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Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
China
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guyana
Indonesia
Iraq
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi/Mozambique
Malawi
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nigeria
NorthKorea
Pakistan
Romania
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Uganda
USA
Windward Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

MTLconsult Projects


The following is a selection of projects undertaken by MTLconsult, in many different parts of the world.



Afghanistan
  • Provision of a systems analyst to design and implement computer systems for the monitoring of utilisation of donor funds under the UNIDATA programme.
Bangladesh
  • FAOfunded consultancy study to advise on the computerisation of land records and introduction of a pilot land information system for the Department of Land Survey.
  • Consultancy services under ODA's Bangladesh Tea Rehabilitation Project, to advise on the potential for computers within the national tea industry, and to run training courses.

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Benin
  • Provision of computer systems for the offices of the Organisation of African Unity.

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Bhutan
  • Consultancy services to advise on the computerisation of financial information for the Food Corporation of Bhutan, under an FAOexecuted project.

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Botswana
  • Provision of a computer specialist to advise on the introduction of computer systems for the management and monitoring of IFAD's Arable Lands Development Programme.
  • Design and management of a computer training course for the Ministry of Agriculture, under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation.
  • Design, programming and implementation of an animal production simulation and range assessment model for Botswana (APSRAMB), under the national land use planning project for sustainable agricultural development.

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Burkina Faso
  • Provision of computer systems for the offices of the Organisation of African Unity.

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Cameroon
  • Provision of computer systems for the offices of the Organisation of African Unity.

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China
  • Responsible for the design of a computerised project management and reporting system to monitor the progress of tendering and construction at the four hundred sites of the World Bank's Grain Distribution and Marketing Project.

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Djibouti
  • FAOfunded consultancy by a specialist to advise on establishment of regional databases, and develop computer systems for gathering and disseminating data relating to Food Security for the six countries of the IGADD region.

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Dominican Republic
  • FAOfunded consultancy to advise on vertically integrated information systems for the Dominican dairy sector.

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Egypt
  • Systems design work for the Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) of the Cabinet Office, to develop a national food security information and decision support system, using the information engineering methodology.
  • Institutional support to the Agricultural Investment Office to strengthen their services in private sector promotion, including database management, connection to international host databases, and the use of CDROMs.
  • Expansion of the services to the Agricultural Investment Office to allow them to provide a full trade information service to farmers and investors in the New Lands.

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Ethiopia
  • Supply of an information systems consultant to undertake the design and implementation of improved systems in support of the early warning system of the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission.
  • Analysis and design of a computerised marketing information system for the Ethiopian Livestock Marketing Project.
  • Provision of consultancy services to FAO's National Soil Service Project on the introduction of computers for soil analysis and the development of a soils database.

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Gambia
  • Requirements study for the introduction of computerised banking systems in the Gambia Commercial and Development Bank, including tender design and evaluation.

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Guinea
  • Design, testing and installation of microcomputers for highway engineering design on an integrated rural development project.

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Guyana
  • Design and management of a computer training course for the Livestock Development Company, under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation.

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Indonesia
  • Design and execution of a series of training courses for senior management and operations staff in the Government's agricultural training unit (AAETE).
  • Consultancy for the installation of a computer system to maintain fingerprint and criminal records for the Indonesian National Police.
  • Computer training programme for seventy headquarters staff from the Agricultural Agency for Education, Training and Extension (AAETE), financed through the National Agricultural Extension Project (NAEP), and funded by the World Bank. Custom software developed included a Personnel Management Information System for over 30,000 field extension workers throughout Indonesia.
  • Ran training courses in the use of microcomputers for financial accounting, monitoring, project management and MIS for senior staff of Sugar Board of Indonesia (Dewan Gula), State Owned Rubber Plantation (PTP XII), Bandung and Special Advisory Team (Tim Khusus), Ministry of Agriculture.

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Iraq
  • Provision of a computer specialist to FAO's Soils Fertility Project, to computerise data processing and analysis of fertiliser field trials.
  • Provision of a consultant to conduct a systems analysis of computer requirements for national agricultural planning; to draw up a specification of required hardware and software; and then to install the networked systems and provide training to Project staff.

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Jamaica
  • Sixmonth consultancy assignment to the UNCHS (Habitat) Land Titling Project, to develop and implement computer systems for land information, settler accounts, and administration of title.

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Kenya
  • Supply of microcomputer programmes for smallfarm management and optimisation of feed formulation.
  • Provision of consultancy services to review an existing project and to generate proposals for future project structure and management, on the ODA funded Rural Development Programme for Arid and SemiArid areas.

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Lesotho
  • Provision of a marketing information systems specialist to the USAID Marketing Assistance Project, to design and install computerised systems.

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Malawi/Mozambique
  • Since 1998 MTLconsult has been a member of the EC Resal network of consultants keeping the Commission regularly informed on the emerging food security situation in each country and providing advice and assistance for improving the effectiveness of future EC interventions.

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Malawi
  • Establishment of computer systems at national and subnational levels for the processing and analysis of the annual crop production surveys.

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Morocco
  • Production of land use maps, based on remote sensing and satellite imagery, of the Souss Massa region, as part of an IBRDfunded study.

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Mozambique
  • Design and programming of software for the monitoring of agricultural production and food aid imports, under FAO's Food Security Project in the Ministry of Internal Trade.
  • Provision of consultancy and training services for the introduction of a microcomputerbased agricultural information system in the National Directorate of Agrarian Economy.
  • Design and implementation of computer systems for processing data from the crop forecast survey and the crop monitoring reports within the national early warning unit of the Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Feasibility study on the integration of food security information flows and the establishment of online databases, on behalf of the EU Food Security Technical Unit.

