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Gian L. Nicolay
Gian L. Nicolay
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Department of International Cooperation
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Promotion of organic and sustainable agriculture in Africa
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completed
CH
Evaluation of the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative of the African Union
(EOA-I Evaluation)
01.04.2022
21.10.2022
ongoing
CH
BIOREST - Support for the development of sustainable and resilient organic agriculture in the context of climate change in Tunisia
(Biorest)
01.11.2021
31.10.2025
completed
CH
Promotion of the organic cotton and textile sub-sector in Burkina Faso through the CCBE
(proBio CCBE)
01.05.2021
30.04.2023
completed
DE
CH
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – Organic Working Group
01.02.2021
31.01.2023
ongoing
CH
Synergistic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel
(SustainSAHEL)
01.09.2020
01.09.2025
completed
CH
Knowledge Management Systems Backstopper for Main Phase of the establishment of Northern Africa Organic Knowledge Hub
01.07.2020
30.06.2022
completed
CH
Conducting of trainings for cotton farmers and selected key stakeholders in the implementation of organic cotton standards in Uzbek cotton production
16.04.2020
31.10.2021
completed
CH
Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa
(KCOA)
01.04.2020
29.02.2024
completed
CH
Regional Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in East Africa: a pilot on transforming farmer access to organic training materials and information through digitalization
01.03.2020
30.06.2022
completed
CH
Äthiopien Agrinatura VCA4D Baumwolle
08.01.2020
31.08.2020
completed
CH
Research Backstopper for Inception Phase of the Establishment of Northern Africa Organic Knowledge Hub
01.12.2019
30.04.2020
completed
CH
Knowledge transfer to ICS certified producer groups in selected African countries within the framework of GIZ SI training and employment
(Africa ICS GIZ)
15.10.2019
31.12.2020
completed
CH
Mali Agrinatura VCA4D Fisch
01.07.2019
31.03.2020
completed
DE
CH
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector – Organic Working Group
01.01.2019
31.12.2020
completed
CH
Experience exchange and joint assessment to promote organic agriculture in Tunisia and Morocco
01.12.2017
31.12.2017
completed
CH
Application of organic bio-fertilizer technology to improve the sustainability of date palm production and cultivation
(fertiledatepalm)
01.08.2016
31.07.2019
completed
CH
AT
Organic Food Systems Africa
(OFSA)
01.03.2016
28.02.2019
completed
CH
Organic Agriculture in Abu Dhabi
(Abu Dhabi OAS)
05.10.2015
23.03.2017
completed
CH
Farmer-driven organic resource management to build soil fertility
(ORM4Soil)
01.01.2015
31.12.2020
completed
CH
Yamsys, Biophysical and socio-economic drivers of sustainable soil use in yam cropping systems for improved food security in West Africa
(Yamsys)
01.11.2014
30.11.2020
completed
AT
CH
CONNEctingknowledge, scales and actors; An integrated framework for adaptive organic resource management targeting soil aggradation and agroecosystems’ resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
(ConneSSA)
01.08.2014
31.12.2017
completed
CH
Productivity and Profitability of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems
01.07.2013
31.12.2019
completed
CH
Syprobio-Improving farmers income and food security in diversified organic production systems in West-Africa
(SYPROBIO)
01.01.2011
31.12.2015
completed
CH
Indian Organic Market Development Project IOMDP; Organic and Fair Trade cashew nuts from Ajanta Industries for the global market
01.09.2010
31.12.2013
completed
CH
Indian Organic Market Development Project IOMDP; Organic and Fair Trade cashew nuts from FTAK for the global market
01.07.2010
31.12.2013
completed
CH
Organic cotton- Experimental Learning Methodologies
01.01.2010
31.07.2010
completed
CH
African Organic Farming Training Manual
01.10.2009
31.12.2015
Training / professional career
Since October 2009 Africa coordinator at FiBL
2007 - 2009 Founder and Director of Grisha Agro Design GmbH
1993 - 2007 Helvetas manager (Head Office, Lesotho, Ethiopia)
1990 - 1993 Project collaborator for FAO in Haiti and Burundi
1985 - 1989 Social studies at the University of Zurich
1984 - 1985 Scientific collaborator at Agridea (LBL)
1984 Master of Science in Agronomy (ETH Zurich)
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