Key Qualifications:

• Policy Analysis, Project Design and Evaluation
• Credit and marketing for farm, agribusiness and exports, and non-farm small businesses, including fisheries and aquaculture and businesses operated by farmers’ & women’s organizations
• Institutional analysis and land tenure
• Enterprise-level statistical surveys
• Conflict resolution, post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction and food security issues

Education:

• Ph.D., Agricultural Economics/Ibero-American Studies/Statistics/Farm Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984.
• M.S., Agricultural Economics/Rural Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
• B.A., History/French, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1966.
• High School, French/Latin, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA, 1961.

Other training:

• Portuguese Language, Centro de Estudos Brasileiros (Rome, Italy 1988 & Georgetown, Guyana, 1998)
• Spanish Language and Literature, Université de Laval, Québec, PQ, Summer 1966
• FCC first-class radio-telephone, second-class radio telegraph, & amateur extra class radio licenses, Summer 1962
• Private pilot's license and instrument rating, Flying Club, San Fernando, Chile, 1969

Experience Record:

14 September to 2009 to 13 September 2010 Financial Services Specialist, Mali , setting up a system to guarantee access to finance for farmers, women and their producer organizations, promoting value-chain and bonded warehouse financing, and designing a land payment system to provide beneficiaries of an irrigation project with titles to their land and improved access to medium-term finance.

24 August to 14 September 2009 Economy and Market Development Expert in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the design of SIDA’s pro-poor, gender-sensitive, and market-oriented development program, recommending institutional partnerships and geographical areas of concentration.

October 2008 to April 2009 Team Leader in Ethiopia for a lessons learned study of an innovative CIDA-funded food security, income-generation and asset creation project in eastern Amhara region.

7 January to the 15 October 2008 Team Leader in Ethiopia for the World Bank-financed “Tana Beles Growth Corridor Endowments, Potentials and Constraints” study for the Ministry of Water Resources analyzing growth based on development of irrigation, regional marketing, finance, public-private partnerships and agribusiness.

November 2007 Agribusiness Expert designing methodology for an evaluation of USAID projects in Serbia.

14 August – October 9 2007 Proposal Writer, Uganda carrying out fieldwork in northern Uganda, meeting local authorities, development partners and recruiting prospective staff and local subcontractors, arranging public-private partnerships and preparing the technical proposal for USAID’s SPRING project.

29 June – 7 August 2007 Team Leader, Uganda evaluating USAID’s agricultural productivity enhancement project related to technological adoption, increased production, producer organizations, group marketing, linkages to financial institutions, and public-private partnerships.

2 June – 24 June 2007, Enterprise Specialist, Huambo, Angola analyzing potential opportunities arising in peri-urban and rural areas due to improvement in property rights.

5-21 May, 2007 Team leader, Conakry, Guinea for the agriculture and natural resource management component of a better governance project during the start-up phase, preparing protocols for future collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and contacting UN agencies concerning relevant activities.

9 April to April 30 2007 Data Quality Expert, Managua, Nicaragua responsible for evaluating quality of export, domestic, sales and other indicators of financial success of USAID projects for raising rural income.

18 February to 31 March, 2007 Team Leader, Madagascar for an evaluation of Food Security Project based in Moramanga with Title II funding from USAID. The evaluation covered contributions to improving agricultural production & marketing, health, family-planning & nutrition, road & irrigation infrastructure, natural resource management, & land tenure; proposed major changes in ADRA operations and supervision.

26 November 2006 to January 19, 2007 Agricultural Economist, Senegal for an evaluation of a USAID-funded natural resource management project, responsible for analyzing the economic pillar of a tripartite strategy of nature, wealth and power. Analysis focused on how project interventions increasing income from forest and non-traditional agricultural products and revenues to local government succeeded in raising community interest in improved management of community forests and other resources.

