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Monty P. Jones, Sierra Leonian science administrator. Co-recipient World Food prize, 2004; named one of The World's Most Influential People, TIME magazine, 2007. Member of National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).

Background

Jones, Monty P. was born in 1951 in Sierra Leone.

Education

Graduate, University Sierra Leone. Master of Science in Plant Genetic Resources, University Birmingham, England, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Biology, University Birmingham, England, 1983.

Doctor of Philosophy in Science (honorary), University Birmingham, England, 2005.

Career

Member staff Mangrove Swamp Rice Research Project West Africa Rice Development Agency, Sierra Leone, 1975—1991, head Upland Rice Breeding Progressive Cote d'Ivoire, 1991—2002. Executive secretary Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra, Ghana, since 2002.

Achievements

  • Monty P. Jones has been listed as a noteworthy science administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).

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Awards

  • Co-recipient World Food prize, 2004. Named one of The World's Most Influential People, TIME magazine, 2007.