Name: Andrew Tarter, P.hD.

Affiliation: Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

Contact details: andrew.tarter@ufl.edu www.AndrewTarter.com

Statement of interest: I am an anthropologist and interdisciplinary social scientist. Most of my research has been in Haiti, and examines human-environment interactions (broadly construed) in the context of: farmers; agricultural practices; landscape management; NGOs; international, domestic and diaspora-driven development; acute and chronic disasters; and public policy.

Geographical/topical areas of interest: Haiti, Caribbean, agriculture, environment, ecology, ethnobotany, methods, GIS, policy