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Work history 2000 to 2005
Details of major areas of Research, Development, Information, Training
and Extension Focus and List of Projects while
engaged as FAO/RAP Industrial Crops Officer, Bangkok, Thailand. This
is an outline of the FAO work plan entities, outputs and thematic areas
and projects with which I was involved while working with FAO.
A pdf file
with full details can be downloaded or viewed here.
Outline of FAO work plan entities and outputs.
Eight key, thematic areas for development for high value industrial and
horticultural crops for Asia/Pacific Region.
Six Major FAO Projects formulated, concluded or being implemented: four on coffee quality improvement, two on Coconut Brontispa Beetle, one on
Sweet Sorghum for Food, Feed, Fuel and Fibre, concluded.
IPM of coconut hispid beetle (Brontispa sp.)
in the Maldives at a cost of USD200,000.
Two large projects implemented or being implemented with
technical input from me in planning and design (one on Horticulture,
another on Oil
Seeds).
Fifteen projects formulated with technical inputs from me awaiting funding
or approval for implementation.
Twenty-seven smaller project initiatives, studies, publications, meetings,
seminars etc., Virgin Coconut Oil Development, Coconut Brontispa Beetle
control in thailand, Lao and Cambodia, pepper quality Improvement and processing,
pepper guide, coffee manuals, sweet sorghum manuals, books on fruits, etc.,
funded and implemented.
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