UNEP-World Bank, China 1990-94. Established the Sustainable Loaning Program for the Agricultural Bank of China, including training on use of resource inventorying, grazing management planning, land practice planning and investment analysis to insure that loans to pastoralists were sustainable.
World Bank, Mongolia –1992. Provided recommendations on emerging land tenure arrangements for herders on extensive rangelands.
World Bank – 1994-95. Participated as the Temperate/Subhumid Zone Writing Team for the publication on Livestock and the Environment.
Chiapas Cattlemans Union, Mexico – 1997. Conducted a feasibility study for management interventions to improve cash flow of ranchers to help alleviate civil strife in the region.
Catholic University of Argentina – 1999. Established a NIRS fecal profiling laboratory and set up a 10-day lecture series on resource planning at the university
EMBRAPA, Brazil – 1999-2002. Participated in the development of and subsequent implementation of a joint project with EMBRAPA to use integrated simulation models to assess the ecological and economic impacts of alternative land use enterprises in the Brazilian Pantanal.
TNC-NCBA-DU – 2001-02. Participated in the development and presentation of an economic and biological assessment of trends in grasslands and related resources of the United States.
USDA-RMA – 2004- present. Participated in the development and pilot testing of two Pasture, Rangeland and Forage programs of insurance, one based on a grided rainfall index the second is based on a grided NDVI index.
USDA-RMA-Agrilogic, Inc. – 2003-present. Developed a web-based Decision Support System “Forage Risk Assessment and Management System” (FRAMS).
USDA-RMA – 2004-08. Developed a web-based Decision Support System “Burning Risk Assessment Support System for Grasslands” (BRASS-G).
USDA-RMA – 2006-present. Developed a web-based Decision Support System for use by livestock producers and resource management agencies including a brush and weed control technology selection and investment analysis tool (PESTMAN).
World Bank, Mongolia –1992. Provided recommendations on emerging land tenure arrangements for herders on extensive rangelands.
World Bank – 1994-95. Participated as the Temperate/Subhumid Zone Writing Team for the publication on Livestock and the Environment.
Chiapas Cattlemans Union, Mexico – 1997. Conducted a feasibility study for management interventions to improve cash flow of ranchers to help alleviate civil strife in the region.
Catholic University of Argentina – 1999. Established a NIRS fecal profiling laboratory and set up a 10-day lecture series on resource planning at the university
EMBRAPA, Brazil – 1999-2002. Participated in the development of and subsequent implementation of a joint project with EMBRAPA to use integrated simulation models to assess the ecological and economic impacts of alternative land use enterprises in the Brazilian Pantanal.
TNC-NCBA-DU – 2001-02. Participated in the development and presentation of an economic and biological assessment of trends in grasslands and related resources of the United States.
USDA-RMA – 2004- present. Participated in the development and pilot testing of two Pasture, Rangeland and Forage programs of insurance, one based on a grided rainfall index the second is based on a grided NDVI index.
USDA-RMA-Agrilogic, Inc. – 2003-present. Developed a web-based Decision Support System “Forage Risk Assessment and Management System” (FRAMS).
USDA-RMA – 2004-08. Developed a web-based Decision Support System “Burning Risk Assessment Support System for Grasslands” (BRASS-G).
USDA-RMA – 2006-present. Developed a web-based Decision Support System for use by livestock producers and resource management agencies including a brush and weed control technology selection and investment analysis tool (PESTMAN).