{"id":213,"date":"2015-03-11T17:57:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T17:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2024-01-28T21:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T21:41:25","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Tinsley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smallholderagriculture.wpagsci.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/DickTinsleyOpt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-115 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/smallholderagriculture.wpagsci.colostate.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/DickTinsleyOpt.jpg\" alt=\"DickTinsleyOpt\" width=\"350\" height=\"329\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/DickTinsleyOpt.jpg 350w, https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2015\/03\/DickTinsleyOpt-300x282.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/329;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dick Tinsley is an emeritus professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University who spent his entire career as a technical advisor to smallholder development projects. He worked for long periods in Viet Nam, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Malawi, Thailand, and Tanzania. He also participated in short-term assignments to Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Russian Federation, Uganda, Zambia, Ivory Coast and Iraq. In addition, he is the author of the book<em><strong> &#8220;Developing Smallholder Agriculture: a Global Perspective<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; and contributed to\u00a0the book\u00a0&#8220;<em><strong>Farming Systems Research and Development: Guidelines for\u00a0Developing Countries&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>. In all of these assignments he was deeply involved with smallholder farming communities, extensive informal interviewing of farmers, and facilitating off and on-farm research programs. He currently teaches a class in agricultural development at Colorado State University and does short-term consulting.<\/p>\n<p>The permanent address of the author is: Soil and Crop Science Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523 USA; E-mail: <strong><a href=\"mailto:richard.tinsley@colostate.edu\">Richard.tinsley@colostate.edu <\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/RichardTinsley-CV.pdf\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/RichardTinsley-PUB.pdf\"><strong>List of Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Consultant Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/SMC-RLT-Report.pdf\"><strong>Winrock &#8211; Zambia (Treadle Pumps &amp; Cooperatives)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/RUCID-Report.pdf\"><strong>ACDI\/VOCA &#8211; Uganda (Irrigation &amp; Domestic Water)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/GehaReport.pdf\"><strong>Winrock &#8211; Tajikistan (Irrigation)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ARD\/Louis Berger &#8211; Iraq INMA Project<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/DripIrrigationInma.pdf\"><strong>Practical Consideration for Promoting Drip Irrigation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/SubtletiesPracticalitiesIrrigation.pdf\"><strong>Subtleties &amp; Practicalities of Irrigation in the US<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/HabbanyahICA.pdf\"><strong>GoogleEarth Evaluation of Prospective Irrigation Command Areas<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/IrrigationRenovations&amp;%20SoilReclamationPriorities.pdf\"><strong>Irrigation Renovations &amp; Soil Reclamation Priorities<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/FENCA-RiceProduction.pdf\"><strong>ACDI\/VOCA Bolivia &#8211; FENCA Rice Production<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/LwobaFarmUganda.pdf\"><strong>ACDI\/VOCA Uganda &#8211; Lwoba Irrigated Rice Farm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/ValueChainAnalysisSoybeansMalawi.pdf\"><strong>CNFA Malawi Soybean Value Chain<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/WASANigeria.pdf\"><strong>CNFA Nigeria West Africa Seed Association<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/KIP-Report.pdf\"><strong>ACDI\/VOCA KIP Rice Irrigation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/SoybeanKenya.pdf\"><strong>CNFA Kenya Soybean Value Chain<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/SoybeansGhana.pdf\"><strong>ACDI\/VOCA Soybean Production &amp; Out Growers in Ghana<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/RLT-RiceProcessing-NIG225.pdf\"><strong>Winrock Nigeria Rice Processing<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/RiceValueChain.pdf\"><strong>Winrock Nigeria Rice Value Chain Sokoto<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/EthiopiaValueChainWorkshop.pdf\"><strong>Winrock Ethiopia Value Chain Training<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/ET09Report.pdf\"><strong>CRS Ethiopia Grain Production<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/AngolaDripIrrigation.pdf\"><strong>CNFA Angola Drip Irrigation<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/03\/Reflections.pdf\"><strong>Reflections on 50+ Years Assisting Smallholder Communities<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference Materials<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/smallholderagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/01\/Chapter-8-Irrigation.pdf\">Irrigation Chapter\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Dick Tinsley is an emeritus professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University who spent his entire career as a technical advisor to smallholder development projects. 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