PERSONAL INFORMATION
SUSAN V. POATS
ANTHROPOLOGIST
 
CORPORACION GRUPO RANDI RANDI                             
Telefax of.: (5932) 2432204 / 2448112
Pasaje El Porvenir 243 y Telégrafo,                                      
Tel. Home: (5932) 2895313
Casilla Postal 17116102, Quito, Ecuador                                         
Email:spoats@interactive.net.ec
                       
Born October 17, 1951 , Washington , D.C. USA .  Married to Julio A. Chang, Agricultural Economist, Ecuadorean. 
One child, Nicholas A. Chang, born June 6, 1988 .
 
CURRENT POSITIONS
Founding member and treasurer, Corporacion Grupo Randi Randi (GRR), Quito , Ecuador . GRR is an Ecuadorian non-profit corporation that supports community based conser va tion of natural resources, gender and development, participatory watershed management, and micro enterprise development.
 
Director, MANRECUR Project, GRR, Quito, Ecuador (1998-present). From December 1998 to June 2002, project was administered by FUNDAGRO, Ecuador . New phase, March 2003-February 2005 is administered by GRR. Project is funded by the MINGA Program, International Development Research Centre, IDRC, Canada .  Responsible for management of 12 person permanent research team for participatory watershed management and sustainable development in Rio El Angel watershed, Carchi, northern Andes , Ecuador .  Work involves incorporation of gendered approach to watershed management, support to interinstitutional consortium that promotes conser va tion and development actions in watershed and technical assistance to municipal governments, and the scaling-up and scaling-out of the experiences to other Andean watersheds. 
 
SPECIALIZATION
Applied anthropology in natural and agricultural resource management, farming systems research and extension methods, gender analysis, post-harvest research and development, participatory research, community based conser va tion, participatory watershed management, municipal government environmental analysis.
 
COUNTRY EXPERIENCE  
Bangladesh 1982                                       
Kenya 1985
Bhutan 1982                                                   
Peru 1979-83,1995,2000    
Brazil  1992,1989,1983,1977,                       
Philippines 1981, 1974-75,1972-73,1965-67,2000        
Rwanda 1980-1985
Burkina Faso 1983                                       
Togo 1984-1985
Colombia 1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,  
Gambia 1984, 1985, 1994                                       
Guatemala 1981
Ecuador  1990 to present                             
One month or less:  Bolivia, Argentina, Guyane, Sierra Leone, Singapore, China, India, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Burundi, Zambia, Niger, Mali, Nicaragua.
 
LANGUAGES
Fluency in Spanish and Portuguese. Proficient in French.
 
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1979 Anthropology, University of Florida .
M.A.  1975 Latin American Studies, University of Florida .    
B.A.  1973 Latin American Studies, Mary Washington College , Virginia .     
Certificate of Tropical Agriculture, University of Florida , 1975.
Language and Culture Study, University of Madrid, Spain, 1971-72 .
Virginia Collegiate Teaching Certificate, Spanish and French, 1973.
 
PREVIOUS LONG-TERM POSITIONS    
Leader of GRR Gender Component for Ecuador Páramo Project, Phase I March 1999-September 2000, Phase II October 2000 – November 2001. Project was funded by Netherlands government via University of Amsterdam.  The GRR team provided technical assistance and training for the collaborators with the Páramo Project which operated at a national level in páramo ecosystems.
 
Professor/researcher, Facultad Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador, January 1995 –April 1999. Coordinator, Sustainable Development and Andean Societies Program (DESU). Principal investigator "Gender and Natural Resource Management: A Latin American Collaborative Training Program", funded by MacArthur Foundation (1995-97).  Co-Principal Investigator for "Population, Land Use, Water Consumption and the Environment: A Comparative Exploration of Linkages, Competition, Conflict and Alternatives in Northern Ecuador ", FLACSO/Univ. Pittsburgh project funded by  MacArthur Foundation (1996-97).  Co-Principal Investigator for "Local Participation in Protected Area Management" (1996-97), The Nature Conser va ncy/FLACSO project funded by Ford Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator "Women's Economic Activities, Household Decision Making & Child Welfare in Manabí , Ecuador " (1997-98), project funded by  National Science Foundation.
 
Researcher and training consultant to the MERGE Program, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, January 1995-December 1997.
 