16 April to 19 May, 2006 Economist/Land Tenure Survey Manager, Kyrgyzstan for USAID responsible for the design, supervision and analysis of a survey of 550 farmers and local government officials concerning terms of agricultural leases, production, soil and water conservation and investment decisions on leased land and recommendations on improvements in leasing arrangements and the ultimate transfer of leased land to farmers.

11 January to 22 March 2006 Fisheries Economist, Indonesia assessing policies, strategies and subsidies in the marine and fisheries sector, and define investments to promote growth and reach its export potential.

27 October to 18 November 2005 Proposal writer at ARD Inc., Burlington, Vermont for USAID/Ethiopia's.z

10 September to 20 October 2005 microfinance Expert, Sri Lanka assessment of microfinance opportunities in the wake of the tsunami and proposing changes in products, procedures and reporting requirements to overcome low funds uptake and to encourage greater interest by MFIs in USAID funds offered for recovery.

18 June to 15 July 2005 Team Leader/Strategic Planning Specialist for SIDA developing a strategic plan to guide Uganda Beef Producers’ Association in improving services to members, generating additional revenue to increase its sustainability, expanding membership to cover a broader spectrum of livestock producers, processors and input suppliers, and making the association more representative of the interests of stakeholders in the beef and meat sub sectors.

17 February to 15 April 2005 Agricultural Credit and Marketing Specialist for an evaluation of USAID’s Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia (ACE) program managed by ACDI/VOCA, responsible for writing the evaluation report analyzing program impact on numbers of cooperatives, volume of business, formation of savings and credit cooperatives, training activities, and farmer incomes, livelihoods and food security.

25 November 2004 to January 10, 2005 Team Leader/Agricultural Economist for ADRA Guinea, responsible for the final evaluation of its USAID-funded PADRAS project improving food security through new farming technologies, natural resource management, and income-generating activities.  Recommendations covered a sustainable exit strategy for the microfinance component, the need to use farm chemicals (including insecticides), and improvements in the monetization of PL-480 Title II vegetable oil.

27 June to 2 October 2004 Agricultural Credit Risk Specialist for USAID’s Mali Finance project managed by Chemonics, preparing budgets for major crops grown in the southern part of the country (including cotton, potatoes, mangos, irrigated rice, onions, tomatoes and sesame), analyzing agronomic, input supply, and marketing constraints, as well as imports and exports, and assessing the risk associated with financing these crops. Work also involved estimating the repayment capacity of farmers for short-, medium- and long-term loans, recommending changes in agricultural lending policies, and development of new agricultural lending policies and new loan products to allow the two major microfinance institutions to better serve the population and to improve their capacity to analyze farm loans.

18 March to 2 May 2004 Income-Generating Activity Specialist for the Government of Mozambique’s Ministry of Women and Coordination of Social Action, training social action staff in program design and implementation, evaluating its on-going support to income-generating activities for welfare recipients, and proposing changes in selected activities to reduce risks and to improve success rate of welfare recipients in setting up their own micro enterprises.

1 to 23 February 2004 Rural Land Tenure/Agriculture Specialist in Kosovo on an ARD team carrying out a study for USAID of land and property rights and their impact on economic development and finance for enterprises including agricultural crops (potatoes, vegetables, etc), dairy, and trout aquaculture and on improving property rights to increase the use of immoveable property as collateral for bank finance.

18 October 2003 to January 26 2004 Agricultural Economist on an ARD team preparing an Agricultural Sector Assessment for USAID/Guinea, focusing on the contribution of the sector to poverty reduction. Responsible for preparing in-depth analysis of key agricultural sub sectors and identify their constraints, opportunities and potential interventions over the next five years. Work include in-depth studies of major crops such as cashews, oil palm, rice, irrigated dry season vegetables, marine and continental fisheries and aquaculture, and the marketing of fertilizer and other farm chemicals, and contributing to analysis of the financial sector and its support to agricultural marketing and production.

