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Welcome to RDSM Consulting. The company provides high quality professional services related to agriculture and rural community development in Asia and the Pacific. RDSM is committed to going the extra mile to meet client requirements.
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Latest News 2019/20:

The coming year provides exciting opportunities to work with some of the regions most influential agricultural organisations.  In May 2019, David Swete Kelly was appointed to MFAT's Evaluation Panel, in recognition of the skills and experience he brings to New Zealand's development partnerships, both in the Pacific and globally.  This contribution is reflected in recent engagements such as:

1. The mid-term evaluation of New Zealand's Coffee and Cocoa:
   Agribusiness Opportunities (CACAO) program.  MFAT collaborates with Timor-Leste's Cooperativa Café Timor (CCT) and the US-based National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) to deliver this very successful support to 19,000 poor rural households.
2. The major evaluation of New Zealand's support to agriculture over the last six years.  This is a significant part of New Zealand's aid programme, and the study will therefore need to consider the implications for New Zealand's future engagement in the Pacific, and how MFAT can best maximise New Zealand's value addition.

​RDSM Consulting also continues its long association with Australia's aid program which includes:

1. Ongoing support to Australia's rural development initiatives in Afghanistan.  Currently the focus is on the final year of the Australia Afghanistan Community Resilience Program (AACRS), as well as its support to MAIL's implementation of its Dry and Farming Policy.
2. Similar support is also provided in Pakistan where the focus is on Australia's collaboration with the FAO in Balochistan, as well as market development, and water issues.
3. Supporting the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) to develop its Pacific Capacity Building Strategy - a cross agency initiative aimed at improving agricultural research networks across Oceania.  Subsequent work will involve the design of an agricultural post-graduate scholarship program.
4. Finally David Swete Kelly lead a team in early 2019 to undertake the mid-term evaluation of the Australia Middle East NGO Cooperation Agreement Program - Phase Three (AMENCA 3) in the occupied Palestinian Territories.  AMENCA 3 has achieved considerable on-the-ground traction and success, despite the seemingly paralysing nature of the political situation in the Palestinian Territories. 
   
   

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Improved and sustained productivity of Afghan farming systems in water scarce environments through adaptive research.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
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October 2018

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Coffee and Cocoa:
Agribusiness Opportunities (CACAO)
Mid-Term Review 2018

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)

October 2018

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Evaluation of New Zealand’s Country Programme in Timor-Leste

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)

October 2017

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