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cassa va Program Anthropologist.  Social Science Advisor to the FUNDAGRO Cassa va Program in Ecuador , April 1990-March 1994. Responsible for socioeconomic research on farmer cassa va processing organizations, monitoring and gender analysis, study of traditional cassa va processing systems, participatory research in soil erosion, and marketing and processing quality studies.                 
 
Population Council, New York. July 1984-April 1990. Co-manager, Gender and Agriculture Project (GAP) funded by the Ford Foundation. Phase I of project focused on developing case study materials for training. Phase II consisted of three regional training courses, a training of trainers course, networking activities, support to the annual Farming Systems Research and Extension Symposium, and a study of women professionals in agricultural development.
 
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Hague , Netherlands .  March 1987-April 1990. Member core analysis team. Organization and Management of Client-Oriented On-Farm Research, Project.
 
Tropical Research and Development (TRD), Gainesville , Florida , October 1988-March 1990. Training and gender analysis specialist.
 
Farming Systems Support Project (FSSP), University of Florida/USAID , June 1983-March 1988. Associate Director for training and networking in Africa .
 
Women in Agricultural Development Program (WIAD), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida . Acting Director, December 1986-September 1987.
 
International Potato Center (CIP), Lima , Perú, July 1979- May 1983. Post-Doctorate, Social Science Dept. Conducted study of potato consumption in selected developing countries.
 
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCIES
GRR Consultant, Associates In Rural Development, ARD 3-D Project , Ecuador , April-Dec 2003. Implementation of Municipal Plans for Espejo and Mira local governments in Carchi.
 
Consultant, The Nature Conser va ncy, Arlington , Virginia .  December 2002.  Provided technical assistance for termination of PALOMAP Project.
 
GRR Consultant, Associates In Rural Development, ARD 3-D Project , Ecuador , June-Nov. 2002.  Diagnostic and planning for two municipal governments in preparation for development project assistance.
Consultant, Development Alternatives Inc., Washington , DC .  Ecuador , February 2002.  Participated in diagnostic of production alternatives for Carchi Province .
Consultant for European Commission-funded research project on Social Learning for Integrated Water Management at Catchment Scale - Contract No EVKI-CT-2000-00064 SLIM.  June-July 2002.  Participated in mid term review as Reader of  selected outputs and provided a written commentary on them.
GRR  Consultant, WIDTECH Project, ICRW/DAI, Washington , DC , Nov. 2001- May 2002.  GRR team developed a regional network of collaborators on gender and biodiversity, developed a regional proposal for participatory conser va tion and gender including the network members and produced a comparative analysis of the state of the art of gender and biodiversity research and conser va tion in Ecuador , Peru and western Brazil .
 
Consultant, PALOMAP Project,The Nature Conser va ncy, July 1997-July 2001.  Responsible for leading the PALOMAP Project activities in Ecuador , focused on participatory research in the buffer zone of the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve.  Work has focused on the analysis of micro enterprises for conser va tion, local government role in conser va tion, and legal perspectives for community participation in protected area management. Additional consultancies to provide training to TNC and partners on community conser va tion and participatory methods in Ecuador , Brazil , Peru , USA and at Conser va tion Training Week.
 
Fundación Antisana, Quito , Ecuador .  Leader of consultant group to facilitate community natural resource management plans in Oyacachi and Sinangoé communities in the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador , January 1999-January 2000.
 
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), MINGA Program, Montevideo , Uruguay .  Consultancy to assess the gender aspects of the MINGA Program in Latin America and suggest mechanisms and areas for improvement.  August-December 1999.
 
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM-CRSP, USAID/Univ. Georgia) with SANREM-Ecuador, consultant on inclusion of gender analysis, August 1994 - January 1995.
 
Management Systems International (MSI), Washington , D.C. Gender Training Workshop for World Bank staff, June 1994.
 
Inter-American Development Bank. Consultant to "Programa de Modernización de Servicios Agropecuarios". Sociology, Anthropology and Gender Components.  Jan.-June, 1994.
 
Technical Advisory Committee, CGIAR, Rome , Italy . Presentation TAC annual meeting on gender issues in International  Agricultural Research Centers , Washington , DC, Oct.1990. Gender and agriculture trainer for TAC, July 1-2, 1991 .
 
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), July 1989- May 1990. Conducted study of gender issues in the CGIAR system.
 
International Rice Research Institute, (IRRI), Los Baños , Philippines . April 1990. E va luator of the Women in Rice Farming Systems Program.
 
