# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/giad
**Parent**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

# International Agricultural Development

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](http://iad.ucdavis.edu/)

[Email the Program](mailto:kjdanyo@ucdavis.edu)

Students gain advanced knowledge of history and philosophy of development; leadership and management techniques; fundamentals of crop and livestock farming systems; agricultural economics; and the interaction of agriculture and the social sciences. Students graduate with skills necessary to implement, facilitate, and manage programs that enhance agricultural development, resource management, and rural life.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

M.S. Plan I \
M.S. Plan II

Lead Dean

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Degree Requirements

[2025](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4522)

[2020](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3768)

[2017](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3441)

[2010](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3077)

Administrative ByLaws

[2017](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3439)

Major Code

GIAD

Exceptions

S/U Exception

---

## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
\
[Program Admissions Requirements](https://iad.ucdavis.edu/how-apply)

Admission Deadlines

Priority: Dec 15, 2025\
General: Apr 15, 2026\
Space Available: May 15, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

---

## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Katie Danyo
\
[kjdanyo@ucdavis.edu](mailto:kjdanyo@ucdavis.edu)

**Program Coordinator**\
 Kelly Paglia
\
(530) 752-1715 | [iadgradadvising@ucdavis.edu](mailto:iadgradadvising@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Cameron Pittelkow
\
(530) 752-0433 | [iadchair@ucdavis.edu](mailto:iadchair@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Amanda Crump
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 754-0903 | [acrump@ucdavis.edu](mailto:acrump@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and General**\
 Corrie Decker
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 754-1639 | [crdecker@ucdavis.edu](mailto:crdecker@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Louise Ferguson
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 752-0507 | [lferguson@ucdavis.edu](mailto:lferguson@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Paula Guzman Delgado
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 752-9880 | [pguzmandelgado@ucdavis.edu](mailto:pguzmandelgado@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Yufang Jin
\
International Agricultural Development \
[yujin@ucdavis.edu](mailto:yujin@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Sat Darshan Khalsa
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 752-9165 | [sdskhalsa@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sdskhalsa@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and General**\
 Cameron Pittelkow
\
International Agricultural Development \
(530) 752-0433 | [cpittelkow@ucdavis.edu](mailto:cpittelkow@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Xiaofei Zhang
\
International Agricultural Development \
[xfczhang@ucdavis.edu](mailto:xfczhang@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Samantha Duesdieker
\
(530) 752-4928 | [samdues@ucdavis.edu](mailto:samdues@ucdavis.edu)