AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

New Hope Media & Consultants (NHMC) has established a strong reputation for the efficient delivery of high impact projects and programmes in rural development. Our teams of national and international experts are contributing to a wide range of development interventions in the sector, playing a significant role in economic development activities required to meet the aspirations of rural communities across the globe.

Our work in the sector provides a catalyst for change and development, and a platform upon which greater equity and economic prosperity can be built. Achieving pro-poor growth and promoting income diversification amongst rural households underpins economic growth and as rural economies evolve, the focus has to shift towards creating a robust, market-oriented business environment in which rural entrepreneurs can invest in innovations, expand their market potential, and compete in an increasingly global marketplace.

Our experience and expertise in the rural and natural resource sectors is exceptional amongst our competitors, combining a thorough knowledge of agricultural technology with a profound understanding of the issues surrounding the development, diversification and strengthening of local economies, and the rejuvenation of rural community capacity, enterprise and infrastructure. This know how, along with our people-centered approach, provides the foundation for a unique perspective on the challenges faced by developing rural economies and has given rise to genuine innovation in the identification of long-term, sustainable interventions to meet these challenges.

We provide a broad range of development services, structured around the following specializations:

• Agri-business development and food marketing
• Rural small and micro business development
• Agriculture and livestock
• Food security
• Agricultural policy Agronomy of Tropical Crops
• Assessment of Agricultural Research Institutions and Extension
• Economics
• Entomology
• Food and Nutrition
• Insurance
• Investment
• Management
• Marketing
• Policy
• Post-harvest Technology
• Production Systems
• Research and Development
• Rural Development
• Soils

Within each specialization, we combine extensive programme management and supervisory skills with the highest quality technical advice and quality assurance services in order to strengthen and diversify the economic enterprise and sources of livelihood of the rural poor and improve the policy, programming and regulatory environments in which they exist.

In One Word New Hope Media & Consultants is a multi-disciplinary consulting house with a comprehensive range of skills and experience to service all the needs of specialized or integrated rural development projects in the country.

These include project management; the provision of specialist technical assistance, local capacity building, the development of MIS / M&E systems and tailor made communications and media solutions