C U R R I C U L U M    V I T A E

A: Summary

 Fields of Work:

Agroforestry: Organic management, promotion of soil fertility and water-shed management, cacao, coffee, spices, fruits, grains. Economics: Cost- benefit analysis, incl. social discount rate and NPV; participative project formulation, - development and -monitoring; statistics; promotion of small business. Social Forestry: Nursery management; reforestation. Applied Agroecology: Electronic agro- climatology and simulations. Winery: Organic wine and vinegar of tropical fruits. Special Interest of Investigation: Anaemia prevention and food security by autochthonous vegetables, fruits and grains of Central America. Climate: sub-humid and humid, tropics.

B: CV in Detail

Professional experience overseas:

Since June 1998, Nindirí, Nicaragua: Farmer and Co-ordinator, Consultancy 'Eco~Tierra'

May 2002 - April 2003: Co-executor, autochthonous vegetables and fruits as supplementary food for the prevention of anaemia, and human and animal food security by autochthonous basic grains. 'Small Project Fund', DANIDA / MARENA: 'Institute for Sustainable Development' / Terre des hommes-Italia, Managua; Eco~Tierra, Nindirí and Town Council, Masaya.

Since March 2002: Advisement in agroforestry, and prevention of anaemia and food security by autochthonous vegetables, fruits and basic grains. (Starting in October 2002: Co-executer, project component spices and other agroforestry crops; in negotiation with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation), Integrate wildlife refugees project 'Los Guatuzos'. Amigos de la Tierra-Spain, Managua.

August - November 2001: Pilot project, autochthonous vegetables. Terre des hommes-Italia, Managua

July 2001 - January 2002: Diagnosis of socio-economic potentials of the productive resources of the river watershed 'Río Estelí'. Actual situation and proposals for development. OEA and MARENA, Managua.

April - Julio 2001: Economic evaluation of promising productive systems in the zone of the project 'Biosphere Southeast MARENA / IP / GTZ' MARENA, Managua - Nueva Guinea / Consulting IP, Stuttgart - Nueva Guinea / GTZ, Eschborn-Managua.

March 2001: Evaluation of the project 'Monte Tabor II' Town-Partnership Amsterdam-Managua.

April 2000 - February 2001 A) Facility study and advisement for the implementation of no traditional crops, inclusive agro-ecological and socio-economic factors and international marketing, with the central objective to select profitable crops for the remote buffer- zones of the forest reserve program 'Indio Maíz'. (B) Elaboration of guidelines for the 10 most promising crops. Austrian Cooperation, Vienna, Managua. (Abstract) (Resumen, Spanish summary).

November - December 1999: Annual budget planning, project 'Indio Maíz'. Austrian Cooperation, Managua.

Since June 1998 Investigation and verification in field of autochthonous grains, fruits and vegetables for the prevention and cure of anaemia and food security. Cultivation of fruits for organic wine production. Advisement in elaboration of red wine for producers of grape. Catholic Relief Service, Managua.

June 1996 - May 1998, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba, Honduras: Independent Consultant

Elaboration of a PhD project 'Nutrition of Organic Cacao for Buffer - Zones'.
University Gh Kassel, FRG and 'Biosphere Río Plátano'; GFA-GTZ, Tegucigalpa, GTZ-KfW, Frankfurt.

Feasibility study, 'Production, Post-Harvest and Commercialization of Organic Cacao'.
Cocoa de Honduras S. de R.L., San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Pre- feasibility and feasibility study, formulation of the 'Organic Cacao Program'. Inspection of the industrial plant to process separately organic cacao, inclusive a computer program to clean the plant from residues. Elaboration of the manual 'The Organic Cocoa Farmer'.
Aprocacaho San Pedro Sula, Honduras / BID, Tegucigalpa.

Formulation of the, 'Soil Conservation Program'; Waslala, Nicaragua. BID, Managua.

March 1995 - February 1996, Waslala, Nicaragua: Adviser. Pro Mundo Humano - Ritter Sport GmbH

Agroforestry for soil fertility, particularly on sloping lands (soil conservation and water management - erosion control). Introduction of direct seeding for combined contour lines (grasses, timber, shrubs), and covercrops / green manure. Advice of the program in social forestry, specifically in view of perennials of multiple use. Elaboration of various participative pre- feasibility studies for the "Organic Cacao" project proposal.

November 1991 - January 1995, Managua, Nicaragua: Advisor in Agroforestry. MARENA - CIM, FRG

Adviser in Agroforestry for the Ministry for Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), Division for Forestry Research, supported financially by the Center for International Migration (CIM, Frankfurt). Responsible with emphasis in research on: Sustainable production by low external input agroforestry for soil fertility and water management:

(1) Promotion and direction of three field trials with combined contour lines and cover crops, totaling de 8 hm².

2) Build-up, program, analysis and interpretation of 3 complete (WMO- standard) computerized agro- climatic stations and elaboration of a computerized water balance model.

3) Co- advise of programs with agroforestry components, for which MARENA signed as counterpart, especially in view of soil fertility, wind breaks, providence trials, alley cropping and traditional agroforestry homegardens.

The work was introduced with success into the division for forest research. The trials have been overtaken completely and are carried through as demonstration plots and agroforestry for soil fertility (erosion control) has become an integrated part of the activities in the mentioned division.

