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About Authors |
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About Authors |
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Dr. Steve Reynolds worked at the South Pacific Regional
College of Tropical Agriculture (now part of the University of the South
Pacific) and then in the Department of Agriculture in Western Samoa from
1968 to 1978 where he developed a special interest in pastures and livestock
under coconuts as well as working with smallholders at village level.
From 1979-1982 he worked with the Department of Livestock Development
in Zanzibar, Tanzania on integrated farming systems for the smallholders
in tree crop areas. From 1982 to 1996 he was Country Project Officer and
then Senior Country Project Officer in the Asia and Pacific, Europe, Near
East and North Africa Service of the Field Operations Division in Rome,
with responsibility for project implementation in a number of countries.
From 1996 to 2005 he was Senior Officer in the Grassland and Pasture Crops
Group of the Crop and Grassland Service and was responsible for the development
of the FAO Grassland Webpage and in particular the Country Pasture Resource
Profiles. Author and editor of many papers and publications including
“Grasslands: Developments Opportunities Perspectives” (co-edited
with John Frame), “Grasslands of the World” (co-edited with
Jim Suttie and Caterina Batello), “Fodder Oats: a world overview”
(co-edited with Jim Suttie), “Transhumant Grazing Systems in Temperate
Asia” (co-edited with Jim Suttie), “Cactus (Opuntia spp.)
as Forage” (various authors/editors), “Pasture-Cattle-Coconut
Systems” and a number of CD-ROMs and Proceedings. Participated in
and presented papers at many international, regional and national conferences,
congresses, meetings and workshops and prepared and backstopped technical
field projects in many countries. He retired in 2005, and since then has
carried out a number of consultancies and project backstopping missions
for AGPC. He was made a Fellow of the Institute of Biology (FIBiol) in
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