Michael ALLEN Rural Livelihoods & Conservation
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I'm an independent consultant
jmsallen@gmail.com

Agricultural Economist / Natural Resources Management specialist with 30 yrs. field experience in sustainable livelihoods development, institutional strengthening, and conservation management in wetland, arid, semi-arid and tropical forest zones of S. America, Africa, C. Asia and the Pacific.

University(s) Attended

  • MSc courses in Environmental Management & Evaluation, Wye College, University of London, 2000
  • BA Modern Languages with Psychology, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK, 1974
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Economic Development, Polytechnic of North London, UK, 1977
  • MSc Agricultural Economics, University of Reading, UK, 1979
  • Postgraduate Doploma, Agricultural Science, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, 1978

Language(s)

  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish; Castilian

Representative Publication(s)

  • Questioning the Need for Seasonal Farm Credit - Cases from Northern Zambia; Agricultural Administration and Extension, Vol.25, no.1, 1987

What I Do

Analysis of livelihoods, household food security, economic and environmental sustainability.

Evaluations and Appraisals, both economic and environmental.

Monitoring and evaluation systems, and field surveys.

Institutional strengthening and reform.

I have constantly promoted decentralisation of power and decision-making to the most local feasible level.

I have committed myself to policies and strategies that allow the private sector to flourish in the service of rural welfare. I have promoted regulatory, rather than executive government, and I have promoted the role of the NGOs as a counterbalance.

I am good on the interface between people and their environment, and its implications for field management and for policy.

Where I have worked:

Brazil, Bolivia,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Zambia.
Spain, United Kingdom


Personal Qualities . . . . .

I believe in the power of the team, whether I am member or leader

I thrive in multi-cultural environments

I have strong analytical skills: I ask pertinent questions and I am imaginative but rigorous in the interpretation of data.

I am a good writer, a reasonable public speaker and I have a creative flare for programming training, workshops, etc.

In policy and strategy formulation, I can usually penetrate to the root of the issues, and identify ways to tackle them.

. . . . . and Personal Interests

All forms of dance: latin, celtic, flamenco, ballet; Choral singing; Amateur theatre;
Sailing; Wind-surfing; Climbing mountains; Capoeira; Volleyball.

  • Afghan Livelihoods & Feasibility Studies 1999-2000
    Studies conducted for the Danish NGO, DACAAR, of several provincial locations, to establish the socio-economic and agricultural conditions, as a basis for proposing development interventions that might improve these conditions. (File size: 1 MB)
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    • Career Level:
    Senior-level

    Job Functions:
    • Conduct research
    • Manage Projects in the field
    • Write proposals or grant requests
    • Provide technical advice on projects

    Regional Experience
    • Eastern Africa
    • Central Africa
    • South Asia
    • Latin America & Caribbean

    Currently exploring employment opportunities
     
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    Employers/Clients
    Project Name: ARPT - Adaptive Research Planning Team, Luapula Prov., Zambia
    Project Client: Government of Zambia
    Duration of Project: 4 years
    Value: US $4,000,000.00

    Project Name: British Tropical Agricultural Mission to CIAT
    Project Client: CIAT, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
    Duration of Project: 1 year
    Value: US $1,000,000.00

    Project Name: Conservation et Développement de la Région Waza-Logone, Prov. Extrème Nord, Cameroun
    Project Client: IUCN for DGIS (Neherlands)
    Duration of Project: 3 years
    Value: US $3,000,000.00

    Project Name: ECOFAC (Ecosystemes Forestales de l'Afrique Centrale), Componente Guinea Ecuatorial
    Project Client: EDF European Commission
    Duration of Project: 2 years
    Value: US $5,000,000.00

    Project Name: IRDP (Serenje, Mpika, Chinsali)
    Project Client: ODA (now DfID)
    Duration of Project: 2 years
    Value: US $600,000.00

    Project Name: Natural Resources Economics and Management Advisers
    Project Client: ODA (now DfID)
    Duration of Project: 1 year
    Value: Not Specified

    Project Name: PLANAFLORO (World Bank sustainable development project), Rondônia, Brazil
    Project Client: UNDP for World Bank & State Gov't.
    Duration of Project: 2 years
    Value: US $6,000,000.00

    Project Name: Policy & Planning Division, Department of Agriculture & Livestock, Papua New Guinea
    Project Client: Government of PNG
    Duration of Project: 3 years
    Value: US $40,000,000.00

    Project Name: Rural Socio-Economic Feasibility Studies
    Project Client: DACAAR - Danish Committee for Aida to Afghan Refugees
    Duration of Project: 1 year
    Value: US $10,000,000.00

    Project Name: SSPSRL, Ministry of Agriculture, Afghanistan
    Project Client: DFID
    Duration of Project: 2 years
    Value: US $6,000,000.00

    Project Name: UK National Commission for UNESCO
    Project Client: ODM (now DfID)
    Duration of Project: 3 years
    Value: Not Specified


     
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    Contact Me


    Address: Loaning Foot Bungalow
    Alston
    Cumbria
    England
    Country: United Kingdom
    Phone: +44 (0)1434 381 726;
    Fax: +44 (0)1434 381 726
    Email: jmsallen@gmail.com
    Alternate Email: allenjonah@yahoo.co.in
       
     
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