G. David MIller

G. David Miller

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Died: Dec. 1, 2022

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G. David Miller worked as a collaborator on Horticulture Innovation Lab projects in Cambodia and Vietnam and was also the founding director of the Research Innovations Fellowship in Agriculture program within the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Miller worked as a development practitioner for more than 50 years. In his work with the Research and Innovations Fellowship in Agriculture (RIFA) program, he led a program that recruited, trained, and placed graduate-level scholars throughout the University of California system to engage with host country counterparts in designing and implementing sustainable development projects. His field of study focused on international community economic development. With the Horticulture Innovation Lab, he designed and implemented "shared-interest savings groups" among smallholder farmers in Cambodia, where farmers could adopt, adapt, scale up, and invest in technologies and practices necessary for sustainable farming enterprises. He was also Professor Emeritus at Southern New Hampshire University, continuing to consult regarding the International Community Economic Development Masters Degree Program (recently moved to UNH), which he had established in 1988.

Miller lived and worked in the Middle East and North Africa for more than 12 years. He designed and managed projects in Morocco, Tanzania, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Over his career, he worked for the Peace Corps, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and also Save the Children—where he served as the deputy vice president of programs. Miller also served on the board of several NGOs and educational institutions, including founding the West Marin Review, serving on the editorial board of the Point Reyes Light newspaper, serving on the tenure review committee of the American University of Beirut, serving as a research fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, and providing consultation to the American University of Armenia.

In addition to English, he was conversant in French, Hebrew, and Arabic (Moroccan dialect). Miller earned a Master's of Social Work in Community Economic Development from the University of Michigan, a Master's of Science in Educational Psychology from Northeastern University, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brown University.

What is your favorite agricultural advice?
Plant the green side up!

What inspires me:
My dear wife, Professor Susan Miller. She threatened to beat me up over 70 years ago when we first met at age 6 and she still continues to do so.

When I'm not working, you can find me…
in the rubbish!