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Agriculture, forestry, rural transport
Photo: Gareth Williams
Maasai village
Rift Valley, Kenya.

Other experience of Policy Practice Principals working on this topic:


Naresh Saxena, Member, DFID Watershed Mission, Orissa - 2005,
  • Paper: Land Management in India’ for World Bank & DFID, 2004

Deborah Bryceson, Social science consultant to TRL Crowthorne UK / DFID on a research project entitled ‘Social Benefits and Costs of Rural Roads,’ 2002 - 2004,
  • Paper: ‘Framework for the Inclusion of Social Benefits in Transport Planning: Final Report’, Bryceson, D.F., A. Davis and F. Ahmed, TRL/DFID, 2004.

Gareth Williams, Analysis of the impact of the introduction of an EU tariff-only regime on bananas, and discussion of mitigation and development assistance strategies (WITH opm) - 2004,

Deborah Bryceson, Consultant to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DGIS and Ceres, ‘DGIS Agricultural Project Review related to Natural Resource Management, Water Management and Agriculture in light of the Sector-Wide Approach,’ - 2004,
  • Paper: ‘The Sector Wide Approach in Rural Development: Finding Ways to Alleviate Poverty and Promote Ecological Sustainability’, van Dijk, H., D. Bryceson, P. Howard, J. Oorthuizen and A. Zoomers CERES/DGIS, The Hague, April 2004.

Naresh Saxena, Adviser, World Bank, proposed forestry project, Jharkhand - 2004,

Alex Duncan, Project director, study of future strategy for agriculture and fisheries, States of Jersey, 2000-01 (with OPM) - 2002,

Gareth Williams, Preparation of five policy briefings on key issues in agricultural development, agricultural research for development, livestock, fisheries and forestry, for European Commission (with OPM) - 2002,

Alex Duncan, Gareth Williams, Organisation of the European Forum on Rural Development Cooperation, a conference for 200 representatives of the European Commission, EU Member States, multilateral organisations, NGOs and developing country governments, Montpellier, France, 2002 (with OPM) - 2002,

Alex Duncan, Gareth Williams, Provided advice to DFID team preparing strategy for future support to rural livelihoods research (with OPM) - 2001,
  • Paper: The Contribution of Knowledge and Research to DFID’s Strategy to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,’ Discussion Brief 1
  • Paper: Global change processes driving the rural livelihoods research agenda,’ Discussion Brief 2

Naresh Saxena, NRM Specialist for a DFID/IFAD Mission on Orissa - 2001,

Alex Duncan, Gareth Williams, Assistance to European Commission in Brussels and selected Delegations in rural and agricultural policy development and implementation for developing countries. Support to EC on the preparation of policy papers on rural development and on food security (with OPM) - 2001,

Deborah Bryceson, Consultant to TRL Crowthorne / DFID on a research project entitled ‘Sustainable Livelihoods, Mobility and Access Needs’ directed at investigation of the utility of the sustainable livelihoods approach in identifying the mobility and accessibility needs of the poor, with specific reference to rural-urban linkages - 2001,
  • Paper: Sustainable Livelihoods, Mobility and Access Needs,’ Bryceson, D.F., D.A.C. Maunder, T.C. Mbara, R. Kibombo, A.S.C. Davis and J. Howe 2003, TRL Report 544

Gareth Williams, Alex Duncan, Moderator for DFID organised e-Forum on Food Security and Poverty Reduction, a four week consultation exercise with around 500 participants - May-June 2001 (with OPM) - 2001,

Alex Duncan, Prepared paper on agricultural research and globalisation (with OPM) - 2000,
  • Paper: ‘Agricultural Research and Globalisation: a discussion paper,’ Alex Duncan and James Gilling, OPM, 2000.