Center for Latin American Studies, Univ. Florida and PESACRE, Acre , Brazil , January 1988-April 1990. Advisor, on-farm research and training project.
 
Tropical Research and Development, Gainesville , Florida and WID/PPC/USAID. August 1988-February 1989. Conducted study of gender analysis in farming systems research and extension projects.
 
Har va rd Institute for International Development, August 1988. Advisor to the "Breakthrough on Hunger" project.
 
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida , May 1988. Training materials consultant for Portuguese FSR/E training manual for use in Africa and Brazil .  Funded by the Ford Foundation.
 
Robert R. Nathan, Assoc., Washington D.C. , March- May , 1988. Consultant USAID women in agriculture training manual.
 
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Women in Development Office, February 1-2, 1988 . Invited speaker.
 
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), The Hague , Netherlands .  July 1986-February 1987. Advisor, Senegal case study on organization and management of client-oriented on-farm research.
 
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington , D.C.   October 28-29, 1987 . Consultant for International Centers' Week seminar on differential users of agricultural technology.
 
Program and Policy Coordination Unit, USAID, Washington D.C. , September 23-24, 1985 .  Consultant for seminar on e va luation of small farmer technology adoption.
 
Cornell University , April 27-28, 1984 . Consultant for the local institutional development project funded by USAID.
 
TRAINER EXPERIENCE
Conser va tion International/FLACSO/Univ. Florida. Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Trainer, Third workshop on Community Participatory Planning with Gender Emphasis, August 1996.
 
Conser va tion International/FLACSO/Univ. Florida. Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Trainer, Second workshop on Gender, Society and Nature, September 1995.
 
FLACSO/Univ. Florida . Quito , Ecuador . Leader, Gender, Communities and Natural Resource Management Workshop, June 1995.
 
The Nature Conser va ncy/FLACSO/Univ. Florida. Quito , Ecuador . Trainer, Gender, Population and Natural Resources Training Track, Conser va tion Training Week, May 1995.
 
Conser va tion International/FLACSO/Univ. Florida. Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Trainer, First workshop on Gender analysis and natural resource management, February 1995.
 
FICONG/Desarrollo y Autogestion, Quito, Ecuador. Trainer for 1 week regional course for urban NGOs on inclusion of gender analysis in development projects, July 1995.
 
PRODETEC-FINNIDA, Managua , Nicaragua . Conducted 2-day training course for project participants on gender issues and analysis, February 1993.
 
GENESYS PROJECT, The Futures Group, Washington D.C. Trainer for gender analysis short course for Amazonia NGOs, Acre , Brazil , April 1992.
 
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA). Trainer for Gender Training Workshop, Bogotá , Colombia , March 1991.
 
International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa , Canada . Conducted 2-day training workshop on gender analysis for RIMISP, Quito , Ecuador , January 1991.
 
Training of Trainers Workshop, Gender and Agriculture Project, Population Council, Fayetteville , Arkansas , October 2-7, 1988 . 
 
FSSP/USAID. Farming Systems Research and Extension Symposium, Univ. Arkansas . Led 1/2 day workshop on "FSR/E Training: Some Practical Considerations for Delivery".  Fayetteville , Arkansas , October 18, 1987 . 
 
USDA/USAID/Cote d'Ivoire . Farming Systems Research/Extension Methods Course (in French). Trainer for research-extension linkages, institutionalization, and gender analysis. Gainesville , Florida , Sept. 27- October 14, 1987 .
 
Bean/Cowpea CRSP/USAID. Design and Analysis of On-Farm Trials: A Farming Systems Research and Extension Shortcourse. Trainer for gender analysis module. Gainesville , Florida , July 7-11, 1987 .
 
Women in Agricultural Development Program, WIAD/Univ. Florida . Training workshop on gender analysis in agricultural development for faculty and graduate students. Gainesville , Florida , May 11-15, 1987 .
 
CIMMYT Networkshop on Household Issues and Farming Systems Research. Co-trainer, gender case study module. Lusaka , Zambia , April 27-30, 1987 .
 
FSSP/USAID. Trainer, Farming Systems Research/Extension Course, "Methods of Diagnosis, Design and Analysis" (French, 3 wks). Bamako , Mali , Nov. 1986.
 
FSSP/USAID. Trainer, Farming Systems Research and Extension Methods Course (2 wks), Gainesville , Florida , August 1986.
 
