Amanda Crump

Education:

• Ph.D., University of California, Davis; Education, 2018
• M.S., Colorado State University; Plant Pathology and Weed Science, 2007
• B.S., University of Idaho; Agricultural Education, 1997

Research interests and expertise:

In the current state of the world, inequities, climate change and cycles of poverty impact vulnerable farmers and rural communities. Through our group's research, teaching, and outreach, we begin to understand marginalization, education (how people learn), and the adoption of technologies. Our research uncovers how the world could be with improved social inclusion and food security. Therefore, the goals of my team's research program are to understand: (1) the kinds of policies that would increase resiliency and empowerment among different vulnerable agricultural populations, (2) learn which resiliency strategies are already working and whether they transfer elsewhere, and (3) develop or test novel extension, research, or training approaches that lead to climate change resiliency. Learn more about us at https://crumplab.ucdavis.edu/. 

Current projects: 

• Brummer, C.E., …, & Crump, A. Extending the Scope of SCOPE: Sharing tools and expanding partnerships for organic cultivar development. USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA). $1,999,963 - https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/SCOPE-OREI-grant
• Crump, A., Zepeda, A.M., & Molina-Rosales, D. (2023-2025). Food Security and Compounded Disaster Resiliency in a Community Kitchen in Merida, Mexico. Global Affairs. $7296 - https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/crump-zepeda-win-grant-sustainability-mexico 

Selected previous projects:

• Crump, A. & Rana, T. (2023-2026). Empowering and Innovative Designing for Protecting Nutrient Dense Food: Rural Market Development, Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab. $876,168 - https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/crump-nepal-fsnil (terminated in 2025)
• Gutiérrez Mengual, L. & Crump, A. (2023-2024). Cacao Innovation Rural Youth Lab: Instilling global values through shared agricultural activities. Partnership of the Americas. $25,000 - https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/crump-vergara-colombia-cacao and https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/crump-cacao-colombia (terminated in 2025)
• Jarvis-Shean, K., Crump, A., & Getz, C. (2022-2025). Increasing California Specialty Crop Competitiveness by Understanding and Addressing Farmworker Technical Training Priorities. California Department of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant. $484,352
• USAID Advancing Nutrition - https://www.advancingnutrition.org/
• Next Generation Nitrogen Management Training for Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) - http://ciwr.ucanr.edu/nitrogenmanagement/
• Podcasts, Platforms, and the Power of Words
• Gender-Lensed Curricula for Development - https://genderlensed.tamu.edu/

Current teaching:

• Introduction to International Agricultural Development; IAD 10 (fall quarters)
• Social Change and Agricultural Development; IAD 103 (odd spring quarters)
• Program Development for International Agriculture; IAD 170 (winter quarters)
• "Just" Coffee; PLS 007V (all quarters)
• Philosophy and Practice of Agricultural Development; IAD 200N (fall quarters)
• Project Planning and Evaluation; IAD 203N (winter quarters)
• Extension, Outreach and Science Communication; PLS 240 (spring quarters)

Team: 

• Kat Bailey, M.S. in Community Development
• Sooyoung Choi, M.S. in International Agricultural Development; Women Farmers with and without Disabilities in Uganda's Acholi region & their Accessibility to Agricultural Resources
• Nyah Mallak, M.S. in International Agricultural Development; Mapping Perceptions of Colombian Cacao Systems: A Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping comparison of small and large scale cacao farmers to inform smallholder support for national production
• Katelyn Mann, M.S. in International Agricultural Development; Leveraging Niche Analysis and Logic Modeling to Build Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity: A Strategic Framework for the UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center
• Isha Poudel, M.S. in International Agricultural Development; Impact of COVID 19 on women farmers and food security in Nepal
• Tatiana Sierra, Ph.D. in Geography
• Ana Zepeda, Ph.D. in Geography; Food security and disaster preparedness in a community kitchen in Mexico
• Xiwen Zhang, Ph.D. in Geography; Decolonizing Water Stewardship in the Wailua Watershed: Indigenous Approaches to Enhancing Food Sovereignty and Environmental Sustainability

Outreach and Extension:

I work with agricultural extension educators in low-income countries to increase their successfulness of incorporating gender equity and nutrition into their extension programs. I serve as the UC Davis Core Faculty Member for the California Agricultural Leadership Program. 

External activities that contribute to scholarship:

• International Agricultural Development Undergraduate Program, Lead Faculty Advisor
• International Agricultural Development Graduate Group, Executive Committee
• Rural Sociological Society, Ethics Past-Chair

Prizes, Awards, Honors

• 2020 Western Region Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences new teacher category
• Distinguished Speaker, Virginia Tech Women and Gender Studies Discussion Series; “Unintended Consequences: Strategies to Limit Gender-based Violence in International Agricultural Development”; 2017
• Distinguished Service Award Recipient, Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development, 2015
• Outstanding Young Professional,  Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development, 2010

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Social media links:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Keywords:

• International agricultural development
• Non-formal education
• Adult education
• Gender equity
• Nutrition
• Vulnerable populations

Biography:

Dr. Amanda Crump is Associate Professor in International Agricultural Development at University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the impacts of compounding disasters on vulnerable farmers. She and her research team work to create greater understanding of the constraints faced by vulnerable people who are involved in agriculture, research better strategies to increase the uptake of agricultural technologies by vulnerable groups, and develop better teaching strategies that increase critical thinking skills for U.S. university students who will become development practitioners and for farmers who engage in agricultural extension activities. Dr. Crump has managed over $40 million in international and domestic agricultural research projects and her mentees now work as gender equity specialists, program managers and evaluators throughout the world. She earned a PhD from University of California, Davis, a M.S. degree from Colorado State University, and a B.S. from the University of Idaho. Originally from a farm, Amanda spends her free time listening to music and playing with her dog Sam.