Andrew Ward, Dr.

Supporting farmers so that they are empowered to implement good agricultural practices is the key theme throughout Andrew’s almost 30-year career. This career has been spent in both the public and private sector, but his interest in becoming the Stewardship Director at CropLife International was based on the belief that if you want sustainable agriculture, you need to be working with sustainable (permanent) organizations, and that is what the private sector strives to be.

Within CropLife International, Andrew works with CropLife Regional and National teams to bring about behavior change in areas such as risk management, integrated pest management, resistance management, and the management of agricultural plastics. This includes looking to utilize innovative tools and approaches to fulfill the potential of the work.

Previous to joining CropLife International, Andrew worked for over 20 years in international agricultural research and development. He began his post university career with the UK government funded Crop Protection and Research into Use programs. These focused on developing agricultural research outputs and delivering them to small-scale farmers in low- and middle-income countries. In 2011 he joined the CGIAR and worked in their coordination offices in Montpellier (France) and a systems-based research program based in Lusaka (Zambia).

Andrew holds a PhD in Crop Protection from the University of East Anglia based on three years’ fieldwork in Nigeria, co-supervised through Rothamsted Research. Andrew is based in CropLife International’s head office in Brussels, Belgium.