Purdue University . International Integrated Pest Management Course. Trainer for 2 day social science methods module. Indiana , June 1986.
 
CIMMYT East African Economics Program and ISAR/Rwanda. Trainer, Orientation to On-Farm Research (French, 1wk), Kigali , Rwanda , November, 1985.
 
FSSP/USAID/GARD Project. Co-trainer, On-Farm Experimentation Workshop (1 wk), The Gambia , May 1985.
 
FSSP/USAID. Co-trainer, FSSP West African Regional Training Workshop "Farming Systems Research Methods" (2 wks), The Gambia ,  March 1984.
 
International Potato Center . West African Regional Potato Production Course (French, 1 wk). Trainer for on-farm research and consumption study methods. 
 
FSSP/USAID. Trainer, Orientation to Farming Systems Research Methods for West Africa (French, 1 wk), Burkina Faso , September 1983. 
 
FSSP/USAID. Co-trainer, Orientation to Farming Systems Research Methods (1 wk), Gainesville , Florida , July 1983.
 
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Brown University , Rhode Island , Guest Lecturer, Brown University Lectureship Series:  Forest , Farms and Trash:  The Human Dimension in the High Andes .  Lecture title:  “Empowering communities to manage their own water:  lessons from multi-stakeholder negotiation in the northern Andes , November 1, 2001 .
 
Universidad Catolica-Ibarra , Ecuador .  Professor in Master´s Program on Community Management of Natural Resources.  Conducted module on participatory conser va tion and gender analysis, January 2001 to present.
 
FLACSO/Univ. Florida. Quito, Ecuador. Leader for eight-week specialization course, master's level, Communities, Gender and Natural Resource Management, Sept.-Oct. 1996.
 
FLACSO, Quito , Ecuador . Taught agricultural systems methods and gender modules, Economic Anthropology Course, Anthropology Master's Program, February 1994.
 
Food in Africa Graduate Seminar, Center for African Studies, Univ. Florida , February, 1988, 1989.  Taught gender and household research modules.
 
Entomology Dept./International Programs, Univ. Florida , September 1985- May 1986 and August-December 1987. Worked with Carl Barfield, entomologist, to design and team-teach two new courses:  "Plant Protection in Tropical Ecosystems", a graduate course/lab combining integrated pest management, farming systems, and the social science of agriculture; and "Agriculture, Pests and Human Culture", an entry-level course for the undergraduate honors program.
 
PROJECT GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
-MANRECUR III Project, Corporacion Grupo Randi Randi, Ecuador .  Funded 2003-2005 by IDRC, Canada ($498,810).
-Technical assistance to ARD 3D Project, June 02-Dec. 03, total of 8 contracts ($199,330).
- Project on “Conserving biodiversity from the andes to the amazon: a forum on community conser va tion with a gender perspective” , two workshops ( Peru and Ecuador ) and an international forum, operated by Grupo Randi Randi and FUNDAGRO, funded by WIDTECH/DAI and USAID ($25,000).
- PALOMAP Project, Phases I and  II operated with FLACSO and The Nature Conser va ncy ($80,000 and 150,000).  Phase III operated as consultancy with Paulina Arroyo and Grupo Randi Randi ($20,000). 
- Gender Component, Páramo Project,  Grupo Randi Randi. Funded by Univ. Amsterdam ($100,000).
- MANRECUR II Project, FUNDAGRO, Ecuador .  Funded by IDRC Canada ($500,000).
- Pobreza y Ambiente, Ecuador Case Study.  Co-author with Charles Crissman, CIP. Funded by FONTAGRO/RIMISP, Chile
($35,000).
- GEMAREN Project, FLACSO, Ecuador . Co-authored with Jorge Recharte, TMI. Funded by MacArthur Foundation ($120,000)
- CARCHIPOP Project, FLACSO/Univ. Pittsburgh .  Co-authored with Jorge Recharte, Kathleen DeWalt, Ravi Sharma.  Funded by MacArthur Foundation ($215,000).
- Gender and Agriculture Project, Population Council. Co-authored with Hilary Feldstein.  Funded by Ford Foundation ($150,000).
- Intra-Household Dynamics and Farming Systems Research Case Studies Project, FSSP/Population Council. Co-authored with Hilary Feldstein.  USAID ($30,000) and Ford Foundation ($135,000).
- Women and Agriculture Program, University of Florida . Co-authored funding proposals to USAID Title XII Program Support Grants ($12,332 and $16,760). Authored WIAD Student Assistantship Grant ($13,200) and WIAD Training Grant ($2,600).
- NDEA Title VI Fellowship, Center for Latin American Studies, Univ. of Florida, 1974-75 ($3,000).
- Dorothea Buck Fellowship, Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1973-74 ($2,000).
- Tropical South American Fellowship, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 1973-74 ($3,000).
- Research Grant, Mary Washington College , Virginia , 1972 ($500).
 
