Farming Systems IPM and smallholder participatory crop management research and development, project development, implementation, monitoring and assessment, team leadership.

Adaptation to climate/change, soil physical and plant-water/irrigation requirements, land resource assessment.

People centred agricultural development systems; inclusive concerns of farmers for food security and material and social benefits; strengthened involvement of associated value chain institutions in farming systems R+D

Pest surveys, identification and diagnosis, biocontrol, participatory IPM development, Locust management, pesticide safety & assessment of non-target effects. Capacity building & training.

Ecotoxicology, pesticide impacts: migrant pests, livestock and human disease vectors. Locust and grasshopper, Quelea, tsetse fly, mosquitoes. Organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids.

Post-harvest plant pathologist and physiologist of fresh horticultural produce, grains/cereals and oilseeds etc. Surveyor of containers and bulk cargoes. Forensic investigator and expert witness to assess, analyse and diagnose the nature, extent and value of quality depreciation and biological loss of commodities.

Watershed management, Water policy and institutional transboundary issues, satellite rainfall estimation.

Post-harvest plant pathologist and technologist of agricultural and horticultural plant products. Characterisation and critical point analyses of marketing systems and the development of sampling protocols to monitor and evaluate the efficiency of handling, storage, transport, pre-conditioning, distribution and marketing with a view to improving the amelioration and control and of diseases, disorders and quality defects.

Invertebrate biodiversity assessment, sampling and monitoring of invertebrates, invertebrate recognition and identification.

Invertebrate ecology and biodiversity, sampling and monitoring methods for tropical terrestrial invertebrates, invertebrate recognition and identification.

Biodiversity assessment (invertebrates), non-target effects of pesticide use.

Chemical hazards and risks to wildlife and ecosystem processes – aquatic and soil ecosystems.

Management of data for environmental decision making, satellite rainfall estimation, weather and climate monitoring.

EIA for pest management programmes; hydropower, irrigation schemes.

Pesticides in the environment: pest management, contaminated soils and water. EIA/SEA. Ecological monitoring and bioindicators. Biotechnology for rapid detection of pesticides, PAHs and other pet.hydrocarbons. Bioremediation.

Climate Change Policy, practice, mitigation assessment, adaptation programme development, climate risk management.

Principal concerns of poor livestock keepers on how to cope (adapt) with droughts, floods and extremes; many strategies (technologies, practices and insurance schemes) developed for cattle, sheep, goats and poultry but poorly disseminated.

Stakeholder assessments. Strengthening institutional linkages. Government – community liaison. Network development and capacity building. PRA.

Transforming research findings into 'language' and format for targeted audiences - policy makers, media, users, beneficiaries.

Project proposal development and bid preparation (DFID, Darwin Initiative, Tacis: pest management, biodiversity assessment, protected nature areas); development of TORs for EC Tacis project (Kazakhstan, Sustainable irrigated cropping).

Project identification, development and proposal writing. Project monitoring and management. Smallholder pest management. Pesticides management.

Identification, development, proposal, tendering, design, implementation and management of technology-transfer and applied research and development projects.

Evaluation of Save The Children IPM Farmer Field School Project, Ethiopia.

Evaluations, audits and validations: area-wide pest and vector control programmes; ecological monitoring in aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Smallholder pest management. Pesticides management.

M&E of national, regional and global projects or programmes with pro-poor agricultural and livestock research bias.

Facilitation and brokering donor collaboration/ coordination in pro-poor agriculture/livestock R&D; extracting lessons learned on effectiveness of ARD on poverty reduction; development of insurance schemes and other financial services for poor farmers/pastoralists.

Design and delivery of small group training courses in pest management (vegetables, rice, coconut), safe spraying technology, biological control, pest identification, logical frameworks. Institutional Capacity building through: supervision (PhD), mentoring and coaching.

Management of environmental knowledge as a resource for decision making.

Teaching of applied post-harvest pathology, physiology and technology at all levels, from on-site bespoke vocational training of stakeholders and mentoring of extension staff, to university level. Supervision and examination of PhDs. Preparation of course materials. Knowledge transfer and dissemination by means of workshops, seminars, lectures, videos, manuals and technical and extension leaflets etc.

Design, implementation, resource management, marketing, monitoring and review of large livestock and agricultural research programmes aimed at improving rural and urban livelihoods.