THE SANREM CRSP @ MU
The Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program
Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands:
ABOUT US
Adapting to Change is LTR4 (Long Term Research project #4) of the SANREM CRSP. The project is led by Corinne Valdivia Principal Investigator, and Jere Gilles Co-PI, in the Division of Applied Social Sciences - Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri Columbia. This is an interdisciplinary research program with multiple co-investigators leading research in soils, pests, biodiversity, climate, networks, and markets in the US, Bolivia and Peru.
Principal Investigators MU:
- Corinne Valdivia (contact), Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
- Jere L. Gilles, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
Co-Investigators US:
- University of Missouri-Columbia: Peter Motavalli, Associate Professor of Soil Sciences; Leonie Marks, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics.
- Kansas State University : Karen Garrett, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology .
- University of Connecticut : Anji Seth, Assistant Professor Climatology (Geography Department)
- Iowa State University : Jan Flora, Professor of Sociology; Cornelia Flora, Professor of Sociology
Co-Investigators in the Andean Region:
- Fundación PROINPA, Bolivia: Javier Aguilera, Agronomist; Miguel Angel Gonzales and Carola Chambilla.
- Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia: Magali García, Associate Profesor of Agroclimatology; Jorge Cusicanqui, Assistant Professor of Production Systems; Roberto Miranda Professor of Soils.
- Universidad de La Cordillera, Bolivia: Elizabeth Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Economics; Pamela Calla, Professor of Anthropology & Chancellor.
- National Agrarian University La Molina, Peru: Edith Fernández Baca, Co- PI and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Small Holder Production.IPPS; and Cecilia Turin, Professor of Animal Sciences, Camelids.
- Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado Carlos Laruta, Apolobamba Bolivia.
International Collaborators:
International Potato Center, Lima Peru: Roberto Quiroz, Leader, Natural Resource Management and Production Systems; Greg Forbes, Plant Pathology.
National Agrarian University La Molina, Peru: Silvana Vargas.