12 September to 17 October 2003 Fertilizer Credit Specialist for the International Fertilizer Development Center in Malawi, reviewing the need for an access to and the sources of credit by fertilizer dealers; both local currency and dollar and rand finance for fertilizer imports were analyzed. Work included analysis of use of fertilizer stocks in bonded warehouses as collateral (inventory credit) and on other possible sources of guarantees to supplement dealers own contributions to the finance of fertilizer imports and in-country inventories.

24 April to 20 May, 2003 Housing microfinance Expert, Kigali, Rwanda, for the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) analyzing the performance of housing and home improvement lending by Rwandan credit unions and their national union (UBPR). A program for establishing in-house expertise in construction, for improving existing loan products, and for developing a product combining member savings with home purchase finance was designed. New products for commercial construction loans and for salary advances used for home improvement were also proposed.

11 February to 15 March, 2003 Senior Trade Analyst, Bamako, Mali for the preparation of a proposal in response to a USAID RFP for an agricultural trade promotion project. Responsible for analysis of the trade impacts of civil war in Ivory Coast, border-trade, irrigated rice sector (production, milling and marketing), horticultural crops, quality assurance and control systems (laboratories, HAACP, etc.), infrastructure, MIS and information and communication programs, and trade and marketing finance.

31 October to 18 December 2002 Senior Agricultural and Food Security Analyst on an evaluation team USAID/Malawi’s program for increasing rural incomes, assessing the impact of 1) the consolidation of the national small holders producers organization (NASFAM) as a major trading company for exporting and processing smallholder agricultural products, 2) a dairy industry development program with Land O’Lakes, 3) the expansion of rural credit unions, and 4) an HYV-seed-and-fertilizer-for-work project improving food security for low-income families while improving their road access.

1 September to 26 October 2002 Agricultural Marketing Policy Analyst funded by IFAD for the Agricultural Policy Support Project (PAMA) in Mozambique, reviewing the literature and current studies related to agricultural marketing for small farm, analyzing policies and legislation, and identifying the institutions and stakeholders having legitimate interests in agricultural policy decisions. The report analyzes the existing policy formulation process and proposes a framework in which PAMA can operate to improve transparency, ensure small farmers input into the decision-making process and accelerate changes in marketing policies and procedures favoring small farmers and their associations.

1 July to 3 August 2002 Economic Analyst, funded by CARE International on behalf of a consortium of NGOs, responsible for collecting data, modeling the cost of 16 years of conflict in northern Uganda’s Acholiland to the regional and national economies, and contributing to a negotiated solution.

13 April 2002 to 13 June 2002 Marketing and Rural Enterprise Development Expert, DFID-funded project for Teso and Lango farming systems (Soroti and Lira districts in northern Uganda), analyzing marketing and enterprise development constraints and identifying opportunities for new and existing crop and livestock activities and service sector businesses, with the aim of integrating this market-oriented focus into the research program of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) and into the extension activities of the National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAADS) in its support formation and development of producer organizations, and of creating specialized competitive grant funds for marketing and enterprise development studies to encourage businesses to expand and to take advantage of the opportunities emerging in the regions.

20 August 2001 to 2 November, 2001 and 19 November to 14 December 2001 microfinance Housing Consultant, PLAN International, preparing a proposal for Phase II of a microfinance for housing cum technical assistance project for low-income families. Work also entails assisting PLAN in identifying funding sources, preparing grant proposals for expansion of the program in 5 existing countries (Latin America and Sri Lanka) and its replication in a similar number of new countries in Africa and elsewhere.

4 April 2001 to 25 May, 3 to 18 November, 2001and 19 December 2001 to 26 January 2002 Information and Communications Expert, Mali for USAID reviewing the information and communications needs of the umbrella association of microfinance institutions (APIM) and its 24 members and developing a strategy for meeting APIMs needs, including computerization of its operations (hardware, software, web site email systems, electronic bulletin) and those of its members. Work included developing a communications strategy for the marketing of the microfinance industry as a whole and coordinating the media campaigns of individual MFIs with the overall industry strategy. The report is in French. Handled press relations to launch the communications strategy with a week-long microfinance Week conference with nationwide media coverage and designed a media campaign for the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament.

