PETs)
Nature of Work: During September 2006, AA International Ltd delivered three training courses on the use of PETs for government extension officers as well as UN officers and NGO field workers in South Sudan. These Pictorial Evaluation Tools have been developed by AA International Ltd/ CAZS-NR to assist field workers to determine food crop yields in South Sudan. By comparing and contrasting visual impressions of crops in the field with photographs of crops that depict a range of expected yields, such non-specialist assessors will be able to judge crop yield to a satisfactory degree of accuracy. More information on PETs is given in this website in our Tool Production for Assessments section.
Country: South Sudan
Client: UN FAO
Timing: August - September 2006
Partner Organisation: Centre for Arid Zones Studies (CAZS - NR), University of Wales, Bangor, U.K


Title: Operational Research Capacity Building for Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security
Nature of Work: AA International Ltd, through the activities of its Director, has recently been involved in the preparation of the second phase of this project which aims to improve the sustainabilty of watershed based activities in Tigray, through research, capacity building and proper institutional practices.
Country: Tigray, Ethiopia
Client: Irish Aid
Timing: September 2006 - 2010
Partner Organisations: Mekelle University, Tigray Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, Tigray Integrated Food Security Coordination Office, Relief Society of Tigray (REST), Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS-NR), Department of Food Business and Development, University College Cork and Irish Aid


Title: Support to Southern Sudan Livelihoods Recovery and Development Project
Nature of Work: In May 2006 and again in September 2006, AA International Ltd provided advice and support to key FARM-Africa staff in South Sudan, in the design and conduct of a baseline survey as part of their livelihoods recovery and development project. This visit was the first of a series of "mentoring" visits that will be made by AA International Ltd to this project over its duration.
Country: South Sudan
Client: FARM-Africa
Timing: 2006 - 2009



Title: Improved Integration of Root and Tuber Crops in CFSAM Food Balance Sheets
Nature of Work: In April 2006, AA International Ltd carried out field work in order to develop a practical methodology for the rapid estimation of cassava yields for small-scale farming systems typical to Mozambique. The assessing handbook that was produced from this work is now in the process of being published by FAO.
Country: Mozambique
Client: UN FAO
Timing: April - June 2006
Partner Organisations: Centre for Arid Zones Studies (CAZS - NR), University of Wales, Bangor, U.K


Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, Ethiopia
Nature of Work: In November/December 2005, staff of AA International Ltd led a CFSAM mission, on behalf of the FAO/WFP into Ethiopia. The purpose of this mission was to estimate national cereal and pulse production for the 2005 season as well as to review final estimates of production for the previous season. This information was used to estimate cereal import requirements, including food aid needs, for Ethiopia for the 2006 marketing year.
Country:Ethiopia
Client: UN FAO
Timing: November - December 2005
Partner Organisation: Centre for Arid Zones Studies (CAZS-NR), Universiy of Wales, Bangor, U.K


Title: Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, Sudan
Nature of Work: Similar in purpose to the mission decribed immediately above, in October 2005, AA International Ltd staff led a CFSAM mission to South Sudan to estimate cereal production and to assess the food supply situation for the coming year.
Country: South Sudan
Client: UN FAO
Timing: October 2005
Partner Organisation: Centre for Arid Zones Studies (CAZS-NR), Universiy of Wales, Bangor, U.K



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Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission

October 18th, Ian Robinson returned from South Sudan, where he led an agricultural team, conducting a Crop and Food Supply Assessment for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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Situation Reviews, Central Asia

August 3rd: AA International Ltd Director, Ian Robinson, returned from Central Asia where he  conducted a review of regional markets and food production in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, again for the UN World Food Programme.

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