Volunteer Consultants Under the YCADF
Since the start of the YCADF in September of 2001, ACDI/VOCA has brought in 31 volunteer consultants to provide technical assistance to our YCADF projects. Assignments have ranged from fruit processing to market studies for sausage production to organizational strengthening in business management. The volunteers provide crucial technical information and training and are a key element in our YCADF success.
To see some of the success stories of volunteer asignments please select one of the links on the left under Volunteer Asignments under YCADF.
Here is a list of the volunteer assignments that fall under the YCADF:
- Initial Database Design for the Yungas - Mr. Fred Sears
- Small-grants Implementation Strategy for Rural Infrastructure Projects - Mr. Joseph Barcomb
- Cacao Production - Mr. Juan Gomez
- Production, Processing, and Post-Harvest Management of Green Tea Leaves - Mr. Manik Jayakumar
- Assessment and Improvement of Administrative and Financial Systems, UAC-CP - Dr. Richard Hirst
- Diagnosis, Production Analysis, and Technical Assistance in Production of Bee Honey - Dr. Timothy Haarman
- Furniture Design and Production from Alternative Wood - Mr.Juan Arteaga
- Smoked Fish Marketing - Mr. Robin Rackowe
- Analysis and Optimization of Honey Production - Mr.Joseph Rowland
- Improvement of Production and Processing of Honey and Honey Bi-Products - Mr. Joseph Rowland
- Market Study for Sausage Production - Mr. Hector Veloso
- Dairy Cattle Disease Control and Prevention - Dr.Daniel Miller
- Smoked Fish Marketing Phase II - Mr. Robin Rackowe
- Fruit Processing - Mr. Dean Wheeler
- Banana Production - Mr. Thomas Menezes
- Organizational Strengthening in Business Management - Mr.Germain Lafleur
- Soil Rehabilitation and Conservation - Mr. Edgar Palma
- Organic Achiote Marketing and Development Strategy - Mr. Nicholas Shirra
- Achiote Marketing at BIOFACH 2004 - Mr. Nicholas Shirra
- Citrus Fruit Processing - Dr. Ramana Govin
- Citrus-Fruit Processing - Mr. Jim Valentine
- Strengthening of Producer Association in Commercial Areas - Mr. Leonard Brockman
- Chicken Production - Mr. Kendrick Hollerman
- Training in Control and Prevention of Citrus Canker - Ms.Holly Chamberlain
- Implementation of Demonstrative Plots / Productive Systems - Mr. Edgar Palma
- Artificial Insemination in Swine Breeding Program - Dr.Bruce Olcott
- Improved Pork Production in the Municipality of Coroico - Dr.Donya Olcott
- Identification of Native Vegetation with Economic Value - Dr. Don Hazlett
- Utilization of Native Plant Species - Mr. Steve Popovitch
- Plant Micropropagation Laboratory - Dr. John Griffis
Please email us at webmaster@acdivocabolivia.org if your name should be on this list but is currently not, or if you would like your name to be removed.Thank you.