31 May to 1 August 2000 Agricultural Economist and Credit Expert evaluating the strategy of alternative development of the Government of Peru supported by USAID for farmers in the Peruvian selva in coca-producing zones. Farmers were interviewed concerning their production of coca and alternative crops and livestock activities, marketing arrangements, means of financing their farming and other activities, and their property rights. Managers of farmer cooperatives and privately owned agribusinesses processing, marketing and exporting coffee, cocoa, bananas, beans, rice, hearts of palm, pineapple and other non-traditional export crops were also consulted. Financial analysis of priority activities was carried out. Roles of farmer organizations in marketing were also analyzed; support of NGOs was also evaluated.

29 April to 29 May, 2000 Rural Organizations Specialist, Mali, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi, analyzing technical and financial support to producers’ organizations in Africa for improving collective marketing, input supply and service provision to members. A major focus of the study was on the process of building trust and long-term relationships between producer organizations and the processors, traders and agroexporters buying their products. The report made recommendations for strategies to improve USAID’s support for rural producers’ associations throughout Africa.

13 March to 27 April 2000 Rural Enterprise Expert, Philippines, proposing to broaden agribusiness and marketing activities and improve resource use for an FAO farming systems development project and to improve the selection of farm, non-farm and forest-based enterprises, the way enterprises are managed by farmer cooperatives and individuals, and the provision of technical assistance, training and credit for non-farm activities carried out by women and other members of agrarian reform communities.

January 29 to March 12, 2000, Senior Institutional Management Specialist, Egypt, assessing impacts of the research, design and implementation and the monitoring, verification and evaluation units on success of an agricultural policy reform program. The major focus of this program is on improving the regulatory environment and enabling rules and acts governing agribusinesses and exporters of Egyptian farm products.

October 2 to November 12, 1999, Farmer Organization Specialist, Mozambique, responsible for an assessment of farmer associations supported by USAID/Mozambique and US NGOs to determine “Best Practices” to achieve results in collective marketing of agricultural products. Support provide by US and UK NGOs (CLUSA, CARE, World Vision, ACDI/VOCA, Freedom from Hunger, etc.) to farmer organizations and by TechnoServe and the Cashew Industry Support project (Nampula) to processors and agribusinesses was also analyzed. Best practices were identified and recommendations made for linking farmer organizations with agribusinesses engaged in marketing, processing and exporting.

July 31 to September 17, 1999 Labor Economist, Cashew Processing Industry Study, Mozambique funded by World Bank responsible for analyzing jobs losses in old capital-intensive factories and determining appropriate compensation for workers. Potential gains in employment in new small plants using appropriate (Indian) labor-intensive technologies in cashew processing were estimated. Proposals were concerning marketing constraints on establishing new, small-scale plants and for raw cashew exports.

June 16-July 27, 1999 Financial Policy Advisor for the Fondo Peru Canada evaluating the microfinance institutions the Fondo supports and advising on the formalization of their activities to provide continuity in the provision of financial services to the poor for their farm and non-farm small businesses and micro enterprises.

November 30 to December 18, 1998 Agricultural Finance Expert for USAID/Honduras responsible for reviewing requirements and options for financing agricultural reconstruction. The mechanisms proposed included refinancing and special lines of credit for participating banks and other financial institutions.

May 13 to 4 July 4, 1998 Land Tenure Analyst, Guyana preparing a program and financing mechanism for conversion of land leases to freehold property, establishing criteria and priorities for areas and farmers to be covered in initial years of program operation. The impact of the change-over to freehold tenure on the development of farm-processing and non-farm rural businesses was also assessed.

