Justin Duncan
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
Southwest Regional Office
Topic Areas: Crops, Organic Crops
Specific Areas of Expertise: Cover crops, niche market ethnic specialty crops, strawberries, sweet potatoes, field systematics (identification), pests, diseases, and bees
Justin Duncan is a Sustainable Agriculture Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s Southwest Regional Office. He has a BS in Agronomy from Prairie View A&M University and an MS in Plant Breeding from Texas A&M University. He’s spent years figuring out the nuts-and-bolts of successful organic farming in the humid South, concentrating mainly on sweet potatoes, strawberries, niche market ethnic specialty crops, cover crops and drought mitigation techniques. He is currently working on cover crop projects in south Texas to help farmers there build organic matter in their soil.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Prairie View A&M University
Master of Science in Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University
Previous Experience:
Manager, 2005-2013
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Organically managed two greenhouses and 17 acres of research plots.
Graduate Research Assistance, 2004-2007
Cotton Improvement Lab, TAMU, College Station, TX
Ran induced mutagenesis experiments on cotton.
Featured Publications and Presentations:
Farmer Well-Being: A Happy Farmer Is a Productive Farmer
Cover Crop Options for Hot and Humid Areas
Specialty Melon Production for Small and Direct-Market Growers