Claude Caldwell

By formal training, I am a physiological ecologist and plant biophysicist. However, I have been active in agriculture since 1980, when I started as a research scientist with Agriculture Canada in Lacombe, Alberta. I have particular expertise in cropping systems, new crop development and agroecology. I have 40 years of experience in cereal and oilseed agronomy in crops that range from bread wheat to hemp and have published extensively (>100 peer reviewed publications). I continue to work on research and agricultural policy for diversified, sustainable agriculture.

I have been active in international development work since 1995 and have worked in 11 different developing countries over the past 28 years I have taught and/or developed undergraduate and graduate curriculum in co-operation with universities in Jamaica, Trinidad, The Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, The Gambia, Tanzania, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Uganda and China. I continue to be active in teaching and research with several international colleagues, especially in China. I presently served on the Board of Directors of CAPI (the Canadian Agrifood Policy Institute) and 4-H Nova Scotia.