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Situación y perspecti va de la subcuenca del Río El Ángel y Sus zona de influencia en la zona alta de la cuenca del Río Mira, Provincia de Carchi, Ecuador.  Produced in TOOLBOOK CD format, by CIP-MANRECUR II-Proyecto Páramo, Ecuador , 2002, with support form University of British Colombia and IDRC, Canada .  Member of production team for CD.
 
Conser va ndo la Biodiversidad desde los Andes hasta la Amazonia:  un foro internacional sobre conser va cion comunitaria con perspecti va de genero, Quito 26-29 Marzo, 2001.  Edited by Paulina Arroyo and Susan V. Poats, and published by  Grupo Randi Randi y Universidad de Florida , 2002.
 
Construyendo la Conser va ción Participati va en la Reser va Ecológica Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador: Participación Local en el Manejo de Areas Protegidas. Susan V. Poats, William H. Ulfelder, Jorge Recharte B. y Cecilia Scurrah-Ehrhart. Abya-Yala, Quito, 2001.
 
Buscando la Conser va cion Participati va : Lecciones del Estudio PALOMAP en La Reser va Ecológica Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador, William H. Ulfelder y Susan V. Poats.  America Verde, The Nature Conser va ncy, Arlington, Virginia, 1998.
 
Género y Manejo Sustentable de Recursos:  Examinando los Resultados.  Conferencia Internacional, 19-22 Marzo 1996, Quito, Ecuador.  Susan V. Poats, Paulina Arroyo y Rodolfo Asar, editores, FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador, 1998.
 
The Role of Gender in Agricultural Development. Issues in Agriculture, No. 3, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C., 1991.
 
A Casebook on Gender and Agriculture. Volume I. Case Studies, Hilary Feldstein and Susan Poats, eds. Volume II. Teaching Notes, Hilary Feldstein and Susan Poats.  West Hartford , Connecticut : Kumarian Press 1989.
 
Staffing and Management for On-Farm Client-Oriented Research: Lessons for Managers.  OFCOR Comparative Study Paper No. 5, The Hague , Netherlands : International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), 1989. (Co-authored with J. Bingen.)
 
Gender Issues and Farming Systems Research and Extension. Susan Poats, Marianne Schmink and Anita Spring , eds. Boulder , Colorado : Westview Press, 1988.
 
ARTICLES
Achieving efficiency and equity in irrigation management:  an optimization model of the El Angel watershed, Carchi , Ecuador .   Elizabeth M. E va ns, David R. Lee, Richard N. Boisvert, Blanca Arce, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Mauricio Proaño, Susan V. Poats.
Agricultural Systems 77: 1-22, 2003.
 
¿Los pobres deterioran el ambiente?  Caso de estudio de la subcuenca del Río El Angel, Carchi, Ecuador.  Mauricio Proaño, Susan Poats, Paul Arellano, Charles Crisman, Raul Jaramillo.  In Pobreza y Deterioro Ambiental en América Latina, Germán Escobar, ed., pp.61-84, RIMISP/FONTAGRO, Imprenta Italiana, Santiago, Chile, May o, 2003.
 
En busca de una conser va ción participatia:  lecciones aprendidas a través del estudio de PALOMAP, en la reser va ecológica de Cayambe-Coca, Ecuador.  William H. Ulfelder y Susan V. Poats.  In La conser va ción y el desarrollo integrado: Lecciones aprendidas al vincular publeos, proyectos y políticas en América tropical, pp. 217-238.  Robert E. Rhoades y Jody Stallings, editores. Ediciones Abya-Yala, Quito, Ecuador, Marzo 2003.
 
In search of participatory conser va tion:  Lessons learned from the Palomap study in the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador .  William H. Ulfelder and Susan V. Poats.  In Integrated Conser va tion and Development in Tropical America : Experiences and Lessons in Linking Communities, Projects, and Policies, pp. 243-270.  Robert E. Rhoades and Jody Stallings, editors. SANREM CRSP and CARE-SUBIR, Athens , Georgia , USA , 2001. 
 
