Welcome to the Association for International Agriculture
​and Rural Development!​

AIARD is an association of U.S.- and internationally-based members who have devoted their careers to global agricultural development and hunger alleviation. AIARD members are development professionals from universities, non-governmental organizations, private sector firms, consulting companies, government and donor agencies, and foundations. The association represents the extensive disciplinary base of agricultural and related social science skills necessary to carry out global agricultural development and hunger alleviation programs. ​

About AIARD

AIARD mobilizes support for international agriculture and rural development 

Reasons to Join

Network with like-minded individuals

Join Us! 

Become an individual or organizational member 

Featured Activities

SMART Investments in International Agriculture and Rural Development

AIARD recommends taking urgent action to increase U.S. support for work in international agriculture and rural development

2019 Annual Conference

AIARD's 55th Annual Conference
​will be held on June 2-4, 2019
​in Washington, D.C. MORE

Nurture the Next Generation

Help us provide opportunities for  students at U.S. universities attend the annual AIARD conference. 

Latest news:

May 2019
A new blog post by Chuck Chopak, DAI Global Practice Lead, Resilience and AIARD Director

We are looking forward to the upcoming conference: in a new blog post, Chuck Chopak from DAI talks about the theme of the conference and how in our future work we should "ensure that by building the capacity of people, communities, and systems to absorb and adapt to disruptive forces, we can minimize the human impact in terms of poverty, hunger, and malnutrition". Read further. 

May 2019
International Tropical Agriculture Conference

A limited number of scholarships are available to assist Early Career Researchers from developing countries to attend and present at TropAg2019. For more information on scholarships available and how to apply, please visit the website.  

May 2019
Welcoming the new cohort of Future Leaders 2019

We are happy to announce the new cohort of Future Leader Fellows who will participate in this year's conference and the Future Leaders Forum in Washington, DC. Warm welcome to such a diverse group of young agriculture and rural development professionals! You can see their profiles HERE. Here is also a wonderful story about one of them - Esther Rugoli.

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CopelandC@missouri.edu
communications@aiard.org
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address
AIARD Business Office
​c/o Christy Copeland, Treasurer
13539 Highway N
Pilot Grove, MO  65276
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