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Monty Jones
Monty Jones (born February 5, 1951) is a renowned plant breeder and the Special Adviser to the President of Sierra Leone. He is the immediate past Executive Director of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and co-winner of the 2004 World Food Prize. He won the award based on his discovery of the genetic process to create the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), which gives higher yields, shorter growth cycles and more protein content than its Asian and African parents. ==Biography==
Born Monty Patrick Jones on February 5, 1951, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Jones was raised in a middle-class Creole Catholic family. He obtained a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone in 1974, followed by an M.Sc. in Plant Genetic Resources (1979) and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology (1983) from the University of Birmingham, UK. He was also awarded an honorary degree in doctor of Science (DSc) by his alma mater, Birmingham University, in July 2005.
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