Projects listed under "All Projects" are ordered according to
timeline, starting with Agriteam's most current projects.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: North and Central Asia
This project provided technical assistance and training to demonstrate low-tillage wheat production systems on commercial farms. Technology was adapted to the Mongolian context through applied research partnerships between private farmers and university researchers. The project included extensive agronomic studies, environmental assessment, baseline economic study, social/gender impacts and an intensive training program. Practical training included in-Canada training, conferences, trade-shows, on-farm demonstrations, training of trainers and skills-based courses in weed-control management for farm agrologists and workers. As a result, minimum tillage practices gained acceptance in the academic and commercial fields and conservation agriculture was introduced to the GoM's policy program. Effective public, private partnerships were demonstrated and long-term linkages established between Mongolian and Canadian institutions.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: North and Central Asia
On behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture (People's Republic of China), Monsanto and IMC Global, and in cooperation with the National Agrotechnical Extension and Service Centre (MOA) and Agriculture Canada, Agriteam established and managed a village-level project to demonstrate and promote sustainable technologies.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: North and Central Asia
Agriteam was contracted by Heilongjiang Province to provide training services in support of the World Bank-funded US$240 million Heilongjiang Agricultural Development Project. We identified training needs, developed training objectives, formulated detailed programs and recruited Canadian specialists, training institutions and commercial businesses to provide necessary expertise to implement the programs. We managed a government-private sector partnership and developed working linkages with one agricultural college and four agribusinesses interested in developing commercial activities in northern China.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: Europe
Agriteam assisted the Government of Romania to disburse and use World Bank loan funds to improve the national grain storage and handling system.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: North and Central Asia
Agriteam assisted the Government of Mongolia in formulating policies and strategies for sustainable management of the extensive livestock sector. We prepared an action plan for the sector addressing promotion of competitive markets, livestock production and risk management, pasture land productivity and co-management, and institutional strengthening. We facilitated extensive stakeholder consultations using PRA, poverty assessments, and primary field research, including herding household surveys, and a series of six participatory workshops involving more than 250 stakeholders. Findings were used in policy formulation working groups. Through an iterative and participatory process, the Action Plan for the Extensive Livestock Sector was developed. Project leader Ms. Rasmussen was specifically commended by the ADB for her success in involving a wide range of stakeholders in developing the action plan, which drew tremendous support from government and herders.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: Americas and the Caribbean
For CIDA (in association with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Grain Commission, Canada Grains Council and Saskatchewan Wheat Pool), Agriteam supported the creation of a regional agricultural commodity exchange among five Central American countries. We provided training in marketing and technical services to enable effective commodity trading.
Sector: Agriculture and Agribusiness
Region: North and Central Asia
Agriteam assisted the World Bank and Chinese provincial bureaus of animal husbandry in project identification, pre-appraisal and appraisal of a beef project to be implemented in Hebei, Shaanxi, Henan and Anhui provinces. We identified opportunities and constraints for beef industry development and assessed the technical and economic viability of the proposed projects. We investigated small-scale beef production as a means of income generation and poverty alleviation in rural areas; assessed technologies, marketing methods and contracting systems with regard to their impact on household incomes and risk levels; investigated the role of women in beef production; determined the needs for micro-credit and investigated modes of micro-credit and revolving funds operated by the Women's Federation and other organizations. The final project report addressed government policy, current and projected beef demand, beef and by-product processing, cattle production, financing and risk management, poverty alleviation and environmental protection.
