As
an active Member of the British Council Taskforce on Gender
and Development, the British Chapter of the International
Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, and the Gender Water
Alliance, Felicity maintains an up to date and balanced
approach to technical and social issues.
Over
the last fifteen years the majority of her research has
been under contract to DFID as part of the Knowledge and
Research Programme. She has contributed to the body of knowledge
on the socio-economic parameters that are important to the
sustainable use of irrigation as part of a livelihood strategy
that contributes to poverty alleviation in rural and peri-urban
environments in developing countries.
Felicity
has contributed to the annual report of the Gender Water
Alliance and has gained experience in evaluation and monitoring
of gender issues in water supply and sanitation, and environmental
programmes and projects. Recently she has extended her work
to UK urban renewal schemes where issues around participation
of local people are important.
Felicity
has wide experience in conceptualising research projects,
data collection, analysis and presentation.. She has worked
in a variety of developing country situations, collaborating
with Government departments, NGOs, Research Institutions,
CBOs and farmers.
Adrian
Laycock
Adrian
Laycock is qualified in both Civil and Agricultural Engineering,
and has thirty-two years experience on inter - disciplinary
irrigation, civil engineering and agricultural projects. He
has worked with civil engineering contractors and consultants,
and in 1978 established a specialist consultancy practice
aimed at linking agriculture and civil engineering. He has
extensive experience in the design, planning, construction
and management of Irrigation and Water Resource Development
Projects, with substantial computerised design expertise in
canal systems, earth dams, weirs and related hydraulic structures.
He is a specialist in trouble-shooting and rehabilitation
of malfunctioning irrigation schemes, with an appreciation
of the interrelated problems of agriculture, sociology, environmental
effects, economics and institutional organisation. He has
given numerous talks and lectures on various aspects of Irrigation.
He has been primarily responsible for the introduction of
precast parabolic canals to India, Indonesia and Pakistan,
and of large-scale canal automation, large parabolic canals
and low-pressure pipeline distribution systems to Pakistan.
In the course of conferences and study tours he has visited
projects in USA, Brazil, Morocco, France, Netherlands, Spain
and Greece and is familiar with all methods of irrigation
including surface, sprinkler, trickle and micro-irrigation.
Since 1998 he has been editor of the news magazine of ICID
British Section.
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc(Eng) Hons in Civil Engineering, University of Aberdeen,
1969
M.Sc(Agr Eng), Soil & Water Engineering, NCAE, Silsoe,
1973
Short course on Irrigation, Dams and tropical water-borne
diseases, NCAE, Silsoe, 1983
Short course on CDM regulations, role of Planning Supervisor,
Thomas Telford, 1999
Professional Societies
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1992 (Member, 1975)
Member, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1980-1997
Member, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
(British National Committee member 1997 - present)
Member, Concrete Society
Member, British Institute of Agricultural Consultants
Special Fields
Irrigation
Water Management
Water Resource Planning
Design
Construction Supervision and Feasibility Studies for Irrigation
Canals
Earth Dams
Land Drainage
Flood Control
Pumping Stations
Low-pressure pipelines
Computer-aided design
Automation of canal irrigation systems
Co-ordination and Management of inter-disciplinary projects.
Emeritus Professor Martin Upton
MSc, Reading; Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture, Leeds
Room 314 New Agriculture Building
Tel +44 (0)118 9318968
Fax +44 (0)118 9756467
Email
m.upton@rdg.ac.uk
Martin Upton has spent his working life in teaching,
researching and advising in the field of agricultural development
economics. Following a first degree in agriculture, a postgraduate
diploma in farm management and a research degree on "the
use and management of farm motive power", he joined
the staff of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria as a lecturer
in agricultural production economics and farm management.
Six and a half years later he returned to the University
of Reading in 1966 to an ODM funded "Home Based Appointment".