July 8 to August 9 & Sept. 20 to 17 October, 1998 Fisheries Credit Expert for FAO and Morocco's Office National de Pêche supporting expansion of the mutual loan guarantee system to cover remaining ports and increasing membership and raising system revenues.

January 31 to March 29, 1998 Rural Savings and Credit and Micro enterprise Development Expert analyzing credit requirements of natural resource management activities and micro enterprises in rural communities in Senegal and designing a credit component in partnership with this USAID-financed NRM project and local financial institutions.

April 6, 1997- 10 October, 1997 microfinance Expert and Operations Analyst preparing the African Development Fund's US$ 10 million microfinance Initiative for Africa (AMINA) proposal to support urban and rural micro enterprises. Work also included up-dating the African Development Bank operations manual.

November 3 to December 2, 1996 Artisanal Fisheries Credit & Financial Analyst analyzing informal credit and marketing systems for fishermen, women fish processors and fish traders for a JICA artisanal fisheries project on the north coast of Senegal. Credit for marketing and processing was emphasized.

5 July to 9 August 1996 Agricultural Economist Sierra Leone analyzing the commercial market for cassava, sweet potatoes and yams in the fresh food market and processed (gari) for storage and export. Recommendations were made on the need for warehousing at the port and for working capital for an agricultural marketing company supporting marketing activities for all IFAD-funded projects in the country.

27 April to 11 May 1996 Agricultural Economist for FAO, Ethiopia estimating costs and assisting in the design of trials for treatment of external parasites in sheep and goats to improve the quality of skins and facilitate the production of export-quality hides for the European market.

3 March to 17 April 1996 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Morocco, designing a farm-level data collection and analysis system to monitor progress in achieving the production, marketing and income objectives of a USAID-funded irrigation project.

17 October to 14 November 1995 Credit Consultant for Save the Children (USA) in Malawi designing a credit system for processing and petty trade micro enterprises of low-income women widowed by AIDS.

25 August to 24 September 1995 Credit Consultant to GTZ-Malawi on designing a credit program for introduction of resource-conserving technology in lake fisheries and for financing a pond-culture production system for producing and marketing tilapia fish and dry-season vegetables.

16 May to 20 September 1995 Income-Generating Activities Expert, FAO evaluating markets of alternative agricultural and non-farm small businesses in fishing communities around Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe and designing a credit program to support their expansion. Profitability of sun-drying and salting fish for sale in Malawi and for border trade in processed fish to nearby Mozambique was analyzed.

10 April to 3 May 1995 Agricultural Economist, Guinea evaluating income-generating activities encouraged by a USAID-funded natural resources management project in the Fouta-Djallon highlands, including markets and finance for dry-season vegetable production and non-agricultural small businesses. The shortage of finance as a constraint to the development of these enterprises was also analyzed.

April 1995 Research Analyst for a private client carrying out a desktop study of commercial fishing in the Aegean Sea to help ensure secure routing of submarine cables and minimize damage from trawling.

9 January to 7 March 1995 Agribusiness and Marketing Consultant, Mozambique responsible for an impact analysis of imports of US-made equipment and food on farm production and on establishing free markets in farm inputs and agricultural products. Managers of agricultural processing and marketing businesses were also interviewed, and an assessment was made of the commodity import program’s impacts on improving the ability of these enterprises to compete in the liberalized Mozambican economy.

25 September to 7 December 1994 Rural Credit Specialist, Burma for FAO designing a credit system for four FAO-implemented agro-forestry and agriculture projects to support farming, fishing, agricultural marketing and rural non-farm businesses, including small processing and trading enterprises of women.

11 May to 11 September 1994 Fisheries Economist, Mexico, FAO analyzing viability and investment in fish capture, processing and marketing in Mexican fisheries and aquaculture (including land-titling and credit for aquaculture projects). Macroeconomic factors affecting fisheries investment (including overvaluation of the currency) were highlighted three months prior to the devaluation of the peso. Economic and financial analysis of various types of fisheries and aquaculture activities was also carried out.

