Our Services
Within our areas of expertise we provide services ranging from field research to training and publishing.
We undertake assignments ranging from small contracts such as editing articles to full projects like the production of thematic magazines or research projects starting from field research and finishing with professional publications and web pages.
Field research and experiments
We undertake full research programmes from A to Z, including design, execution and publications. We are particularly strong in participatory research with small-scale farmers, socio-economic research and food security assessments.
We provide advice, backstopping and quality assurance for field research and experiments in our field of technical expertise to ensure that the right methodologies are applied, sampling is optimised and the execution is cost and time efficient.
Desk studies, analyses and syntheses
We carry out desk studies to synthesise existing knowledge in your field of interest. The result may be "state-of-the-art" publications, position or review papers.
We also analyse and interpret many types of socio-economic, agronomic and biological data. It may be data collected by you, your organisation or from third parties. We can deliver the result as "raw" input for other publications or in print- and web-ready format.
Lectures, workshops and seminars
We organise full workshops and seminars, or sessions and lectures as part of other programmes. Hand-outs and lecture notes can also be prepared. We have experience in targeting many different audiences, ranging from field level staff in development projects to university researchers.
Training programmes
We organise tailor-made training programmes for individuals or small groups. If your organisation or partners need staff training in (agro)biodiversity, farmer innovations, participatory research or one of our other areas of expertise, we can organise high quality training drawing on our own staff as well as network contacts.
Writing, editing and translation
We write, edit (content, language or copy-editing) and translate scientific or journalistic articles in magazines and websites, as well as policy and project reports, guides and other printed texts.
We have in-house capacity for translating in:
- Dutch to English
- French to English
- Danish to/from English
- Portuguese to English
We emphasise clear and jargon-free communication. If you have documents that are incomprehensible to the uninitiated, we can assist in re-writing in clear and easily understood language.
Appraisals and Evaluations
We carry out appraisals and evaluations on agricultural or other development projects. We favour participatory approaches because we believe strongly that involving as many stakeholders as possible in the evaluations is an important part of ensuring that the needs and desires of those affected by the initiatives will remain central.
We can contribute participants to feasibility studies, appraisal and evaluation missions.
Photographs and video
Photography and video production are not core activities for Banana hill but we provide photo and video services as part of other assignments. We have in-house equipment, expertise and experience in photography and video production, including digital editing and interactive photo CDs.