Dr. Pascale Waelti
Profile
Dr. Pascale Waelti Dozentin für Int. Livestock Systems
Contact
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Agronomie
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
CV
Biography
- Main competences:
Agricultural engineer and biologist with PhD, specialized in livestock sciences and international agriculture with focus on resilience of agro-pastoral production systems and participatory rangeland management
15 years' experience in international cooperation and agronomy, 4 years field work experience in Africa with a variety of teaching-learning and facilitation practices
Professor in international livestock systems at HAFL
Specific experience in:
Agronomy and livestock production: Participatory project development and management in smallholder livestock production, pastoralism and agro-pastoralism, participatory rangeland management (PRM) and herder-farmer conflicts
Institutional development: Fundraising, NGO management, quality management, networking
Education: Designing and conducting training/teaching courses and curricula in Switzerland and Africa, moderation and facilitation techniques, several years headed a team applying the Problem Based Learning method at HAFL. Development of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for livestock produc tion
Research: Team leader in a research project exploring nutrition habit changes and impact on health of migrant pastoral population originating from the Horn of Africa
Professional experience
- Since April 2008 Scientific collaborator in International Agriculture. Since April 2013, Professor in international livestock systems HAFL, Zollikofen, Switzerland
- 2007-2009 EIRENE Suisse, Geneva: Improvement of the preparation and monitoring of volunteers, development of a training curriculum EIRENE-Suisse
- 2004-2007 Institutional and technical adviser in NGO management and livestock production Réseau d'Action, de Partage et de Solidarité (RAPS) and EIRENE Suisse, Chad,
- 2003-2004 Research and teaching assistant. Feeding trials with piglets Agricultural Institute of Grangeneuve (FR), Switzerland
- April-Sept 2002 Practical training at the Agricultural Research Station in Cinzana Institute of rural economy, Mali
- August-Oct 2001 Practical work. Collaboration to a digestibility trial with sheep Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux (Agroscope)
- 2000-2001 one year of practical work on a mixed crop-dairy farm Farm H-J Hintermann, Dürrenäsch (AG)
- 1995-2000 Research and teaching assistant Institute of Physiology, Fribourg, Switzerland
