Stephen Finch

Position

Principal Lecturer in Crop Production

Qualifications

BSc (Wales) BASIS, FACTS

Contact details

steve.finch@rau.ac.uk

Tel: 01285 652531

Biography

University responsibilities

Head of Academic Quality
Chair Academic Quality and Standards Committee
Final Year Manager for BSc Agriculture programmes
Programme Manager for the Graduate Diploma in Agriculture

Research

Consultancy and Research Interests

Desktop Scoping Report for Prince’s Rainforest Project on Soy Bean production in Brazil.
Curriculum Development for Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Kaduna, Nigeria
Food Security project, Doha, Qatar
Scoping Study for the Food and Drink Industry in the Tamar valley. Tamar Producers Co-op Feasability Study
Desktop study on prevention and control of Ragweed in Europe. Jointly with Centre of Ecology and Hydrology.
Soil Erosion Prevention Study in the southern highlands of Tanzania for ACRA (Italian NGO)
Resource appraisal and crop consultancy for farming company in northern Poland.
Sustainable rice production project in Sierra Leone.
Due diligence report for commercial client considering land acquisition in Ukraine, Kiev.

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Crop Production
Integrated Crop Management
Organic Farming
Farm Soil Management
Botany
Plant Biology Pest Management

Publications

Publications

Joint author of Lockhart and Wiseman’s Crop Husbandry