Chris Baker
Programme Development Specialist @FAO
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WORK HISTORY
Programme Development Specialist @FAO
Worked as an independent short-term consultant specialising in needs assessments and identification, preparation and appraisal, resource mobilisation and inception, technical backstopping and capacity development, and evaluation of programmes and projects focusing on:(i) climate-smart agriculture (e.g. agro-forestry, conservation agriculture, soil and water conservation, integrated soil fertility and plant nutrient management, water harvesting, on-farm water management and post-harvest management);(ii) resilience (e.g. disaster preparedness, rural livelihood recovery and rehabilitation, improved food and nutrition security and disaster risk reduction); and community-based land use planning, adaptive research and participatory agricultural extension. Most of these assignments have been as an individual or as Team Leader of multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and multi-national teams of technical specialists.Other capacity development experience includes the development of national policies and strategies and design and backstopping of training programmes and preparation of field manuals and training materials on conservation agriculture, community-based water management, agricultural mechanisation and adaptive research and participatory learning (e.g. “farmer field school\" methodologies).Assignment locations: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Myanmar, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, South Asia Regional and Syria Sub-Regional; and home/FAO office-based in the UK, Rome, Bangkok, Cairo and Amman.
EDUCATION
National College of Agricultural Engineering
Master's of Agricultural Engineering
Kingston University
Bachelor of Science - BS
ABOUT CHRIS BAKER
Forty-four years of working experience as an agriculture and rural development specialist in 33 countries of the Sub-Sahara Africa, North Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, the Caribbean and Near-East Regions under both short-term contracts and long-term assignments with the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Union, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme and World Bank.
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