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Mark Ritchie CV

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Personal data
Year of Birth
TAA Member No
Title
Forenames:
Surname:

 1951

1967

 Dr

 J. Mark

 RITCHIE

Record of posts and assignments
Year
Job Title
Organisation
Country
Responsibilities 

2005

Team Leader

EC Framework 1

South Africa

Mid-term Review evaluation of SA PIP Project

2004-2005

IPM Adviser

UNDP

East Timor

IPM Adviser to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

2003

Team Leader

TACIS

Kazakhstan

Preparation of TORs for Environmentally friendly development of Kzyl-Orda region (North Aral Sea area).

2001-2003

Team Leader

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Kazakhstan

TL of Technology and Institutional Development for Sustainable Locust Management TA Project

2002

Trainer

DFID

Lesotho

Management of vegetable production for NGO

2000-2003

Pest Management Specialist

DFID

Kenya

Management of sorghum pests

2001

Team Leader/Trainer

University of Greenwich (UoG) / DFID

Zambia

Management of dry-land vegetable pests for extension workers

2000

Team Leader/Evaluator

University of Greenwich / DFID

Ethiopia

Evaluation of IPM FFS project for N. Wollo and Wag Hamra (Save the Children Fund)

2000

Environmental Impact specialist

UoG, ADB

Kazakhstan

Initial Environmental Examination of chemical control operations against Italian Locust

1996-2000

Team Leader, IPM Spscialist

DFID

Malawi

Developing Pest Management options for smallholders

1995

Consultant

DFID

Bangladesh

Feasibility study for setting up a National Insect Collection.

1994

EIA consultant

JICA

Kenya

IEA for resettlement for proposed dam and rehabilitation of irrigation schemes on Tana.

1994

Biodiversity trainer/researcher

Scientific Exploration Society/Darwin Initiative

India

Investigation of forest biodiversity of Namdapha Nat. Pk, Arunachal Pradesh

1993-1995

Team Leader/Entomologist

Royal Geographical Society/Darwin Initiative

Tanzania

Invertabrate Biodiversity assessment of Mkomazi Game Res.

1982-88

Team Leader

DFID

Kenya

Head, Dept of Entomology, Nat. Museum of Kenya, Nairobi

1981

Entomologist

DFID

Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia

Researching distribution patterns of agricultural pests

1979

Entomologist

DFID

Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Collecting live locusts for research into origins of locust plagues in neotropics

1974-78

Entomologist

DFID

Mali, Niger

Monitoring Senegalese Locust plagues.

 

Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Agriculture / Environment
Subsidiary fields
Crop Protection, Environmental Impact, Farming Systems, Food Crops, Institutional/Organizational Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Pest Management, Project Management
Higher education 

Professional Certificate in Management, Open University, 1993
PhD Agricultural Entomology, Imperial College, 1980
BSc Zoology, Imperial College, 1973

Countries worked in 
Bangladesh, Colombia, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Peru, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Zambia
Languages
French, Russian
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