This project aims to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises. Included in its outputs are to develop the capacity of participating countries to conduct livestock body condition assessments and range monitoring; and to institutionalise these activities within annual food and feed security assessments.
NDMA (National Drought Monitoring Authority) Field Monitors in the 23 Counties ASAL (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands) designated Kenyan counties were trained on the PET Methodology by our partner NGO AgriTechTalk Africa, during 2021-2022. A full pilot of PET Livestock, involving monthly, county-wide data collection by NDMA Field Monitors, and data analysis and reporting by AAI, was conducted from August 2021 to May 2022, in the six counties of Garissa, Kitui, Kwale, Marsabit and West Pokot. Data collection by Field Monitors in the 23 counties is continuing, with discussions on the future integration of PET into regular Early Warning activities by NDMA ongoing.
AA International Ltd reviewed an intervention on the Holy Island of Patmos designed to promote 'a balanced economic evolution of natural resource use throughout the island of Patmos to increase prosperity and living standards of the population'.
In 2012 AA International was contracted to undertake a final evaluation of this project.
Working with the MoA Tajikistan, FAO and the WFP, AA International undertook a Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission in Tajikistan during July-August 2011.
AA International was also part of the CFSAM during 2009, to estimate 2009 main season (winter and spring) cereal production and forecast the secondary (summer) season cereal crops. assess the overall food supply situation; and estimate cereal import requirements for the 2009/2010 marketing year (July/June).
In June 2011, in Tajikistan, AA International undertook a mission to establish the basis for a policy and demand driven information system for the agricultural sector.
AA International staff rewrote the Agricultural chapters of these guidelines the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
These guidelines are produced by FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and are used for Crop and Food Security Assessment Missions (CFSAMs) worldwide.
Download the guidelines from the FAO website here.
AA International carried out field work in order to develop a practical methodology for the rapid estimation of cassava yields for small-scale farming systems typical to Mozambique.
The assessing handbook that was produced for this work was published by FAO.
