DAVID GILES

Irrigation Agronomist, On Farm Water Management

Curriculum Vitae

Available for long or short term consultancy

 

FULL NAME: David Frank Hallett GILES

NATIONALITY: British

TELEPHONE/FAX: +44 (0) 117 9621592 MOBILE +44 (0) 781 7214383

Email address dgiles@onetel.com 

DATE OF BIRTH: 10 February 1944

QUALIFICATIONS: B.Sc. Agriculture (Reading University) 1967 M.Sc. Soil and Water Engineering (Silsoe) 1971

MEMBER: Tropical Agriculture Association, Member of Institution of Agricultural Engineers

KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Team Leader, Irrigation Agronomist, Land and Water Management Specialist
• Feasibility studies, project preparation and identification
• Project implementation running of pilot farms, design and construction of on-farm irrigation networks
• Design and organisation of farmer and irrigation equipment surveys
• Agricultural extension, design and establishment of demonstration plots
• Swamp agriculture
• Agricultural research, design and establishment of research trials

COUNTRY EXPERIENCE

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Iraq, Indonesia, Kosovo, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan , Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,