Dr. Keith M. Moore
Associate Program Director, SANREM CRSP
Phone: (540) 231-6338
E-mail: keithm@vt.edu
Expertise: Natural Resource and Rural Development Policy, Institutional Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Choice and Decision-Making in Farming Systems, Gender Analysis
Education: B.A., Political Economy, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1974; M.S.S., Rural Development, Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands, 1978; Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984.
Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Countries of work experience: Albania, Burkina, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Faso, France, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia
Experience summary: Dr. Moore has more than 25 years of worldwide experience in the design, implementation, and analysis of agricultural and natural resource-based projects and policies. His activities have included managing research and technology transfer programs, diagnosing institutional and technical constraints, designing information systems, and facilitating stakeholder communication. As the Associate Program Director for SANREM CRSP, Dr. Moore provides leadership in the administration and implementation of international donor-funded research and technical assistance projects that average more than $2 million annually.
His strengths as an advisor, team builder, and facilitator of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary communication have been demonstrated through his leadership in IPM CRSP, the Community-Based Natural Resource Management Program (CBNRM-Senegal), the Pest and Pesticide Management Program (PPMP-Ukraine), and the Dryland Agriculture Applied Research Project (DAARP-Morocco).
In addition to his experience as a researcher, Dr. Moore has coordinated the development of core training for agriculture and natural resource sector staff in The World Bank, and taught sociology at the graduate and undergraduate level at Oklahoma State University, the University of Indiana-Shah Alam (Malaysia), and the University of Wisconsin. His ability to catalyze and coalesce diverse perspectives into coherent action plans has assured the achievement of project objectives and stakeholder satisfaction.
For his work on natural resource policy and practice, Dr. Moore was selected as a Kellogg Leadership Development Fellow at Resources for the Future. He has also reviewed reports for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and has officially been recognized for his leadership in state-wide public and private sector planning sessions that led to the Oklahoma State Economic Development Plan.
