Robertson authored a USIP Special Report last month, “Enabling Agricultural Extension for Peacebuilding,” an analysis that reflects his own research as well as the proceedings of a roundtable workshop held last year at USIP. This month the Institute also co-published with NAE his summary of this workshop, “Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding.” In these publications, Robertson lays out what may well represent a new and promising approach to peacebuilding: using the credibility and respect held by agricultural extension systems and their personnel to facilitate positive change among rural people living in conflict zones.