Nancy Bourgeois Luethi
Profile

Nancy Bourgeois Luethi Dozentin Int. Livestock Systems
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Contact hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday -
Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Agronomie
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
Activities
Responsibilities
Co-head IL group, teaching
Lecturer and researcher in international livestock systems
Coordinator for field assignments abroad
Teaching
Degree programmes
BSc in international agriculture
Subjects
BLAl014 World agriculture: livestock
BLAi014 Agriculture and farm economics in developing and transition countries
BLAi118 Crop-livestock interactions in developing and transition countries
BLAi128 Livestock production and research methods for development
BLAi154 Project Planning & Preparing Field Assignment
BLAi164 Synthesis week
CV
Biography
- Born on a dairy farm in the Jura mountains (Vaud), worked and lived for 20 years in several countries in Asia
Professional experience
- 2013 to date Lecturer in International Livestock Systems, Switzerland Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences
- 2006-2014 Freelance consultant in livestock value chains, Laos ACIAR, CIAT, AusVet, FHI-360, AVSF
- 2004-2006 Freelance consultant in livestock value chains, Vietnam Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières, Vietnam office, sub-contracting for Oxfam Québec, FAO, CIAT
- 2001-2004 Volunteer, Vietnam Various volunteer positions, among others for the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
- 1998-2001 Maternity break, Vietnam -
- 1996-1998 Project co-manager National Brown Swiss Breeding Project, Bhutan Helvetas (now Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation)
- 1997-1998 Researcher, Natural Resources Research Centre, Bhutan Helvetas (now Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation)
- 1995-1996 Assistant researcher in ruminant nutrition, Switzerland Agroscope
- 1994 Field researcher, India Myrada, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
Education
- 2010 MSc Agribusiness for Development School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). University of London
- 2014 Postgraduate Certificate in Animal Health and Production Royal Veterinary College (RVC), University of London
- 1993 Engineering Diploma in Agriculture, specialization in Livestock Production Swiss College of Agriculture
- 1990 Federal Capacity Diploma in Agriculture Landwirtschaftliche Schule Ins
Projects
Other projects
2017 till date Coordinator Academia and Research Cluster, Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL)
2019 till date Member of the Swiss National Committee to the FAO (CNF-FAO)
2013 till date, various short- and mid term research mandates in Asia and Africa in livestock production, value chains and higher and vocational education
Memberships
Internal memberships
HAFL Alumni
External memberships
SOAS Alumni
Awards
Supervised theses
Bachelor
Sauthier D. Adaptabilité d’un projet d’aquaponie dans le cadre de l’aide au retour suisse 2018
Verly V. Essais d’acceptabilité et de préfé-rence sur les alpagas dans les hautes Andes du Sud du Pérou 2017
Furer J. Analysis of yak products value chains, Alai and Chon Alai districts, Kyrgyzstan 2017
Speiser L. Cashmere value chain analysis in Alai and Chon Alai districts, Kyrgyzstan 2016
Held M. Are smallholder livestock farmers in remote eastern Cambodia ready for improved forage systems? 2015
Master
Ulman, S. Sheep welfare and farmers’ attitudes towards animal welfare in Yabello and Menz, Ethiopia 2019
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- French - Native or bilingual proficiency
- German - Full professional proficiency
- English - Full professional proficiency
- Vietnamese - Limited working proficiency
- Lao - Elementary proficiency
- Russian - Elementary proficiency
Intercultural knowledge
- Bhutan
- India
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Cambodia
- Thailand
- Sudan
- Nigeria
- Mali
- Tunisia
- Palestinian Territory, Occupied
- Viet Nam