Elizabeth Alderson
Member Last update: Mar 4, 2024
Elizabeth Alderson
Last update: Mar 4, 2024
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Citizenship:
UK
Languages:
English, French, Spanish
Highest Degree:
Masters
Experience:
34 years
Countries:
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, Laos, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK
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- Key qualifications: Over 25 years working in agricultural development projects in Africa, Asia, South America, in rural multicultural environments focussed on support to small farmers through development of sustainable agro-ecological agriculture and food and nutrition security through livestock value chain development to promote access to markets, incentives for growth, social equity and welfare through the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and pollution control. Improving food safety and security and gender and social inclusion support for vulnerable smallholder, women, tribal and landless livestock keepers using participatory approaches for sustainable poverty reduction and improved income.
- Dairy value chain development: value chain mapping, milk production-feeding and milking methodologies; control of mastitis and milk borne zoonotic diseases; dairy hygiene; collection, processing & marketing of milk and milk products; cheese and butter production; laboratory analysis.
- Food safety and quality (HACCP, animal identification, traceability, SPS measures).
- Animal nutrition: efficient use of local resources for climate change resilient sustainable animal feeding, pasture/fodder production and conservation; dry season feeding strategies; animal health, welfare, disease control. Good Farming Practices (GFP).
- Extension/human resource development/gender focus; capacity building, participatory agricultural extension and training; training trainers; farmer groups, extension workers, cooperatives, production of technical extension material (manuals/pamphlets/leaflets/brochures).