Further assignments were the statistical analysis of stowed trials, which, out of statistical view, manifested a problematical experimental design, as well as tutoring of MSc - students of the local University for Agriculture (UNA, themes of agroforestry / erosion control). In collaboration with local NGO's the technologies were tried to put into practice, with a target group of app. 25 farmers in the region of Masaya.

Leadership: As adviser at the division 'Agroforestry for Soil Fertility' in an equipment of 8 colleagues, steering of the trials and program implementation in the Masaya region.

January 1991 - August 1991, Witzenhausen, Germany: Scientific Collaborator. University, Gh Kassel

Preparation for the tasks in Nicaragua - at the Institute for Crop Science, University, Gh Kassel, with the target to do a PhD (combined contour lines, quantitative and qualitative measurements of erosion with Wieschmeyer- trials). Due to the work load during the stay in Nicaragua (integrated Expert), the PhD could not be done.

Furthermore collaboration at the recently, since December 1990, founded Institute, with focal point on the evaluation / purchase of climatic chambers.

July 1987 - November 1989, Kigoma, Tanzania: Adviser and Field- Coordinator. GVS, Berlín

Adviser and Field Co-ordinator. Division of Forestry of the Regional Administration Kigoma / Ujiji. Responsible for the social forestry program with 3 technicians in different villages (multiple use perennials, predominant for firewood and live fences), as well as investigation / improvement of traditional agroforestry systems, particularly homegardens. Co-ordination of the reforestation of waste- land by natural revegetation, with 2 forestry engineers. Advice to scientific research on agroforestry research (alley cropping) by a PhD- student. Responsible for the biological stabilization of gullies and drainage systems, which were built by the road-construction-engineers of the Regional Administration (DANIDA - program). Advice to 2 foresters in nursery management and design of nursery trials (root taking management: inoculation, nutrition, pruning) for means of reforestation on waste-land.

Leadership: in a team similar to the one described above, with 5 (trials) - 20 (drainage) workers, respectively, exclusively at the field level

December 1986 - May 1987, Germany, Consultant: Univ. Tübingen and Farmers' High School, Hohenlohe

(1) 'Round Table Ethics in Science' of the University of Tübingen: Elaboration of a documentation about gene technology in agriculture; (2) Farmers' High School Hohenlohe: Analysis of the Agro Report 1986 of the German Government in view of the disadvantages of 'organic' enterprises. The analysis was published (Assessment of 'organic' agriculture - Agro Report 1986) and the proposals for corrections were incorporated into the following reports.

December 1985 - May 1986 Concepción, Chile, Instituto de Promoción y Desarrollo, CDG, Köln

Evaluation for the Society Carl Duisberg (ASA- grant). (1) Feasibility for further development of homegardens in the pre- Andean mountainous regions of Talca (Vilches), for the improvement of the self-subsistence of the population, particularly in view of the provision of vitamins by vegetables. A misled starting point, which could be demonstrated by the study. In the course of the study, also investigated possibilities of improvements for the existing irrigation system. Direct relevant relationship to the target group was made by a marching bee program. (2) For the surroundings and the urban area of Concepción. It investigated the potential for small scale animal husbandry, particularly hens and rabbits, for the improved provision with proteins for the population. The study was executed in the framework of multiple activities of the institute, which concentrated on rural development of the region.

July 1983 - February 1984, Nueva Guinea y Estelí, Nicaragua, University, Gh Kassel

Practical Study Course II, in the framework of the studies of the International Agriculture at the Gh Kassel. (1) Center for Alternative Agriculture, Nueva Guinea: Responsible for the ecological cultivation of the homegarden and accompanying soya- providence trials. (2) Agriculture & Livestock College Estelí: Assistant at the chair for small animal breeding with stress on rabbits. Responsible for the building up of a small rabbit skin tannery. This activity was improved and continued by a group of refugees from El Salvador, and the rabbit skins were processed for gifts and sold.

May 1977 - September 1981, Ireland, Germany, Tanzania, University, Gh Kassel

Practical Study Course I. (1) 1 year in Cork, Ireland, collaboration in a dairy / sheep breeding enterprise in the framework of an European interchange program - Farmers' Union of Germany, Bonn. (2) 2 years collaboration in two dairy- arable enterprises (Niederpleis, Unshausen) and a mixed enterprise, having hops as special crop (Tettnang). (3) 1 year working session in a reforestation project on a former mission station in Mlalo, Lushoto, Tanzania, specifically entrusted with the breeding of young trees.

Special Skills:

Climatology: Computerized data analysis of the air and soil -temperature, relative air humidity, photosynthetic effective and calorific -radiation, precipitation and windrun on hourly basis, of semiautomatic, electronic climatological stations (LiCor - Vaisala). Calculation of the PET-Penman potential evapo- transpiration on the same basis, as well as the water budget, occupying proper developed programs in AmiPro and Improv. In continuation data simulations for various soil types and crops (grains, semiperennials and trees).

Computing: Tailoring of db- programs (Approach), data simulations and -models (Improv). DOS, Windows, Linux. Internet page design.

Driving license: All categories.

Publications:

Referees:

Nindirí, April 2002