Janet Lawrence is the Manager of the 10th EDF SPS Project executed by IICA. She holds a PhD from The Ohio State University in Entomology. She is an applied agricultural researcher and has worked for the past twenty years in the Caribbean and North America to develop sustainable agricultural practices and IPM strategies for a wide range of crops. She has managed and coordinated several national and international projects. Janet Lawrence has been a trainer and teacher of farmers, extensionists and students in tertiary institutions locally, regionally and internationally. She is the author of several publications.