4 April to 9 May 1994 Rural Organizations and Credit Analyst, Honduras for FAO, evaluating an agro-forestry and natural resource management project, including the contribution of its credit component to the achievement of project objectives.

3 to 19 January 1994 and 15 November to 23 December 1993 Agricultural Economist, Eritrea responsible for economic analysis and design of the credit component. The project focused on rehabilitating production using spate irrigation to permit self-sufficiency in grain. The proposal to reestablish of off-season vegetable production oriented toward export to the Italian market was also analyzed.

10 July to 10 August 1993 Economist, Bangkok, Asia and Pacific Region, FAO analyzing the regional fertilizer market including production, marketing, consumption and trade.

15 August to 4 October 1993 Agricultural Economist, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru evaluating the alternative development strategy of providing marketing support and community infrastructure to encourage switching from coca production to other crops. Small processing plants funded by UNIDO were analyzed.

11 February to 20 May 1993 Agricultural Economist, Belize, FAO analyzing Government’s import substitution policy for raw and processed agricultural and livestock products; a recommendation was made to support non-traditional farm exports to the North American market. Subsequently at the request of FAO, a proposal for Belize for a study of non-traditional exports was prepared and approved for funding.

17 November to 15 December 1992 and 1-10 January 1993 Fisheries Credit Expert, Ecuador designing a credit component for a GTZ artisanal fisheries project, including support for fish-processing.

18 August to 5 November 1992 Fisheries Credit Expert, FAO, Pakistan analyzing market potential and finance for the fish capture, fish-processing and fish meal industries, with a major focus on export-markets.

4 April to 10 August 1992 and 8 August to 22 December 1991 Team Leader/Agricultural Economist, Uganda funded by AfDB responsible for designing a national lending program for farmers, artisanal fishermen and other rural small businessmen and women.

2 May to 30 June 1991 Project analyst, Rome, for FAO's World Food Programme Liaison Office analyzing proposed WFP development projects.

20 October 1990 to 19 February 1991 Institutional analyst for USAID-funded agricultural sector assistance program in Zimbabwe, evaluating a commodity import program and the impact of individual rural development projects financed by local currency revenues

10 August to 29 September 1990 Agricultural Economist, Chapare, Bolivia, evaluating a USAID-funded crop and livestock production alternatives to coca production supported by cash grants for eradication, land titles, credit and basic infrastructure. Various processing and product marketing enterprises were analyzed.

13 March 17 May 1990 Economic Analyst and Credit Expert, Honduras, analyzing marketing mechanisms and loan portfolios of the agricultural cooperatives packing and exporting melons and other non-traditional products to the North American market, funded by USAID.

10 August to 10 October 1989 Financial Analyst, Cairo, Egypt, USAID-funded, developing an economic and financial analysis capability for the analysis of potable water and sewerage investment projects in the Nile River valley and delta.

24 April to 4 August 1989 Project Analyst, Rome, in the FAO’s liaison office, providing technical support in design and appraisal of WFP development projects.

16 March to 4 April 1989 Agricultural Economist, Sao Tomé e Principe, FAO evaluating the impact of WFP food aid on rehabilitating cocoa production and processing, encouraging food production by plantation workers and supporting privatization of state farms.

21 October to 23 December 1988 Agricultural Economist, Honduras, for a USAID-funded policy study analyzing exchange rate, land tenure, marketing, export disincentives and financial constraints on private sector investment in production and processing of domestic and export crops.

16 August to 16 October 1988 Author/Credit Expert, FAO, Rome writing a manual on managing credit components of artisanal fisheries projects.

9 July to 9 August 1988 Agricultural Economist, Honduras, FAO evaluating impacts of WFP food aid on production of basic grains and on adoption of soil conservation techniques.

Nov. 1987 to April 1988 Senior Economist for Latin America, IFAD, Rome responsible for preparing macroeconomic and agricultural country assessments for proposed projects.

