Peter Appleton

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About Peter Appleton

Specialist in international business, trade and international development with focus on private sector entrepreneurship in natural resources and scientific innovations using block chain and artificial intelligence for smart agriculture, agribusiness, water purification/sanitation, aquaculture. I am passionate about bringing new technologies to agriculture and the food industry in North America and using this success contribute to alleviating world poverty and hunger. I believe that nano technology in the form of nanobubbles may just be one of the most important scientific discoveries of this century. Over 30 years I have worked in some 80 countries with many international organizations and universities delivering knowledge on agribusiness, food security, rural development, rural engineering, water management interventions undertaking project design, analysis and management. I have recently been leader of 2 major USAID M&E projects in Mali and El Salvador where I managed project monitoring, evaluations and training of IPs and USAID staff. I have over 25 years experience in working internationally, teaching at leading universities in North and South America, managing large scale private and donor funded projects in dairy production and processing( Nigeria), dry land farming (Sudan), irrigated horticulture ( Egypt), and sugar production and processing and processing (Ethiopia) I have operated businesses in IT, tourism, fish farming and engineering and agriculture consulting worldwide. I have taught at universities in Business and development in Canada, USA, Mexico, Ghana, Bolivia and Kenya. I have experience in feasibility studies, financial analysis, monitoring and evaluation with USAID, World Bank, UNDP, EU, DFID, BID, ABB and AfDB. I have undertaken more than 15 mid term and final project evaluations in the past 4 years in Mali, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana and in Latin America.