Can In Vitro Biology Have Farm-Level Impact for Small-Scale Cassa va Farmers in Latin America ?. A.M.Thro, W.M. Roca, J. Restrepo, H. Caballero, S. Poats, R. Escobar, G. Mafla ,C. Hernandez. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant 35:382-7, Sept-Oct 1999.
 
The Place of the Farmer in Agroecosystems Analysis. In Systems-Oriented Research in Agriculture and Rural Development: Lectures and Debates, ed. Michel Sebillotte, CIRAD-SAR, Montpellier , France , 1996.
 
A Gender-disaggregated Activity Calendar. In Tools for the Field: Methodologies Handbook for Gender Analysis in Agriculture, ed. Hilary Sims Feldstein and Janice Jiggins, Kumarian Press, 1994. (Co-authored with Hilary Sims Feldstein.)
 
Institutional Considerations in Strengthening On-Farm Client-Oriented Research in National Agricultural Research Systems: Lessons from a Nine-Country Study. Experimental Agriculture, 27:343-373, 1991. (By D. Merrill-Sands, S.D. Biggs, R.J. Bingen, P.T. Ewell, J.L. McAllister and S.V. Poats).
 
Intra-Household Dynamics and Farming Systems: Applications to the Design of On-Farm Experimentation. In The Household Economy: Reconsidering the Domestic Mode of Production, ed. Richard R. Wilk, Westview Press, 1989. (Co-authored with H. Feldstein and D. Rocheleau.)
 
Gender Issues in Farming Systems Research. In Proceedings of the Annual Farming Systems Research and Extension Symposium, Univ. of Arkansas , 1988.
 
Research, Recommendation, and Diffusion Domains: A Farming Systems Approach to Targeting. In Gender Issues in Farming Systems Research and Extension, Susan Poats, et.al., eds, Westview Press, 1988. (Co-authors P. Wotowiec and P. Hildebrand.)
 
Glycoalkaloids, Proteinase Inhibitors, and Lectins. In The Potato in the Human Diet, Chap. 5, Jennifer Woolfe, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
 
Patterns of Potato Consumption in the Tropics. In The Potato in the Human Diet, Chap. 6, Jennifer Woolfe, Cambridge University Press, 1987.
 
Farming Systems Research and Extension in Africa . In Food in Sub-Saharan Africa , Chapter 20, Art Hansen and Della McMillan, eds. 1986. (Co-authored with L. Fresco.)
 
Impact of a Community-based Intervention of Health and Nutrition Status in the Central Amazon of Brazil. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 30:30-36, 1984. (Co-authored with A.F. Hartman, M.D. Hartman, M. Humphreys, R.I. Miller, and S.W. Alexander.)
 
Dry Matter Content, Total Protein and Consumer Acceptability of Potatoes (Solanum spp.)  Produced Under Hot Tropical Conditions. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, International Potato Center , Lima , Perú, 1984. (Co-authored with N. Espinola Fong and D. Midmore.)
 
Beyond the Farmer: Potato Consumption in the Tropics. In Proceedings of the International Potato Center Decennial Anniversary Congress, Lima , Perú, 1982.
 
Potato Consumption in Developing Countries. In Proceedings of the Second Social Science Planning Conference, International Potato Center , 1981.
 
La Pomme de Terre Au Rwanda: Resultats Preliminaires d'Une Enquete de Consommation.  Bull. Agri. du Rwanda, May , 1981.
 
Casual Factores of Early Weaning and Malnutrition in Four Rural Amazon Communities: A Preliminary Analysis. Florida Scientist, 43(3):137-141, 1980.
 
Florida Cracker Food Habits. In Sixteen Cultural Food Patterns of Florida :  A Handbook, V.D. Gardner and L.S. Lieberman, eds. Pub. No. EHE-818, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, Univ. of Florida , 1980. (Co-authors K. Conlin and R. Tesar.)
 
Agricultural Success and Failure Among Transamazon Highway Colonists. Florida Journal of Anthropology 4(2):44-65, 1979.
 
How Mobile Dental Education Teams Fight Dental Problems. Esperanca 6(12):1-3, 1978.
 
DISSERTATION AND THESIS
Mojuí dos Campos : The Role of an Applied Anthropologist in a Central Amazon Health and Nutrition Project. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida , 1979. Fieldwork conducted 1977 in Santarém area, Pará State , Brazil .
 
