PETER JOHNSON - Land Drainage Engineer
Peter Johnson holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Leeds University and has
over 30 years experience in land drainage, irrigation and rural development. More than 25 years of this
has been spent overseas in more than 24 countries in Asia, South America and Africa. His main expertise
is in the investigation, design, review of designs and construction supervision of irrigation and drainage
projects using both surface and groundwater resources. Since 1985 he has been an independent consultant,
prior to which he worked with large international consulting firms.
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| Argentina | Ethiopia | Nigeria | |
| Armenia | India | Pakistan | |
| Bahrain | Indonesia | Romania | |
| Bangladesh | Iraq | Saudi Arabia | |
| Burma | Kenya | St Lucia | |
| Dominican Republic | Liberia | Turkey | |
| Ecuador | Malawi | Viet Nam | |
| Egypt | Malaysia | Supervising installation of subsurface drainage. | |
TREVOR BEAUMONT - Irrigation and Environmental Engineer
Trevor Beaumont holds a BSc in Agricultural Engineering, and MSc
in Irrigation Engineering. He is a specialist in field engineering for irrigation and drainage, and is
experienced in surface, sprinkler and drip irrigation design, surveying and aerial photo use in engineering,
GPS topographic surveying, use of computers in irrigation design, selection of pumps and pump stations,
maintenance of irrigation schemes, the design and construction of small embankment dams, supervision of
civil contracts, on the job training of Counterpart staff. He is increasingly involved in environmental
engineering for sugar factories which produce large amounts of high-BOD waste water.
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| Ethiopia | Nepal | Syria | Zambia |
| Indonesia | Pakistan | Thailand | Zimbabwe |
| Jamaica | Seychelles | United Kingdom | |
This sugar factory waste management project in Jamaica includes collection system,
plastic lined earth pond, pump station, tanker loading system and field application
system, all designed and supervised by Trevor Beaumont.
RON ALLEN - Pump Engineer
Ron Allen has over 45 years experience in the design, development,
manufacturing and installation of pumps and pumping systems, and field installation testing and inspection
of electrical and diesel-driven pumps. He now specialises in pumped effluent management for landfill sites,
and has recently developed plastic borehole pumps capable of handling highly corrosive liquids. He worked
for several large UK pump manufacturing companies as sales engineer, design engineer, chief engineer,
engineering manager and technical director. Since 1985 he has been a specialist consultant, and has worked
as pump applications consultant to Adrian Laycock Ltd since 1988. He has considerable practical expertise
in addition to a detailed theoretical knowledge of pump design and operation.
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| Australia | Nigeria | |
| Egypt | Saudi Arabia | |
| Europe | U.A.E. | |
| India | United Kingdom | |
| Iran | U.S.A. | |
| Iraq | Installing a submersible pump for irrigation, Karnataka, India. | |
FELICITY CHANCELLOR - Agricultural Economist
Felicity Chancellor has a professional background in Agricultural Economics and Social
Work. She currently works for HR Wallingford Ltd., where she specialises in rural development, concentrating
on the importance of socio-economic parameters in influencing water issues and irrigation. Her recent work has
centred on the problems facing smallholder, resource poor farmers, their changing social roles and objectives,
and future access to water for demographic groups such as older people, women, widows, land-less people and
the poor. This people-centred approach is vital to the programmes of DFID, UK, and the European Union.
Participation and gender-analysis are key to people centred approaches and require careful attention to both
practical and strategic needs of stakeholders, particularly hitherto disadvantaged groups. The development of
processes that promote dissemination of essential information in suitable form to ensure effective participation
is crucial.
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| Egypt | Philippines | |
| Eritrea | South Africa | |
| Gambia | Thailand | |
| India | Zambia | |
| Kenya | Zimbabwe | |
Promoting technology that is characterised by affordability,
flexibility and reliability requires careful investigation of both social and technical issues.
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ANDREW JENKINS - Specialist in Community Development and Water Management Institutions
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Andrew Jenkins has degrees in Social Science and Agricultural
Engineering (Land and Water Use). He has over 25 years experience in planning, implementing
and evaluating projects involving people's participation in rural development, irrigation,
drainage and flood control, including the management of multi-disciplinary project teams.
He is currently responsible for technical assistance to the beneficiary participation component of an innovative drainage rehabilitation project in a tidal area in Bangladesh, and for the community development component of a bio-diversity conservation project involving a world heritage site. In addition to English, his working languages are French, Bengali and Lao.
