Pesticides – theNRgroup

2 March 20172 March 2017

Sujit Patel

Sujit has a rare combination skill set of being an analytical chemist and also is an instrumentation scientist/engineer. He has over 25 years experience in the field of analytical chromatography.

Such instrumentation is used to analyse pesticides, industrial toxicology, pharmaceutical formulations, testing of animal feeds along with a multitude of other applications. He has also formulated and developed medical products for the pharmaceutical industry.

He has worked alongside Agilent Technologies and has been a consultant for over 18 years. He aids laboratories with lab design, installation of equipment, validation of laboratory instrumentation including service and repairs.

He has excellent working knowledge of cGLP, cGMP and ISO requirements coupled with excellent IT knowledge of HBIB, LAN interfaces.

Sujit has worked with EU, UNIDO, Trade Mark, PTB and GIZ on various projects and has been a panel consultant for tenders of laboratory equipment.

He offers laboratory support and training courses on various aspects of laboratory functions. Some of the countries he has aided include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bhutan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Moldova, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Email: sujit.patel @ thenrgroup.net

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Country Experience: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bhutan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Moldova, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Availability: Immediately

9 June 201421 January 2015

Lawrence Kenyon

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.

Email: lawrence.kenyon @ thenrgroup.net

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Country Experience: Belize, Benin, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

13 March 201423 June 2019

Sheila Willis

Sheila is an Agricultural Entomologist with research and teaching experience in Entomology and Pest Management and 15 years experience in the development sector in the UK and Africa. Her early career focused on participatory research with smallholder farmers and pastoralists in East Africa, including research into beekeeping, sweet potato butterfly control, community-based tetse fly control and vectors of camel trypanosomiasis. Sheila has extensive experience in community mobilisation, communications, resource mobilisation and project development. Latterly Sheila has focused on pesticide management including pesticide registration and regulation, safer use of pesticides and integrated pest management.

Email: sheila.willis @ thenrgroup.net

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Country Experience: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, UK

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13 March 201421 January 2015

Ian Grant

An ecotoxicologist with 35 years (27 of those in developing countries) of environmental impact/ecosystem assessments of pesticides and other organic pollutants (PAHs and other petroleoum hydrocarbons) in soil and aquatic ecosystems. Skilled in the design and validation of ecological monitoring/ surveillance programmes, and in reviewing and amending intervention procedures/ programmes to minimise the hazards and risks to wildlife and ecosystems, particularly those involving area-wide control of pests and vectors of disease. Interested in the relationships between agricultural development and environmental impact, decision making and policy. Extensive field, project and research management experience. Consulting and advisory roles undertaken for government, development banks, donors and the private sector. Programme and project review, including environmental screening.

Email: ian.grant @ thenrgroup.net

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Country Experience: Botswana, Brazil, Cameroun, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nicaragua, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Singapore, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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13 March 20146 July 2022

Simon Eden-Green

Simon has a background in plant pathology and crop protection. He has worked with developing countries for over forty years and is a recognized authority on plant diseases caused by bacteria and phytoplasmas, and their insect vectors. His experience includes winning, implementing and leading research and development projects (including pests and diseases of coconut, oil palm, clove, banana, maize, and the development of plant protection services); commissioning, monitoring and evaluating research led by others (as manager of a DFID Crop Protection Programme); and institutional development (as head of a UK research department). His interests include improving developmental impact through promoting better awareness, participation and communication between researchers, policy makers and the constituents they serve.

Email: simon.eden-green @ thenrgroup.net

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Country Experience: Belize, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA

Availability: Available for short-term assignments.