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6 Participants’ profiles Richard O Apamo Programme coordinator, Agriculture and Environment Programme, Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay Tel. +254-59-22098, 735-467683, fax +254-59-22264, email aephoma@africaonline.co.ke Richard earned a national diploma in development studies <strong>from</strong> the Kimmage Development Studies Centre in Ireland in 2003–4, and a diploma in agriculture and food marketing <strong>from</strong> Egerton University, Kenya, in 1983–86. From 1986 to 1998 he worked with the Ministry of Agriculture, after which he joined the Diocese’s Agriculture and Environment Programme. He has worked with communities for 20 years in extension, project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Tom Apina East Africa coordinator, <strong>Sustainet</strong> PO Box 41607-00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya; GTZ House, Lemana Raod, Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel. +254-20-4451394, 445 1391, email apina99@yahoo.com, internet www.sustainet.org Tom holds a BSc in agricultural engineering <strong>from</strong> Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Before joining <strong>Sustainet</strong>, he worked for FAO as a research assistant in conservation agriculture for the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development project. Isaac Bekalo Regional director for Africa, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) PO Box 66873-00800, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel. +254-20-4442610, 4440991, fax +254-20-4448814, email admin@iirr-africa.org, internet www.iirr.org Isaac holds a PhD in organizational development and planning. His experience includes teaching, NGO training, curriculum design and organizational development. He provides consultancy services on strategic planning, participatory monitoring and evaluation, project design and proposal writing. He specializes in participatory development approaches and organizational development. Franziska Bringe Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Eberswalder Strasse 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany. Tel. +49-334-328 2425, +49-163-686 285, email franziskabringe@hotmail.com, internet www.zalf.de Franziska holds a master’s degree in international agriculture <strong>from</strong> Humboldt University in Berlin. After graduating in 2005 she worked for GTZ in Germany and Kenya. She now works for ZALF on scaling-up of good practices in sustainable agriculture. 135
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