Specialization:

Leading of research and development projects

Field research and research networking

Participatory research with subsistence farmers

Reviewing of field projects

Teaching of researchers and extension agents

Working for international organizations

Founding and leading an NGO in South Africa

 

Technical expertise:            

Rice and related tropical crops

Agro-ecology of Asian lowlands

Pest management of citrus and field crops

Subsistence agriculture in Asia

 

Authority on:                       

Deepwater rice

Rice stem borers

Citrus greening disease and its insect vector

Subsistence agriculture in Asia

 

Qualifications:                       

Ph.D (Entomology)

Diploma of Agriculture (Agronomy)

 

Personal:                       

Born 1936 in Reading, UK; married with three children

Dual nationality: South African and British

 

Contacts:                       

Email:  davidcat@mweb.co.za

Tel/Fax:  ++27 21 461 8576

4 Acorn Close, Vredehoek, Cape Town 8001, South Africa


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