Norman Uphoff (born 1940), Professor Emeritus of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University, has worked on economic, social, political, rural and agricultural development in the global South for over 50 years. During the first part of his academic career, he taught political science while engaging in interdisciplinary applied social science in Asia and Africa; the second part concentrated more on sustainable development and on agroecological innovation, particularly focusing on the System of Rice Intensification. He was chair of Cornell’s Rural Development Committee in the Center for International Studies, 1971-1990, and then served as Director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, 1990-2005. After formally retiring in 2005, he served as Director of Graduate Studies for the university’s MPA program, the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, and then as its Director, 2010-2014, continuing to teach until 2020. He has continued since then as advisor for the SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice) based at Cornell.
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Norman Uphoff (born 1940), Professor Emeritus of Government and International Agriculture at Cornell University, has worked on economic, social, political, rural and agricultural development in the global South for over 50 years. During the first part of his academic career, he taught political science while engaging in interdisciplinary applied social science in Asia and Africa; the second part concentrated more on sustainable development and on agroecological innovation, particularly focusing on the System of Rice Intensification. He was chair of Cornell’s Rural Development Committee in the Center for International Studies, 1971-1990, and then served as Director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, 1990-2005. After formally retiring in 2005, he served as Director of Graduate Studies for the university’s MPA program, the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, and then as its Director, 2010-2014, continuing to teach until 2020. He has continued since then as advisor for the SRI International Network and Resources Center (SRI-Rice) based at Cornell.
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