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Namibia
  • Consultancy assignment to design and implement a computerised early warning information system for the FAO/UNDP National Early Warning Project.

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Nepal
  • Provision of the consultancy services of a Geographic Information Systems Specialist on the ADB's National Land Use Planning Project.

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Nigeria
  • Installation of management, stock control and payroll systems, and training of all levels of staff for the Kano State Rural Development Project and the Kano Agricultural Supply Company.
  • Provision of microcomputers, development of a standard reporting system for crop production, and training of staff in the Federal Department of Agricultural Planning.

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North Korea
  • Consultancy mission to introduce computerised systems for the analysis of national soil trials and for the generation of fertiliser recommendations, on behalf of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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Pakistan
  • Introduction of computer systems to maintain a national seeds variety databank; and management of a training course for staff in the UK.

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Romania
  • Design and implementation of information systems for the EU PHARE project for Development of Agribusiness Consultancy Services, in the areas of business management, market liberalisation and privatisation.

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Somalia
  • FAOfunded consultancy to redevelop the existing Grain Price Reporting System to a more flexible computerised Market Price Reporting System, including provision of staff training on the new programs.

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Sri Lanka
  • IBRDfunded computerisation study of Janatha Estates Development Board, to advise on the introduction of information systems for this national plantations corporation.

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Sudan
  • Coordination, program design and installation of computer systems for an ODAfunded regional development project in Darfur, and training of senior project staff.
  • Provision of a Senior Systems Analyst for a series of missions to the FAO/UNDP National Early Warning Project, to assist with the design and development of a computerised information system.
  • Input of a Management Information Systems consultant to the IBRDfinanced Food Security Coordination Unit, responsible for the design of databases and computer networks.

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Swaziland
  • Computer systems development consultancy for accounting, stock control and marketing functions within the Swaziland Dairy Board. A systems analysis was followed by implementation assistance, training and subsequent supervisory visits.
  • Consultancy study on the development of an information system for the UNDPfunded Marketing Advisory Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Development of a suite of computer programs for marketing information at the wholesale market run by the IFADfunded National Agricultural Marketing Board.

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Syria
  • Consultancy services to improve computer use in the production of extension materials, and to establish an MIS for the monitoring of national extension activities.

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Tanzania
  • Installation of a microcomputer system for farm survey data processing and regional resource management on an EDFfunded Regional Development Project.
  • Consultancy study to develop a coherent strategy for computerisation in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development; and to implement systems for sectoral planning.
  • Design and development of computerised systems for project monitoring and input price control in the IBRDfunded Project Preparation and Monitoring Bureau.
  • Systems analysis and design of computer facilities for the Crop Monitoring and Early Warning Unit in the Food Security Department, including staff training.

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Thailand
  • Provision of a team of agricultural database design and analysis consultants, to develop a decision support system for UNDP's agricultural diversification programme in the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
  • Consultancy work to design a management information system and to improve the effectiveness of computers at the Government's Agricultural Reform Office.
  • Programming and installation of computer programmes for the evaluation of training courses run by FAO's Regional Seeds Project.
  • Project Preparation Mission for FAO to define a project to strengthen the management of the national Seed Division through the more efficient use of existing computer resources.

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Tonga
  • Design of a computerised trade information system for the national trade promotion agency, TongaTrade, including the development of inhouse databases, Internet access, and online hosts.
  • Design of computer and communications systems as part of the ADB project for institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, including financial accounting, extension management and M&E.

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Uganda
  • Introduction of microcomputer systems for planning, accounting and MIS in the Uganda Commercial Bank's Agricultural Rehabilitation Project.
  • Introduction of computer systems for the Department of Fisheries, including software development and staff training.
  • Provision of Herd Recording Specialist for two years on the AfDBfunded Dairy Development Project, to develop and implement computerised information systems.

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USA
  • Review, on behalf of FAO, of all microcomputerbased geographic information systems and recommendations for GIS selection on their overseas projects.

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Windward Islands
  • Provision of consultancy services on the EUfunded Restructuring of the Windward Islands Banana Industry project, undertaking the design and implementation of an improved MIS covering extension management, grower management, financial accounting and inventory control.

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Yemen
  • Consultancy and training assignment, with FAO funding, to strengthen the use of computers for national agricultural research.

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Zambia
  • Supply of microcomputer systems for project management, accounting and farm survey data processing on an ODAfunded integrated development project.
  • Provision of a computer systems analyst to Zambia's Agricultural Research and Extension Project, to advise on the use of computers in the Research Branch of the Department of Agriculture.
  • EECfunded consultancy to design and develop a computerised system for the financial monitoring of European Community funded development projects in Zambia.
  • Provision of consultancy services to develop an MIS for the monitoring and evaluation of the World Bank's Agricultural Sector Investment Programme.

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Zimbabwe
  • Input of the Lead Consultant to head a preliminary mission to Zimbabwe to prepare a project under SADC's Food Security Programme and to formulate a strategy for the development of regional and national databases of food security information.
  • Provision of an MIS Consultant to provide design and develop the computer systems required for GIS and project management within AGRITEX.
  • FAOfunded technical assistance consultancy to advise the Economics & Markets Branch of MLARR on the setting up and maintenance of a national agricultural database, including procurement of equipment and training of staff.
  • Supply of a Computer/Communications Consultant to the DANIDAfunded Regional Early Warning Systems Project, based in Harare but covering all ten national early warning units in the SADC region.
  • Design and presentation of computer modules for the Regional Training Programme of the SADC Food Security and Technical Assistance Unit.

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