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Montpellier Area, France

Martha Brae, Jamaica

I contributed to farm operation improvements and developed an analysis of individual field performance. I started the “Mind the Gap” program to maintain correct planting density. I rationalised pesticide management and successfully argued for actives to be included on a retailer list. I streamlined record and data handling, transferring records from paper.

Atherstone On Stour, Warwickshire, U.K.

I worked with growers in Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Spain, Israel, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Senegal to deliver safe, high quality mangoes, papayas, pomegranates, figs, persimmon, passion fruit, granadilla and physalis to Wealmoor, identifying and sharing best practice.I supported the business with product.

San Jose, Costa Rica

I expanded the capacity and capability of the postharvest lab by installing new cold rooms and upgrading existing rooms with ethylene sensors and a computerised control and monitoring system. We conducted R&D projects for innovation, new product development and base business support, including testing of new banana varieties. I built a banana flavour map.

Montpellier, France And Petrolina, Brazil

From 2002-2004 I worked with Embrapa Semi-Árido in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil on improving mango quality in the export industry. I supervised a student project to find out which postharvest handling steps contribute to lenticel spotting in Tommy Atkins mangoes.From 2004 to 2010 I worked in Montpellier on project preparation and execution; student.

La Lima, Honduras

Seconded to the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA), Honduras, as Head of Postharvest Dept. The Dept. supported the banana breeding programme led by Dr. Phil Rowe by characterising the postharvest handling and ripening characteristics of new FHIA hybrids. We supported small growers and grower groups in postharvest handling of fruit and.

York, United Kingdom

“Below ground carbon allocation in relation to atmospheric CO2 enrichment and temperature”. I developed a system using mini-rhizotrons for videoing roots in soil in the field (Great Dun Fell, Cumbria), recording the data in a database, and then analysing root “births” and “deaths” over time.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Natural Resources Institute Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, Proctor Food Science Dept. Non-destructive evaluation of tropical fruit quality.

Phd, Plant Physiology

Bsc (Hons), Botany, 2:1