Joao Louis Pereira

Background

Pereira, Joao Louis was born on November 11, 1941 in Mapuca, Goa, India. Son of Gerson Candido and Maria Nathalia Pereira. arrived in Brazil, 1975.

Education

Diploma in tropical agriculture, Egerton U., Kenya, 1963; Master of Science in Crop Protection, U. Reading, England, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, U. Bristol, England, 1988.

Career

Research officer, Coffee Research Foundation, Kenya, 1963-1975; research coordinator, M. Agricolas, Jacto, Brazil, 1975-1979; principal researcher, Cocoa Research Center, Itabuna, Brazil, since 1979. Latin American representative Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) Panel of Experts, since 1980, International Plant PathologySoc., since 1989. Chief technical advisor, consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1973-1993.

Coordinator 12th International Cocoa Conference, Brazil, 1996. Executive director Foundation Pau Brazil, since 1997. President International Permanent Working Group on Cocoa Pests and Diseases International, since 1996.

Coordinator international conferences, 1984-1991. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Joao Louis Pereira has been listed as a notable Plant diseases specialist, scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Pesticide Application (founder member since 1996).

Interests

• Avocations: environmental conservation, sculpture, gourmet cooking, furniture design.

Connections

Married Maria Millicent Da Costa. Children: Clinton Thomas, Garrick Cecil.

Father:

Gerson Candido

Mother:

Maria Nathalia Pereira

Spouse:

Maria Millicent Da Costa

child:

Clinton Thomas Pereira

child:

Garrick Cecil Pereira