ELIOT MASTERS

Conceived, designed, implemented and reported on a series of targeted interventions based on biodiverse production systems, negotiating bilateral, multilateral and private donor funding of over US$5 million from 1995 to 2007. Provided technical backstopping to USAID Feed the Future, national and regional projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, 2011 to 2014; designed and supervised applied research on post-harvest losses for AGRA, the Rockefeller and Gates foundations, and supported capture, program design and proposal development, and startup implementation of the US$53 million USAID West Africa Trade Hub and African Partners Network Project for Abt Associates (2014)... Extensive technical experience in applied research, product development and diversification, post-harvest processing, product quality control and quality assurance; definition and harmonization of product quality standards (including the shea butter standard taken up by the Codex Alimentarius as CODEX STAN..