Kilometer 42: A Transamazon Highway Community. M.A. Thesis, University of
Florida , 1975. Fieldwork conducted 1972-73, 1974-75 in Altamira and Itaituba, Pará , Brazil .
 
REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINING MATERIALS
La planificación estrategica del manejo participativo a diferentes escalas de los recursos naturals en la cuenca alta del Rio Mira, Ecuador.  Final Report, MANRECUR Bridge Project, supported by IDRC, Canada , for FUNDAGRO-Quito , Ecuador , June 2002.
 
Integrated Cassa va Research and Development Projects in Colombia , Ecuador and Brazil :  An Overview of CIAT's Experiences. By Bernardo Ospina, Susan Poats and Guy Henry.  Presented at the International Meeting on Cassa va Flour and Starch, 11-15 January 1994, CIAT, Cali , Colombia .
 
Women and Cassa va Starch Processing Technology: A Case Study from Ecuador .  Presented at the International Meeting on Cassa va Flour and Starch, 11-15 January 1994, CIAT, Cali , Colombia .
 
El Almidón de Yuca en el Ecuador: Un Estudio del Sistema Tradicional de Procesamiento.  With J. Mendoza and L. Celorio. Presented at Simposio de Carbohidratos, 4-6 Oct. 1993, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.
 
Ecuador Integrated Cassa va Project: Annual Report 1993. In CIAT Cassa va Program Annual Report 1992.
 
Ecuador Integrated Cassa va Project. In CIAT Cassa va Program: 1987-1991, pp. 273-295.  CIAT, Cali, Colombia, October 1992.
 
Producción Artesanal y Comercialización del Almidón de Yuca en Ecuador. "A va nces sobre Almidón de Yuca", 17-20 June 1991, CIAT, Cali , Colombia .
 
Training in WID/Gender Analysis in Agricultural Development: Experiences and Lessons.  Prepared for Women in Agricultural Production and Rural Development Service, Rome , Italy : FAO, 1989. (Co-authored with S. Russo ).
 
Gender Issues in Farming Systems Research and Extension: A Survey of Current Projects. Tropical Research and Development, Gainesville , Florida , 1989. Prepared for Office of Women in Development, USAID. (Co-authored with J. Gearing and S. Russo .)
 
Training, Networking and Technical Assistance in Africa . The Farming Systems Project Story. FSSP/University of Florida, 1988.
 
Introducao a Pesquisa e Extensao de Sistemas Agro-Pecuarios. Peter Hildebrand, Susan Poats, and Lisette Walecka, eds. Ford Foundation, Nairobi , Kenya , 1988.
 
Gender Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for Project Design.  Robert Nathan Associates, Inc. for Office of Women in Development/PPC/USAID, 1988. (Co-authored with S. Russo , J. Bremer-Fox, and L. Graig.)
 
Farming Systems Training Units Volumes I, II, III. FSSP/University of Florida/USAID.  Lisette Walecka, ed. Gainesville : Media Marketing, 1987. (Contributing author).
 
Invisible Women: Gender and Household Analysis in Agricultural Research and Extension.  Slide/script and video module (slide presentation in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese), November 1987.
 
Farming Systems Research and Extension: Status and Potential in Low-Resource Agriculture. Report for Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, June 1986.
 
Potato Consumption in Bangladesh : Results of a Survey Conducted in Five Locations.  Social Science Department, International Potato Center , 1986.
 
Animal Traction in a Farming Systems Perspective, FSSP/USAID Network Report No. 1, October 1985 (Co-authored with P. Starkey, J. Lichte, J. Oxley, and S. Russo .)
 
Feeding People with Potatoes: the Importance of Nutritional Considerations in Potato Research and Acceptability. Social Science Department, International Potato Center , 1982.  (Co-authored with J. Woolfe.)
 
Potato Consumption in the Kingdom of Bhutan . Social Science Department, International Potato Center , 1982.
 
Potato Preferences: A Preliminary Examination. Social Science Department Working Paper 1982-3, International Potato Center .
 
Potato Consumption in the Philippines . Social Science Department, International Potato Center , 1981.
 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Anthropological Study Group on Agrarian Systems (Culture and Agriculture).
Society for Applied Anthropology (SAA).
American Anthropology Association (AAA).
Association for Women in Development (AWID).
Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (AFSRE).
Latin American Studies Association (LASA).