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Lawrence has more than twenty years experience of research and consultancy in the field of Crop Protection Technology and Plant Pathology for mainly tropical horticultural, field and plantation crops. This experience includes project formulation, administration and management. Lawrence’s special area of expertise is in diseases caused by plant viruses and phytoplasmas and in plant disease diagnostics. He is also interested in how to better communicate research findings and has experience of the development and delivery of extension and training materials for resource-poor farmers as well as MSc and PhD student supervision and teaching. More recently Lawrence has broadened his experience to include food safety and quality assurance systems for horticultural growers to meet the requirements of EU Food Law, EUREPGAP and specific retailer protocols for access to EU markets. Currently at World Vegetable Center, Taiwan. 
Anita has over 10 years of experience working as a remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) specialist. She has used her strong analytical skills to conduct research and consultancy projects for environmental and natural resource monitoring and assessment for developing countries (Africa and across Asia). She has particular interests in spatial and temporal analysis of vegetation and integrating spatial data for decision support. Project examples include rangeland degradation assessment, land use change and spatial decision support to prioritise resource usage and target appropriate end-users. Anita also has extensive teaching and training experience and holds a PGCE in post compulsory education and training. She has developed teaching materials and delivered training courses using a variety of teaching methods. She has worked particularly with international students and has focused on teaching practical GIS and remote sensing skills using applied examples and communicating the potential of these techniques. 
Charles is an entomologist, with 33 years experience, primarily with multidisciplinary projects in migratory pest management (including African armyworm, desert locust), consultancy, operational logistics and project evaluation. Currently working in desert locust management, information, survey, control and capacity building. Charles is principally a terrestrial entomologist, but also experienced in aquatic entomology, environmental (biodiversity) monitoring, ornithology, and animal myiasis, and in addition has curatorial experience. Wide-ranging field experience in 22 countries. English mother tongue, but speaks working Swahili and French, some Arabic. 
A Natural Resource Management Specialist and project manager with 25 years international experience in natural resource and collaborative community projects. He has focused on; organisational change, partnership development and empowerment and evaluations. Hugh demonstrates individual initiative, sensitive negotiation skills, leadership, excellent communication and international languages. He is a specialist in PA methods including; participatory monitoring and evaluation, community empowerment and participatory planning (PRA), community-based natural resource management, teambuilding and training. He designs and is experienced in senior level multi media presentations and electronic material preparation. Currently based in Kenya. 
Mike has over 30 years experience of long-term assignments and short missions on: project identification and design; and financial, personnel and technical management of large development projects and government departments. He is very much the generalist, with rural development expertise encompassing: social and technical aspects of soil and water conservation; environmental assessment; land-use and natural resource planning; farmer support services; smallholder crop and livestock production; livelihood systems; indigenous peoples’ development; small-scale irrigation; forestry and sawmill management. He is fluent in the Mauritian Creole language and has excellent Spanish.