Winchester, England, United Kingdom
I am a soil and land resources consultant with considerable experience in natural resource management (NRM) and sustainable land management (SLM) in developing countries. I have specific interests in soil and land resource evaluation, integrated land use planning, soil erosion and soil & water conservation, sustainable responses to land degradation, soil and land use adaptation and mitigation to climate change, land and watershed management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the land sector, land tenure and resource rights and land use policy. I have worked widely in Africa, South-east Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Europe and South America providing technical advice, analysis and planning on a wide range of land related issues ranging from policy and legal matters through strategic national and regional planning, integrated river basin management to community level resource surveys and plans. I have worked at ministerial and presidential advisory level but am never happier than when meeting land users in the field.
Land Maxing Programme. Formulation of a programme to improve rural livelihoods and restore agro-ecosystem functions through multifunctional agriculture with trees. Creation of Concept Note and Proposal for funding including technical, due diligence and M&E aspects. Aim to test Land Maxing approach developed in W Africa in drier areas of E and Southern Africa beginning with Malawi and Kenya, where TAAI members have been working with local communities for many years.
Investing in Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecological Landscape Restoration: A Nature-based Solution for Climate Resilience. Assessment of suitable approaches and technologies for agroecological landscape restoration (nature based solutions) of degraded watersheds. Collection of data for baseline assessment, problem and impact analysis, solution analysis and prioritisation, dissemination and demonstration of suitable interventions and approaches
Expansion and improvement of regional rice forecasting system to national coverage using Sentinel 1 (radar) and Sentinel 2 (optical) data. Design of M&E framework, logframe and M&E plan. Collection of data for baseline and endline assessments. Planning for legacy evaluation. UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme (IPP).
Project planning (Discovery Phase) for developing capability to use satellite imagery (Sentinel 1 & 2) to obtain more accurate and timely information on wheat and fodder crop production (location, extent, type and variability) to increase food security and resilience to climate change. Scoping of potential benefits to wider range of users. Context and Landscape analysis, design of M&E framework, theory of change, logframe, M&E plan and ToR for baseline assessment in Operational Phase. UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme (IPP).
Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Land Management and Enhanced Water Security in Lake Tanganyika Basin. Project Preparation. Assessment of current soil erosion status and drivers. Identification of appropriate soil & water conservation measures and sustainable land use and land management practices for habitat restoration and watershed rehabilitation.
Climate Resilience Improvement Project – Development of Basin Investment Plans (CRIP-DBIP) Department of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Supervising and monitoring progress of counterpart staff trained in phase 1 (2016-18, see below) in undertaking river basin management and planning in 4 basins with particular emphasis on soils, land use and planning issues in relation to formulating mitigation options against climate change.