Thierry Alban Revert boasts a diverse occupational
portfolio, working abroad in his capacity as Quality Control
Regional Manager for Air France Catering Division until
1981 when he settled in South Africa. He pursued his love
for culinary arts operating “La Baguette” French Bread
Bakery until 1984, followed by a period of six years as
consultant to executive catering service management and
for the National Department of Agriculture (South Africa)
from 1994, when new strategies were designed to include
small scale farmers in the economy. His direct involvement
in a new crops development program inspired him to launch
his own business, Planet Agro-ecology Concepts, in 2001.
“Activities in organic production and agro-ecology practices
are not considered a social issue, but rather an economic
issue; consequently, no CSR program is likely to support
smallholders and subsistence farmers to produce nutritious
foods for their communities,” says Thierry-Alban
Over the following seven years numerous projects evolved
from in-depth research and practical application, including
extraction of bio-chemicals from bio-mass wa ste; holistic
land-care management programs; and medicinal plants
extraction technologies;. In 2004 Thierry Alban Revert
joined the International Consortium of Future Energies
(ICOFE), operating from Johannesburg. Projects
developed from partnerships between the Business and
Technology Unit of ICOFE and various NGO's and
Government Departments, which include 'Grow Your
House' Project, , the National Integrated Renewable Energy
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Technology Initiative (NIRETI) , the Water Initiative for the
Restoration of the Environment (WIRE) and other National
initiatives for sustainable waste management, and
programs on adaptation to climate change. Thierry Alban
Revert is a multi-linguist, while ?uent in French, English and
Spanish, he is also able to converse in Italian, Portuguese
and Arabic. He enjoys playing sports, horse riding and
practices ethnic drumming and listens to jazz. He is also
adept at JiGong and TaiJi.
Today Thierry Alban Revert holds the position of Technology
& Business Development Manager of the National Organic
Produce Initiative (NOPI) program. The fundamental nature
of NOPI is to explore a programmatic and cooperative
approach to smallholders' sustainable agricultural
practices, provide solutions to the mitigation and adaptation
to climate change and food sovereignty; and sustaining an
authoritative support network between NOPI, the National
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development,
Municipalities and communities throughout South Africa. In
brief, NOPI project advocates the use of Organic Produce
and Agro-ecology Practices (OPAP); the program also
assists communities in partnership with municipalities
enabling them to grow food and other commodities and
ensure that their autonomy and self-suf?ciency within the
context of the local markets is sustained. “NOPI was
established on the basis of a unique and assertive growth
model, which uses the 'inverted pyramid' – the Bottom of the
Pyramid model and principle to illustrate the anticipated
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