Berthold Schrimpf
Working Languages
German
English
Regional Expertise
East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Caucasus, Balkans, South-East Asia, Central Asia
Core competencies
- Process oriented consultancies
- Evaluation and analysis of development organisations and their projects
- Organic agriculture, including bee-keeping and certification
- Facilitation of processes from relief to development
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Organisational Development
Publications
- “Traditional Food Crisis Coping Mechanisms – a regional perspective from Southern Africa”, Bread for the World online publication, March 2012 (https://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/fileadmin/mediapool/2_Downloads/Fachi…
- “Organic Beekeeping in Germany –Standards and Inspection System of Bioland”, Apimondia (International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations) online publication; Bulgaria, August 2010 (Apimondia) https://www.apimondia.com/en/component/easyfolderlistingpro/?view=do
- “Local Marketing of Organic Products in Developing Countries – Guidelines for practitioners”, Agrecol Online publication together with Flörchinger, Bernd, Becker & Kotschi, April 2007 (www.agrecol.de/files2/Agrecol_LM_engl.pdf)
- “Advisory services in organic agriculture”, in: ALTERORGANIC, by Kotschi, Bayer, Becker and Schrimpf (editors), Agrecol, Marburg 2003 (www.agrecol.de/dokumente/AlterOrganic_Proceedings.pdf)
- • “Bees and bee-keeping in Africa”, in in THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN LIVESTOCK, by Blench and MacDonald, UCL Press, London 2000
- “Natural Crop Protection – Vietnam: Public-sector research reveals a neglected potential”, in: BIOTECHNOLOGY: BUILDING ON FARMERS KNOWLEDGE, by Bunders, Haverkort and Hiemstra, Macmillan 1997
- “Working with farmers on natural crop protection”, in: FARMING FOR THE FUTURE, by ILEIA 1992
- “Natural crop protection, an approach in participation with smallholders in Cameroon”, in: IFOAM-PROCEEDINGS, Ouagadougou 1988
- Agrecol Online publication (C): Johannes Kotschi, Lea Doobe, Berthold Schrimpf and Ann Waters-Bayer (https://opensourceseeds.org/sites/default/files/bilder/Enabling%20diver…): „Enabling Diversity – ways to finance organic plant breeding” Agrecol e.V. Germany, February 2021
- Bread for the World / Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst, Berlin 2017: Towards Climate-Resilient, Small-Scale Agriculture – Alternatives to “Climate Smart Agriculture” – Outcome document of three partner workshops held in Africa, Asia and Latin America (together with Peter Rottach, Johannes Kotschi and Eike Zaumseil), Berlin 2017 https://www.sudamericarural.org/images/nuestra_produccion/2017/Agricult…