Mike Bertelsen

Mike Bertelsen is an agricultural and natural resource economist who has been involved in international research and development work for more than 26 years. He has worked extensively at the nexus of natural resource management and agriculture, on issues including policy, technology transfer, and economic impact assessment of technologies. His work experience in developing countries has been comprehensive, ranging from providing technical assistance to community-based development initiatives through guiding national and international-level collaborative research projects. He has significant long-term project management experience, having served as Deputy Chief of Party and Chief of Party for USAID agricultural projects in Honduras and Burkina Faso, respectively. He has also provided long-term technical assistance on USAID projects in Haiti and Morocco and short-term technical assistance in agricultural and NRM projects in some 25 other countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He is presently a PI in the Peanut CRSP, serves as Associate Dean for International Agriculture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, and, through his appointment as Associate Director of the Office of International Research, Education, and Development, is active in the Management Entity of both the IPM and SANREM CRSPs.