This led to a lectureship, followed by promotion first to
Reader and then to Professor of Agricultural Development
Economics. Throughout his career at the University of Reading,
he has regularly worked as a socio-economist in overseas
research and consultancy. For instance in 1978, together
with D.G.R. Belshaw, he drafted the FAO Food Plan for Africa
(AFPLAN) and in the early 1980s led an ODA funded study
of part-time farming (or rural livelihoods) in Cyprus. He
has written five textbooks on African Farm Management and
Tropical Farming Systems, mainly concerned with the adaptation
of theories and principles of farming systems and agricultural
production management to developing country environments.
Since 1968, when he conducted a study of the potential
for small-scale irrigation in Botswana, he has been involved
in several studies of water-use and irrigation and their
contribution to the improvement of rural livelihoods. This
work includes a review of prospects for small-scale irrigation
in southern Nigeria, analysis of the economics of canal
lining in the Indian Punjab and, over the last three years,
the "Smallholder Irrigated Business Unit" study
in Southern Africa. Reports have been published on all this
work, while papers on irrigation have been published in
the ICID Bulletin 43(1) 1-12 of 1994, and Water Resources
Development 7(1)2 of 1991. A paper on Water markets in Spain,
co-authored with Spanish colleagues, was published in the
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
46(1)21-43 in 2002.
Apart from studies, specifically related to irrigation,
his career interests have been related to agricultural and
rural development, mainly in developing countries, but also
in Europe. He has carried out research and consultancy in
many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia East and
South East Asia, the Caribbean and the Near East. Apart
from Britain, he has worked in Cyprus, FAO in Rome, and
in Poland. He has undertaken a range of research and consultancy
for DFID, FAO, the EU and DEFRA.
Publications and other reports
Upton, M. and Redmond, L. Foot
and Mouth Disease - Animal Movement Regime. Cost Benefit
Analysis. Phase 1 Economics Component. Report to DEFRA by
VEERU, (Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Research Unit)
University of Reading. 2003.
Arriaza, M., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Upton, M. Local water markets for irrigation in southern Spain: A multicriteria approach
The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
2002, 46 (1), 21-43.
Upton, M. (2002) The intensification
of small-scale livestock enterprises: progress and prospects,
in Belshaw, D. & Livingstone, I. (Eds.) Renewing
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Performance and
Prospects. London and New York: Routledge, 2002,
121-134.
Upton, M. Trade in Livestock
and Livestock Products: International regulation and Role
for Economic Development. Livestock Policy Discussion Paper
No. 6, Food and Agriculture Organization, Livestock Information
and Policy Branch, AGAL, Oct 2001, 53pp.
Upton, M. The 'Livestock Revolution'
- Implications for smallholder agriculture: A case study
of milk and poultry production in Kenya. Livestock Policy
Discussion Paper No. 1, Food and Agriculture Organization,
Livestock Information and Policy Branch, AGAL, Dec 2000,
72pp.
Minjauw B., Rushton J., James A.D. and Upton M. Financial analysis of East Coast Fever control strategies in
traditionally managed Sanga cattle in Central Province of
Zambia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 38, 1999, 35-45.
Leslie J. and Upton M. The economic implications
of greater global trade in livestock and livestock products.
Review of Science Technology Off. int. Epiz., 18 (2), 1999,
440-457.
Upton, M.
Intensification or Extensification: which has the lowest
environmental burden? World Animal Review, 88 (1), 1997,
21-29.
Upton, M. Household Models (Econometrics).
In: de Frahan, B.H. (ed), NECTAR Module 5.2, Supply Response
within the Farming Systems Context, EC NATURA. 1997, 261-276.
Upton, M. and James, A.D. 1: Measurements of
Outputs, Inputs and Productivity, 2: Economic Valuation
and Returns, 3: Provision and Financing of Services, 4:
Summary and Overview. In: Leslie, J. (ed), The Economics
of Livestock Systems - Module 4, NECTAR/EU. 1997, each document
20pp.
Upton, M. 1: Inter-household
Decision Making, 2: Summary and Round-up of the Module.
In: Rural Resource Economics and Rural Development - Module
5, NECTAR/EU. 1998, Document 1-24pp, Document 2-12pp
