Consultancy Services
for
Development Cooperation 
Dirk Zerhusen

Master of Agricultural Sciences  (M.Sc.) 

Master of Evaluation  (M.Eval.)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)



ZERHUSEN-CONSULT

since 2001 Freelance Consultant in the Field of Development Cooperation

Focal Points:

-> Rural Development

-> Poverty Reduction

-> Participation

-> Organizational Development of Local Governments & Organizations

Cooperation Partners:

-> United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 

-> Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), 

-> Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) [GTZ, InWent, DED],

->Deutsche Welthungerhilfe; CARE; ...

Priority Regions:

-> Africa
-> Asia
-> South Pacific

Specialised in
EVALUATION & Impact Monitoring (program + projekt)
  • Quantitative + Qualitative Methods of Impact Assessments (Rigorous Impact Evaluation)
  • Indicator development, implementation of appropriate M+E-systems
  • Econometrics; experimental design
  • Conceptual & methodological expertise in Poverty & Livelihood Impact Analysis
Land Use  & Natural Resource Management
  • Integrated Rural Development (household & farming systems, food security & gender issues
  • Vegetable & Fruit production, Agroforestry, Irrigation
  • Watershed-Management
  • Agricultural Research & Experimental Research
  • Land Reform & Securing Land Rights
Organizational Development & Capacity Building
  • Community Development & Self-help promotion
  • Health & Water (WatSan)
  • Disaster Risk Management
Economics & Marketing
  • Cost/Benefit Analyses
  • Micro Financing
  • Supply Chain & Marketing Strategies
Computer literacy
  • SPSS, MS-Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Access, AutoCAD
Regions of Activities
Africa: Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Liberia
South-East-Asia: Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Papua New Guinea

Central-East-Asia: Tajikistan, Kirgistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, North Korea (DPRK)

Oceania: Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, Cook Islands
Memberships 
DeGEval Gesellschaft für Evaluation e.V.
ATSAF Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tropische und Subtropische Agrarforschung
AGEGConsultants eG

(Ethiopia [by D.Zerhusen]