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Spring 2005
York Lecturer Biographical Sketch:

Chelston W.D. Brathwaite
Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

"Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas in the 21st Century"

Chelston W. D. Brathwaite

Chelston W. D. Brathwaite
Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)

Chelston W. D. Brathwaite is a national of Barbados. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, a Doctorate in Plant Pathology from Cornell University, and a Diploma in Agricultural Development with Distinction from the University of London. He has also completed courses in Executive Management (INCAE). He is a senior staff member of the Institute, having served most recently as Director of the Management Unit for the Coordination of Regional Operations at IICA in San Jose, Costa Rica.

He joined the Institute in 1981 as a Regional Plant Protection Specialist for the Caribbean Region. He served as IICA Representative in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Executive Secretary of a program to foster cooperation in agriculture between Caribbean and Latin American Countries (CARILAC).

Dr. Brathwaite is recognized for his administrative, technical, and institutional leadership in international agricultural development, having worked in the U.S.A., Italy, Kenya, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, and Mexico.

One of his books, on the diagnosis of plant disease, has been recently updated and translated into Spanish and is used in some colleges and universities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He is a team player who achieves success by building consensus. His satisfaction comes from a job done well, on time and under budget. He is able to motivate others to excellence and to get the job done despite obstacles. He thrives on challenges and tough assignments and believes that work should be fulfilling and rewarding. He is married and has five children.
 

 

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