Kristin Davis, a U.S. national, joined IFPRI in November 2004 as a postdoctoral fellow in innovation systems. She is based in Addis Ababa with the ISNAR division. Prior to joining IFPRI, she worked in agricultural development in Eastern Africa. Davis holds a Ph.D. in international agricultural extension from the University of Florida. Her current research interests include the role of farmer groups in agricultural innovation systems, participation and poverty in relation to farmer groups, and pluralistic extension systems in Africa.

• Agricultural Extension
• Assessing the Potential of Farmer Field Schools to Fight Poverty and Foster Innovation in East Africa
• Making Rural Services Work for the Poor – The Role of Rural Institutions and Their Governance for Agriculture-Led Development

• Journal Article of the Year, 2008. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 14(1): 35-51. Davis, K., J. Ekboir and Spielman, D. J. Agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa from an innovation systems perspective: A case study of Mozambique.
• Outstanding Paper Presentation - Second Place. Davis, K. Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models and Future Prospects. Paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) at EARTH University, Costa Rica, March 10-15, 2008.
• Second Runner-up Article of the Year for 2007. International Journal of Agricultural and Extension Education. Anandajayasekeram, P., K. Davis, and S. Workneh. 2007. Farmer Field Schools: An Alternative to Existing Extension Systems? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 14(1): 81-93.
• Outstanding Paper Presentation (2006) for the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Clearwater Beach, Florida. Davis, K. Institutional Arrangements for Increasing the Dissemination Role of Farmer Groups in Agricultural Innovation Systems.
• ICTs as appropriate technologies for African development. 2007. Davis, K. and C. Ochieng. In IFC/FT First Annual Essay Competition: "Business & Development: The Private Path to Prosperity;" Award winning essays. Washington, D.C. Financial Times Limited; International Finance Corporation (IFC). Pp. 43-54.
• Outstanding Journal Article of the Year Award, 2004, International Journal of Agricultural and Extension Education 11(1). 2004. Davis, K, Irani, T. & Payson, K. Going forward in education on agricultural biotechnology: Extension’s role internationally.

• An innovation systems perspective on strengthening agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa
  2008. Spielman, D.J., Ekboir, J.; Davis, K.; Ochieng, C.M.O. Agricultural Systems 98:1-9.
• Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models and Future Prospects
  2008. Davis, K. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 15(3): 15—28.
• Strengthening agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa from an innovation systems perspective: A case study of Mozambique
  2008. Davis, K. E.; Ekboir, J.; Spielman, D. J. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 14(1).
• Farmer Field Schools: An Alternative to Existing Extension Systems? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa
  2007. Anandajayasekeram, P.; Davis, K.; Workneh, S. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 14(1): 81-93.
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• From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services
  2006. Birner, Regina; Davis, Kristin; Pender, John; Nkonya, Ephraim; Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah; Ekboir, Javier; Mbabu, Adiel; Spielman, David; Horna, Daniela; Benin, Samuel; Kisamba-Mugerwa, Wilberforce. IFPRI Research Brief.
• Farmer field schools: A boon or bust for extension in Africa?
  2006. Davis, Kristin. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education (13)1: 91-97.
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• Extending technologies among small-scale farmers in Meru: Ingredients for success in farmer groups
  2004. Davis, K.; Franzel, S.; Hildebrand, P.; Irani, T.; Place, N. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 10(1).
• Going forward in education on agricultural biotechnology: Extension's role internationally
  2004. Davis, K.; Irani, T.; Payson, K. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 11(1).
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• Non-governmental organizations as an Important Actor in Agricultural Extension in Semiarid East Africa
  2003. Davis, K.; Place, N. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 10(1), 31-36.
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