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About RULIVSYS

Rural Livelihood Systems was founded and registered in December 2001 by David and Elin Gibbon. The Company has been designed with the following :-

Vision:

• Over the next ten years, the company will contribute towards the ethical development of more sustainable rural and urban livelihoods for people living in South Shropshire, the UK in general and in countries of Africa and Asia.
Goals:
• To improve the quality of life of poorer and disadvantaged people through the development of more sustainable farming and livelihood systems.

Purpose:

• To provide training, learning skills development, research, monitoring and evaluation services which support and empower community workers, and enable them to act both independently and collectively in order to improve their environment and livelihoods.
• To work towards a wider appreciation of the crucial linkages between; food production, human health, quality of life and well being, culture and environmental and natural resource management.
• To work as an independent consultant and also with others as part of multidisciplinary and multiskilled teams to apply the principles of systems thinking, interdisciplinarity and participatory methods in many contexts.
Outputs:

• Research reports, leaflets, videos and conference presentations to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Consultancy /Evaluation reports on projects and programmes for a many local and international donors
• Experiential training and learning courses and workshops in participatory research methods in the UK and in Africa and Asia.
• Edited theses, journal articles and books.
• Chapters in books, journal articles, leaflets, videos.
• An improved understanding, by a wide range of stakeholders and actors, of ways in which their livelihoods may be improved through the harnessing of their own skills and energies.
Activities and Services :

• Participation in UK and European Union and international agricultural and rural development research programmes.
• Facilitation of training courses in farming and livelihood systems research and development which use of a diversity of participatory methods ( PAR, PLAR and PRA).
• Participation in human capacity building among local communities in the UK
• Monitoring, reviewing and evaluation of development projects and programmes which target poor or disadvantaged people in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
• Participation in scientific review panels and journal editorial boards.
• The teaching of English for speakers whose first language is not English.
• Editing of PhD Theses, Journal articles, book chapters and conference papers.
• Sharing life, good humour and energy within all activities in which we are engaged.
The Company founders have the following skills and qualifications:- David P. Gibbon, Agricuturalist and Rural Development Trainer and Researcher . BSc ( Hons) (Agriculture, Leeds , UK ), MSc (Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, W.I.) PhD (Agronomy, Leeds, UK) Elin F.Gibbon, Language Teacher and Editor. BA(Hons)(French Literature, UEA, UK). Dip.TESOL.( Surrey)
Rulivsys Ltd, Pearmain, 59, Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 6EX
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