11 October to 1 November 1987 Consultant, FAO, Swaziland reporting on a results of a marketing project for reporting crop and livestock prices; marketing margins for the maize-milling industry were analyzed.

July 1985 to August 1986 Agricultural Credit Expert, FAO, Malaysia, directing a survey of 2,000 small farmers and artisanal fishermen to assist the Malaysia's Agricultural Development Bank in improving its lending policies, procedures and loan recovery.

November 1984 to February 1985 and April to June 1985 Socioeconomic indicator's database developer, FAO, Rome, developing a database of rural development statistics.

March 1985 Agricultural Economist, Honduras, USAID-funded evaluating the financial and institutional viability of the Federation of Coffee Producers and member cooperatives.

March to October 1984 Land Tenure Analyst, FAO, Rome responsible for the design of a multi-country study of landless workers, promoting wage income, better access to land and more non-farm businesses.

January 1982 to February 1984 Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, teaching business statistics and statistical applications on the main-frame and personal computers.

Three months between 1980 to 1984 (various dates) Cooperative Credit Consultant, Inter-American Foundation, Dominican Republic, evaluating the portfolio of the rural cooperative finance company and reviewing and criticizing inaccurate agribusiness feasibility studies prepared to support loan applications.

8 July to 30 August 1983 Credit Consultant, Haiti. USAID analyzing group credit provided to small farmers and the implications of proposed lending for large-scale private sector agribusiness investments.

February to March 1983 Consultant for the Land Tenure Center, USAID-funded, evaluating production, marketing and repayment capacity of small farmers in the Bolivian Chaco on loans for land-clearing services, building stock water ponds and annual crop production. Processing industries were also reviewed.

July – August 1982 Research Assistant, Land Tenure Center of the University of Wisconsin, in charge of the production function analysis of a data set from a farm-level survey of small farms and agrarian reform cooperatives in El Salvador.

September 1979 to April 1980 Research assistant, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, assisted in developing a methodology for the evaluation of credit components of rural development projects in Latin America.

March to July 1979 Consultant, International Labour Organization, Santiago, Chile analyzing changes in employment and labor structures on large farms in Chile's Central Valley between 1966 and 1975.

August 1978 to February 1979 Consultant, SERPLAC Sixth region, Government of Chile, analyzing the market potential of principal annual crops and livestock activities and export fruit crops on farms of varying size and tenure types. Packing and export-marketing of fruit were analyzed in view of their high potential.

March 1978 to July 1978 Director of a farm-level survey, SERPLAC, Seventh Region and Natural Resources Institute, Government of Chile, responsible for questionnaire design, training, revision of the sampling procedures and management of field work for a survey of 450 small and large farms producing and marketing crops for the domestic and export markets, including fruit, beans and other legumes.

January 1973 to September 1975 Research Assistant, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, responsible for the Bolivia report and the preparation of two case studies based on farm-level production and marketing survey data, for the World Bank's Comparative Study of Land Reform in Five Latin American Countries.

Membership:

Member, Terra Institute (Corporation focusing on land issues and property rights, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin).

April 2005, Tsunami Reconstruction, Aceh, Indonesia responsible for housing and livelihoods assessment.

October 1997, Financial Analyst for CAUSE (Canadian NGO), Korhogo, Ivory Coast, analyzing the production costs and markets for nime seed soap and financial analysis of treated mosquito nets sold by a women’s group.

1971-1975 and 1983, Officer, secretary and treasurer of the Eagle Heights Consumer Cooperative, Madison, WI, keeping the minutes of board meetings and managing the accounts and finances.

February 1967 to August 1971, Peace Corps volunteer/project manager, Rancagua, Chile, managing a rural electrification program providing for the needs of agrarian reform beneficiaries for residential, farm-electricity and farm-processing plant electric power.

Conferences:

Participant in training in rice-fish joint production system by Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (Mali), USAID/Mali and Shanghai University Mali, 1 February 2010.