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ED ATKINSON - Sedimentation Specialist, Hydraulic Modeller and Software Developer
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Ed Atkinson has 20 years experience in sedimentation issues related to irrigation systems and reservoirs and in numerical modelling for hydraulics. After graduating in engineering from Cambridge University, he joined HR Wallingford Ltd in 1983 to work for the Overseas Development Unit. He undertook research and consultancy studies on issues such as sediment extractors for irrigation canal systems, sediment exclusion at intakes, river modelling, feasibility of flushing reservoirs, modelling reservoir sedimentation, small dams and the accuracy of sediment measurements. The work also involved designing and delivering training courses, developing numerical models, designing and implementing field measurement programs and software development. Ed has worked independently since 2001. His combination of experience in software development and water has proved useful to clients requiring specialist new software.
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JOHN TRACEY-WHITE - Architectural Engineer and Planner
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John Tracey-White trained as a construction surveyor (FRICS), planner and architect, together with short-term training in landscape design and conservation. Since 1978 he has worked as an independent consultant, both in the UK and overseas, mostly for United Nations agencies. His main areas of expertise are the design and conservation of low-cost structures, particularly in the use of labour-based and appropriate technology. He also undertakes site planning studies and formulation of rural infrastructure, marketing and transport projects, including assessment of their technical, socio-economic and environmental impact. Email for a full C.V.
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| Design and construction of a timber-framed rural market in Mongar, Bhutan for the FAO (United Nations) | Undertaking a participatory evaluation with local villagers of low-cost road, water supply, small-scale irrigation and school projects in Cambodia for UNDP. |
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| Design plans for greenhouse utilising solar panels. | Design plans for greenhouse utilising solar panels. |
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| Armenia | Czech Republic | Kuwait | Nigeria | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Bangladesh | Egypt | Laos PDR | Poland | Thailand |
| Bhutan | Georgia | Malaysia | Sierra Leone | UAE |
| Brunei | Ghana | Mexico | Slovak Republic | UK |
| Bulgaria | Guyana | Moldova | Spain | Vanuatu |
| Cambodia | India | Morocco | Sri Lanka | Yemen |
| China | Indonesia | Lesotho | Sudan | |
| Croatia | Jordan | Nepal | Tanzania (& Zanzibar) | |
JIM COOMBER - Electrical and Building Services Engineer
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An Cuilionn Consultancy, Stromeferry, Ross-shire
Jim Coomber holds a degree in electical and electronic engineering from City University, London.
He worked for 33 years as an engineer in the UK electricity supply industry, and since 1998 has had his
own consultancy specialising in mechanical and electrical work in buildings. He is a hands-on specialist
in underfloor heating and electronic control systems, with particular expertise in heat pumps and solar energy.
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NEIL MUNRO - Land Use Planner
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Neil Munro
is a land use planner with 31 years of geographical and technical experience gained in 62 countries.
He has worked on 54 technical and development projects in the evaluation of land resources for agricultural
development; on environmental impact assessments; on design of watershed management programmes; on the
practical aspects of sand dune dynamics and dune stabilisation; and in geo-archaeology. He is skilled
in aerial photo interpretation and use of remote sensing tools. Formerly he was with HTS Development
(Hunting Technical Services Ltd.) and is now an Independent Consultant working for a wide range of clients.
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He has made studies of Soils and their suitability for a wide range of potential land uses, and recently
this has included assessment of Contaminated Land and its remediation at a former gasworks site in Scotland.
He has considerable experience of land use planning for rural development and in the design, rehabilitation
and reclamation of Irrigation Projects in many parts of Africa and Asia. Environmental Assessments have been
made on river basin floods, petroleum pipeline developments, ecosystems, transboundary water issues,
desertification, and irrigation schemes. Field experience in Geoarchaeology included establishing an
environmental monitoring system at the Rose Theatre in London, and currently he is participating on
various excavations in Arabia and the Near East as an advisor on geomorphology, soils, landscapes and
natural resource management.
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| Afghanistan | Ethiopia | Lebanon | Saudi Arabia | Yemen |
| Bahrain | Ghana | Malaysia | Somalia | |
| Egypt | Indonesia | Nigeria | Sudan | |
| El Salvador | Jordan | Oman | Tanzania | |
| Eritrea | Kenya | Pakistan | West Bank / Gaza | |
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| Germany | Ireland | Italy | Sweden | United Kingdom |
RICHARD CARTER - Irrigation and Water Resources Engineer
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Richard Carter
has worked for more than 30 years on the natural science, social science and engineering of
water development and management, focusing especially on the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
He trained initially as a geologist, took a Masters degree in irrigation and water resources engineering,
and later completed a PhD in water policy and management related to semi-arid north east Nigeria.
Richard is driven by a passion to contribute to poverty alleviation in low-income countries and communities.
He pursues this goal through long-term partnerships with a wide range of public sector, private sector and
non-Governmental organisations in developing countries. He joined Cranfield University in 1981 after
several years working for Consulting companies in UK and overseas. He was appointed Professor in 2002.
He is now an independent consultant.
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Richard has worked in more than 20 low-income countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and published about
100 papers, articles and reports relating to his work.
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Areas of Expertise
NICK LOCKETT - Irrigation Engineer
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