Monica Parker

Monica Parker

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Seed Sector and Stewardship Global Resource Lead

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Dr. Monica Parker brings greater than 15 years of experience in agriculture and food systems development collaborating with governments, and public, private, community and farmer institutions. She has supported potato sector development in greater than 10 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East. With a major focus on seed system development and quality assurance, she has advised governments and public institutions on seed system development and seed quality assurance, and technically backstopped small to large scale seed businesses in seed production and business. Originating from Canada, she completed her MSc (1999) from Simon Fraser University and PhD (2012) from the University of Guelph, both in Plant Pathology.

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