Participant in International Conference on Challenges and Opportunities in Fisheries and Aquaculture (COFA-2009), Ambo, Ethiopia, May 1-3, 2009.

Participant in Post-Tsunami Private Sector Summit on Reconstruction and Rehabilitation: Corporate Social Responsibility in Action, Washington DC, May 12, 2005.

Speaker on home-improvement loan products and media relations consultant at First microfinance Week, Bamako, Mali, 13-16 November 2001.

Workshop on Legal and Sociological Aspects of Guarantees and Securities and Procedures for Loan Recovery, based on the
OHADA Law, Bamako, Mali, 14-16 May 2001.

Selected Reports:

Lessons Learned Partnership for Food Security, Bati, Ethiopia (2005-2009), Prepared for CHF and CIDA, April 2009

Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia (ACE) Program:  Final Evaluation, September 2005. [ Link ]

Strategic Plan for Uganda Beef Producers Association, Kampala, August 2005.

Report on the Final Evaluation for ADRA’s Project d’Augmentation des Resources Alimentaires de Siguiri (PADRAS) Program (FFP-A-00-00-00085-00), ADRA, March 2005. [ Link ]

Agricultural Credit Risk in the Zones of the Office du Niger and CMDT, Malifinance, Bamako, Mali, 3 September 2004.

Report on Housing Credit for the Union of Rwanda Popular Banks, WOCCU, June 2003.

The Net Economic Cost of the Conflict in the Acholiland Sub-Region of Uganda, commissioned by Civil Society Organisations for Peace in Northern Uganda (CSOPNU), Kampala, September 2002

Potential Agricultural Market Opportunities and Enterprise Development for the Teso and Lango Regions, Uganda, June 2002.

Information and Communications Strategy for APIM/Mali (umbrella organization of microfinance institutions), Bamako, Mali, January 2002 (French).[ Link ]

Best Practices in Farmer Organization Promotion and Support, Maputo, December 1999 for USAID.

Proposal for Conversion from Leasehold to Freehold Property in Guyana, Georgetown, July 1998 for Inter-American Development Bank.

Proposed Credit and Savings Component for USAID’s Natural Resources Management Project, Dakar, Senegal, May 1998 (French/English).

Income-Generating Activities in Fisheries Communities around Lake Malombe and southern Lake Malawi, Mangochi, Malawi, October 1995 for FAO (English).

Report on Investment Potentials and Constraints to Investment in the aquaculture, Fish Capture, Fish Processing and Marketing Industries in Mexico, Mexico City, November 1994 for FAO (Spanish).

Credit as a Tool for Community-Based Fisheries Management, with Reference to South East Asia, FAO/Japan Expert Consultation on the Development of Community-Based Coastal Fishery Management Systems for Asia and the Pacific, Kobe, Japan, 8-12 June 1992 (English). [ Link ]

Manual for the Management of Revolving Loan Funds and Credit Programmes for Fishing Communities, FAO, Rome, March 1989 (English translated into French and Spanish 1992). [ Link ]

Changes in the Use of Labor on Large Farms in Chile's Central Valley: VI Region, 1965 - 1970 -1976, Doctoral Dissertation (Agricultural Economics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jan. 1984.

Agricultural Credit Survey, Malaysia. Consultancy Report , FAO, Rome, Italy , 1986.

Empleo de Mano de Obra en las Haciendas del Valle Central de Chile: VI Region, 1965-1970-1976, PREALC-ILO, PREALC-ILO, Santiago, Chile, 1981 (Spanish).

Case Study of Ex-Hacienda Toralapa in the Lower Cochabamba Valley, 1967 and 1973, Land Tenure Center Research Paper No. 65, June, 1975.

Case Study of Ex-Hacienda Caramarca in the Lower Cochabamba Valley, 1967 and 1973, Land Tenure Center Research Paper No. 66, June, 1975.