Kevin Michael Lord

105 Duong Hoa Binh, P O Box No 1,
Km 5, Yen Bai city, Vietnam
Mike@netnam.vn
+84 29 865046
+84 915636035 (mobile)

Present Postion:
	Team Leader Exploring the possibility of a new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) project in Vietnam, related to primary producers, markets and the value chains.
Key Qualifications and Experience:
	Experienced senior Technical Adviser in Capacity Building, Community Development, Sustainable Livelihoods, Food Security and Poverty Alleviation Projects in Africa and Asia. Have developed especially expertise in Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), and family empowerment and asset enhancement. Have developed Value Chains from farmers to end consumer, particularly for livestock – cattle, dairy and pigs. Specialist in uplands forests, Biodiversity conservation,  and upland farming systems, especially with ethnic minority groups in remote mountainous areas of Vietnam. Experienced Team Leader of complex multidisciplinary projects in several countries with selected groups of national experts and small teams of international consultants, of both genders, and was able to facilitate working relationships and integrate their skills for successful implementation of each project.  Have practical hands-on experience and leadership in successfully training large team of agriculture extension workers, who in turn trained farmer families in remote areas.•    Qualified accountant and manager experienced in producing reports and work plans that are both meaningful and readable. Have implemented Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems using FAO FFS system at village level, and subsequently trained farmer trainers, also have developed Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for animal husbandry training at village level, including poultry management, and herd improvement & fodder production, with special training for women. Recently have developed new cropping system in remote mountainous area to substantially improve food production, and thus reduce conflict with forestry in upland areas. Have developed rural credit systems and income generating activities for farmer families living in remote with little experience of the market system. Have worked in social forestry programmes, and developed farmer interest groups in non-timber forest products. Have developed participatory Village Development Plans (VDPs) for ethnic minority communities, and devised on-farm training and activities to complement farmers problems and solutions, and also gender specific.
Experience in Southeast Asia:
	Country Date from - Date to Vietnam and Cambodia February 2010 to date South Africa May 2009 - January 2010 Vietnam Various assignments since 1997, see CV for details
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