Peter Shapland Email & Phone Number

Italy

Bamako, Mali

Madagascar

Mali

Mopti, Mali

• Provided technical support to agricultural project teams • Designed and managed agricultural pilot projects• Research and collaborative design of new projects and strategies addressing agriculture, livelihoods, climate change adaptation, value chains, and NRM

Guinea

• Lead consultant on a Feed the Future Horticultural Assessment in Guinea• Designed and conducted a participatory assessment based on the farmers’ perspectives of horticultural constraints and opportunities

Mali

• Designed and conducted 3 studies: a farmer segmentation analysis, a livestockvalue chain analysis, and an evaluation of extension agent capacities• Served as technical lead for agricultural project design and grant development

Bamako, Mali

• Provided technical guidance for climate change analysis and M&E strategies • Designed a Vulnerability & Capacity Assessment and supported the analysis

South Dakota/Mali

• Developed strategies to connect pastoral communities to ecological research • Created and conducted surveys, training programs and the M&E strategy • Identified and recruited research and development partners • Coordinated project activities, wrote reports and developed PR materials

Davis, Ca

Regional Centers of Innovation Specialist 2011 – 2012• Developed and coordinated training and technology-dissemination programs with partners at the Regional Centers of Innovation in Thailand and Kenya• Developed a research project investigating rural investment in ag. technologiesGraduate Student Assistant 2009 – 2011• Created and managed the Trellis Fund, an ongoing grant program that links U.S. graduate students to developing world organizations and funds agricultural extension• Supported the Program Associate with information management and publications • Created an online interactive resource that maps out global horticultural projects

Telavi, Georgia

• Transferred project creation, implementation and M&E skills to the staff at an environmental protection NGO and a school for disabled children• Translated Al Gore’s film Inconvenient Truth and showed it to over 1,000 kids at 33 schools, leading discussions on global warming and environmental protection

Kayes, Mali

• Organized women’s groups into savings and credit cooperatives in 3 villages and helped them create sustainable businesses and community gardens• Discovered sustainable ways to repair and maintain a crucial water pump while raising funds to construct an adjacent concrete clothes-washing area

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Community-Driven Development

International Ag. Development, Soil Science