Trained as a vegetation ecologist and biologist I became involved in the solution of environmental questions regarding precision farming, intensive game farming and plant pathology, especially modeling of epidemics as an aid to sustainable crop management and precision farming. I was trained at the former Tech RSA, the University of Pretoria, the University of South Africa and obtained a Masters Degree with distinction from the University of the Free State, South Africa. Advanced courses in Applied Ecology, Aero-biology, Epidemiology, Photographic interpretation and Forensic Science were read online and I am a member of the British Ecological Society and the American Phyto-pathological ...