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Biographical sketch Curriculum Vitae |
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Rolf Derpsch
Born in Chile from
German parents in 1937, Rolf Derpsch has the Chilean and the German nationality.
He studied agronomy at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago and the Instituto Superior
de Agricultura Adolfo Matthei in Osorno, Chile, and obtained a M.Sc. degree from the
University of Reading, UK. He has worked for GTZ, the German Agency for Technical
Cooperation from 1966 to 2001. Between 1977 and 1984 he worked as Team Leader of
the Soil Conservation Project at the Research Institute of Paraná, IAPAR, in
Londrina, Brazil. From 1993 to 2001 he worked as Senior Advisor to the MAG - GTZ
Soil Conservation Project, which was a joint venture between the Ministry of Agriculture
and Livestock of Paraguay and GTZ. Since September 2001 he is working as Freelance
Consultant. He has working experience in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,
Honduras, Colombia, Cuba, Somalia and Germany. He was among the first to research
the No-tillage technology in Brazil and Latin America in 1971. His areas of specialization are:
Conservation agriculture
No-tillage and conservation tillage
Development and diffusion of sustainable agricultural production
systems with permanent soil cover
Green manure cover crops and crop rotations
Agricultural research, development of production systems
for small farmers and mechanised agriculture
On farm research and technology development
Preventive wind and water erosion control as well as preventive
control of desertification
Agricultural extension (diff. target groups, indigenous communities)
Rural development planning
Management of international projects
He speaks, reads and writes German,
Spanish, English and Portuguese fluently, and has a fair knowledge of French and Italian. He is
author/ co- author of 68 publications from 1990 to present.
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| NAME: | Rolf Wolfgang Derpsch |
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| ADRESS: | Patricio Maciel 322 /
Edificio Villa Los Patricios Dep. 1-B C.C. 13223 Shopping del Sol Asunción Paraguay Telefon: (595-21) 609717 Fax: (595-21) 6609717  |
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| MARITAL STATUS: | Married to: Anke Derpsch |
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| NATIONALITY: | German |
BORN: | in Santiago, Chile, 14 December, 1937 |
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| EDUCATION: |
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| AREAS OF SPECIALISATION: | Conservation agriculture No-tillage and conservation tillage Development and diffusion of sustainable agricultural production systems with permanent soil cover Green manure cover crops and crop rotations Agricultural research, development of production systems for small farmers and mechanised agriculture On farm research and technology development Preventive wind and water erosion control as well as preventive control of desertification Agricultural extension (different target groups, including small farmers and indigenous communities) Rural development planning Management of international projects of technical cooperation |
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| LANGUAGES: | German (mother tongue) Spanish (mother tongue) English (very good) Portuguese (very good) French (fair) Italian(fair) |
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| MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: | International Soil Tillage Research Organisation, ISTRO (Board member of ISTRO) World Association of Soil and Water Conservation, WASWC Soil and Water Conservation Society, SWCS Sociedade Brasiliera de Ciencia do Solo, SBCS Red Latinoamericana de Agricultura Conservacionista, RELACO Deutsche Landwirtschafts- Gesellschaft, DLG |
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| COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE: |
Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Honduras, Colombia, Cuba, Somalia, South Africa, Tajikistan, North Korea, Australia and Germany |
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| Since September 2001: |
Freelance Consultant (see above areas of specialization) | ||||||
| May 1993 to August 2001 Paraguay: |
GTZ, German Agency for Technical Cooperation Project Manager, Soil Conservation Project Eastern Paraguay, San Lorenzo. |
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| 1992/ 93 Paraguay: | GTZ, Senior Expert at the Central Chaco Experiment Station Soil Management, Wind Erosion Control, Windbreak Project. | ||||||
| 1988/ 91 Paraguay: | GTZ, Senior Expert at the San Pedro Norte Rural Development Project, Research and Development in Soil Management. | ||||||
| 1987/ 88 Germany: | GTZ, Senior Expert at GTZ headquaters in Eschborn, detailed Project Planning. Publication of research results from Brazil. Short term consultant to Honduras (Soil management in a food for work project). |
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| 1985/ 86 England: | Reading University, M.Sc. Course
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1977/ 84 Brazil: | Project Manager, GTZ Soil Conservation Project at the Paraná Research Institute IAPAR in Londrina.
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1975/ 77 Brazil: |
Kurt A. Becher Bremen, Germany Technical Advisor of Agroindustrial Projects, São Paulo, Deputy Director. |
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| 1973/ 75 Germany: |
GTZ Senior Expert at GTZ headquaters in Eschborn, Project Planning. Short term consultancy to Bolivia (Wind erosion control) and Argentina (Project feasibility study). |
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| 1968/ 72 Brazil: | GTZ (GAWI), Senior Expert in Soil Management at the IPEAME Research Institute in Curitiba and Londrina, Paraná.
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| 1967 Germany: | GTZ (GAWI), Junior Expert at GTZ headquaters in Frankfurt, training program. | ||||||
| 1966 Somalia: | GTZ (GAWI), Junior Expert at the Experiment Station Afgoi. | ||||||
| 1965 Germany: | Post Graduate Studies at the German Foundation for International Development, DSE, Witzenhausen. | ||||||
| 1962/ 64 Chile: |
Enrique Geisse Management of a farm with diversified production systems in Rio Negro, Osorno. |
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| 1961/ 62 Chile: |
Nestlé (Chiprodal), Osorno Extension Service, Technical adviser to farmers. |
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| CONSULTANT TO: | Bolivia, 1974, Wind erosion, Kienbaum Unternehmensberatung Argentina, 1975, Feasibility Study, Misiones (GTZ) Honduras, 1987, Food for Worik, SECPLAN/ COOHAT. Colombia, 1999, Proyecto Checua, Erosion Control (GTZ) Cuba, 2001, Desertification Control, Rio Checua, CITMA South Africa, 2003, Conservation Agriculture, FAO Tajikistan, 2003, Conservation Agriculture, FAO North Korea, 2004, Conservation Agriculture, FAO Australia, 2005, Sustainable No-Tillage Systems, WANTFA |
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| PUBLICATIONS: | Author/ Co- author of 27 Publications from 1970 to 1989 Author Co- author of 68 Publications from 1990 to present List of Publications |
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