Agricultural mechanisation and rural development specialist with nearly 30 years of experience across Asia, Africa, and fragile and conflict-affected settings. Expertise covers sustainable agricultural mechanisation (SAM), scale-appropriate machinery, conservation agriculture, and precision applications, alongside emerging Ag 4.0 technologies such as agricultural drones.

 

Focus areas include building machinery ecosystems and mechanisation service markets, forming public-private technology alliances, developing private sector and value chains, and designing training systems for machinery operators, mechanics, dealers, and service providers.

 

Has worked with leading international organisations including CIMMYT, FAO, IRRI, IFPRI, and USAID-funded programmes, and with national partners in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Haiti, Afghanistan, and across sub-Saharan Africa.