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Chris Pannkuk

Christopher Pannkuk is a senior agricultural development consultant with over 30 years of experience in agricultural extension and research and international development projects.  Dr. Pannkuk has designed and implemented projects to monitor and alleviate water use and soil degradation, and researched soil and water conservation practices. 

He was the director for Washington State University’s, College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences’ International Research and Development as well as completed assignments for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, FAS, NIFA and the ARS, the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.  As a project lead, he monitors, evaluates, recommends and identifies resources for developing better agricultural strategies. 

Dr. Pannkuk has published many peer reviewed journal articles on his research and development projects and has taught “World Agricultural Systems” at Washington State University.  He has carried out agricultural development activities in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Romania, Armenia, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Georgia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Tanzania.  He was elected to the Policy Board of Directors for the Board on Agricultural Assembly of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), was Chair of the International Committee on Organization and Policy for APLU, and member of the Strategic Programs on Agricultural Research and Education (SPARE).  He is also past president and on the board of the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD).